Title: Academic Dean (Retired)
Company: Wallace State Community College
Location: Ozark, Alabama, United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- Alabama Humanities Foundation (board of directors, 1993-1997)
- Auburn University, College of Education (Development Leadership Team, 2013-2017) (National Advisory Council, 2008-2013)
- Auburn University Center for the Arts and Humanities (advisory board, 1985-2006)
- Dale County Education Retirees Association (1998-Present)
- Dothan Kellogg Center, Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind (advisory board, 1986-1988)
- Embrace Alabama Kids (board of directors, 1995-2004)
- Florida State University, College of Education (deans circle, 2019-Present)
- Ozark Literary Club (2001-Present)
- Ozark-Dale County Library, Ozark, AL (board of directors, 1981-1989) (board of directors, 1999-Present)
- Troy University, Legacy Giving Council (2014-Present)
- United Methodist Church (conference board of trustees, 2008-2017)
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2021, 2020)
- Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Global Leaders – Education & Academia (2021)
- Inductee, Top Professionals of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2021, 2019)
- Featured Donor, Florida State University College of Education Magazine, “Giving Back to Future Educators: The Impact of Dr. Imogene Mathison Mixson (Spring 2020)
- Featured Member, Marquis Millennium Magazine, Marquis Who’s Who (2020)
- Listee, Who’s Who in the World, Marquis Who’s Who (2020)
- Featured Member, Marquis Millennium Magazine, Marquis Who’s Who (2019)
- Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2018)
- Recipient, Distinguished Educator Award, College of Education, Florida State University (2016)
- Recipient, Outstanding Alumnus Award, College of Education, Auburn University (2016)
- Recipient, Alumnus of the Year Award, Troy University (2016)
- Recipient, Outstanding Auburn University Woman Graduate Award, Centennial of Women’s Admission to Auburn University Celebration, Auburn University (1992)
- Recipient, Distinguished Leadership Award, Alabama Community College System (1991)
- Recipient, Administrator of the Year Award, Alabama Community College System (1990)
- Recipient, Dale County Woman of Achievement Award (1989)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in the South and the Southwest,” Marquis Who’s Who (1988-1989)
- Recipient, Teacher of Year Award, Enterprise State Community College (1980, 1977, 1973)
- Donor, More Than 20 Annual Student Scholarships and Faculty/Staff Professional Development Awards, including 11 endowments (two high schools, two community colleges, three universities)
- Donor, Numerous Charities, local and global, including Wiregrass Area Food Bank, Wiregrass United Way, Alabama Rural Ministry, and Global Ministries