SACJTC Board Members
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Dr. Karen Bowyer has worked as a teacher of mathematics and/or administrator at Libertyville High School in Illinois; Colegio Bolivar in Cali, Colombia; the American School Foundation in Mexico City, Mexico; Shelby State Community College in Memphis and Dyersburg State Community College ( DSCC) in Dyersburg, TN. She was the first woman appointed as President of a Community College in Tennessee and has served as President of DSCC since November 1984. Over the past 23 years she has spearheaded the construction of off-campus centers in Covington, Trenton and Union City. Dr. Bowyer began the College's first Annual Fund Campaign in 1985-86. Over the past 23 years these Campaigns have raised over $9 million. The DSCC Foundation was chartered in 1988 and began raising funds for its endowment. Currently over $5 million in endowment has been raised or pledged. Enrollment has grown by approximately 80% during her tenure. She currently serves on the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Global Education Commission; Executive Council of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS); Past Chair of the Committee on Latin American Schools of the SACS; member of the Commission on Colleges of the SACS; member of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity for the U.S. Secretary of Education; member of the Dyer County YMCA Board of Directors; Vice President of Education for the Dyersburg/Dyer County Chamber of Commerce; member of the Dyersburg Kiwanis Club. She graduated from Leadership Memphis in 1983 and from the Dyer County Leadership Program in 1997. Dr. Bowyer earned a Ph.D. in mathematics education from the University of Alabama, a Master's Degree from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Arts from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. |