Dr. Dorris Robinson-Gardner Endowed Scholarhip
Dr. Dorris Robinson-Gardner became Dean of the Graduate School at Jackson State University in 1997. Under her administration, graduate enrollment increased by 80%, retention rates climbed to 82% and the graduation rate increased to 79%. In 2000, she assisted Jackson State University in obtaining the Carnegie Commission classification as a doctoral research-intensive university and, in 2005, reclassification as a research university, high research activity. Robinson-Gardner developed CyberOrientation and CyberAdvising providing graduate students with access to on-line orientation and advising and a series of Best Practices in Graduate Education.
Under her leadership, Robinson-Gardner assisted university departments in developing partnerships with Howard University, the University of California System, University of Nebraska, Washington State University, University of Iowa, University of Massachusetts, and Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education Programs (NAGEP) and the Alliance for Graduate Education in Mississippi (AGEM). These programs focused primarily on increasing doctoral degrees for underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Dr. Robinson-Gardner has served as President of the Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools (CHBGS), on the Board of the Council of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS) and on the Board of Directors of the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, DC. She also served as the President of the Mississippi Association of Graduate Deans.
As a champion in the higher education community with over forty years of dedicated service, Dr. Robinson-Gardner has served at public, private, two-year, and four-year colleges and universities earning tenure and has been promoted through the ranks to professor. She holds degrees from Arkansas Baptist College and Ouachita Baptist University. Robinson-Gardner was among one of the first African-Americans to receive a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She is married to John Gardner and together they have four children and three grandchildren.
Dr. Dorris Robinson-Gardner Endowed Scholarhip
Dr. Dorris Robinson-Gardner became Dean of the Graduate School at Jackson State University in 1997. Under her administration, graduate enrollment increased by 80%, retention rates climbed to 82% and the graduation rate increased to 79%. In 2000, she assisted Jackson State University in obtaining the Carnegie Commission classification as a doctoral research-intensive university and, in 2005, reclassification as a research university, high research activity. Robinson-Gardner developed CyberOrientation and CyberAdvising providing graduate students with access to on-line orientation and advising and a series of Best Practices in Graduate Education.
Under her leadership, Robinson-Gardner assisted university departments in developing partnerships with Howard University, the University of California System, University of Nebraska, Washington State University, University of Iowa, University of Massachusetts, and Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education Programs (NAGEP) and the Alliance for Graduate Education in Mississippi (AGEM). These programs focused primarily on increasing doctoral degrees for underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Dr. Robinson-Gardner has served as President of the Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools (CHBGS), on the Board of the Council of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS) and on the Board of Directors of the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, DC. She also served as the President of the Mississippi Association of Graduate Deans.
As a champion in the higher education community with over forty years of dedicated service, Dr. Robinson-Gardner has served at public, private, two-year, and four-year colleges and universities earning tenure and has been promoted through the ranks to professor. She holds degrees from Arkansas Baptist College and Ouachita Baptist University. Robinson-Gardner was among one of the first African-Americans to receive a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She is married to John Gardner and together they have four children and three grandchildren.
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Dr. Dorris Robinson-Gardner Endowed Scholarhip
Dr. Dorris Robinson-Gardner became Dean of the Graduate School at Jackson State University in 1997. Under her administration, graduate enrollment increased by 80%, retention rates climbed to 82% and the graduation rate increased to 79%. In 2000, she assisted Jackson State University in obtaining the Carnegie Commission classification as a doctoral research-intensive university and, in 2005, reclassification as a research university, high research activity. Robinson-Gardner developed CyberOrientation and CyberAdvising providing graduate students with access to on-line orientation and advising and a series of Best Practices in Graduate Education.
Under her leadership, Robinson-Gardner assisted university departments in developing partnerships with Howard University, the University of California System, University of Nebraska, Washington State University, University of Iowa, University of Massachusetts, and Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education Programs (NAGEP) and the Alliance for Graduate Education in Mississippi (AGEM). These programs focused primarily on increasing doctoral degrees for underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Dr. Robinson-Gardner has served as President of the Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools (CHBGS), on the Board of the Council of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS) and on the Board of Directors of the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, DC. She also served as the President of the Mississippi Association of Graduate Deans.
As a champion in the higher education community with over forty years of dedicated service, Dr. Robinson-Gardner has served at public, private, two-year, and four-year colleges and universities earning tenure and has been promoted through the ranks to professor. She holds degrees from Arkansas Baptist College and Ouachita Baptist University. Robinson-Gardner was among one of the first African-Americans to receive a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She is married to John Gardner and together they have four children and three grandchildren.
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