A Pair of Women Administrators Announce Their Retirements

sphillipsSusan D. Phillips, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University at Albany of the State University of New York system, has announced that she is stepping down. She has agreed to stay on until December 31 or earlier if a successor is found.

Dr. Phillips has served in her current posts for the past six years. She is also a professor in the department of educational and counseling psychology at the university. Professor Phillips is a graduate of Stanford University and holds a master’s degree from Columbia Teachers College. She earned a second master’s degree and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Columbia University.

Norma CarrNorma Carr, the director of athletics at Salt Lake Community College in Utah, is stepping down at the end of July after 25 years on the job. She was the first woman to serve as a college athletic director for both men’s and women’s sports in the state of Utah. Before joining the staff at Salt Lake Community College, she was the head volleyball coach at the University of Utah.

Carr is a graduate of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. She earned a master’s degree at the University of Utah.

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