Troy University News

December 18, 2002

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   TSU Chancellor elected to SACS Executive Council
   Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor of Troy State University, has been elected to the Executive Council of the Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
   The Executive Council is the governing body of The Commission on Colleges of SACS, which is the regional accrediting body for more than 800 colleges and universities in 11 U.S. southern states and Latin. In this role, Dr. Hawkins will represent all Alabama colleges and universities that are accredited by SACS and serve as Chair of the Alabama delegation.
   Dr. Hawkins began his tenure on the 13-member Executive Council at the recent SACS meeting in San Antonio. He replaces Dr. David Potts, President of Judson College, on the Executive Council.
   "This is a great honor. Accreditation is our seal of approval," Dr. Hawkins said. "I would also like to commend Dr. David Potts for his outstanding work on the Executive Council."
    Dr. Hawkins was nominated for a term on the Commission on Colleges in November of 2001. Commissioners are eligible to serve three one-year terms. The Commission on Colleges consists of 77 members and is the representative body of the College Delegate Assembly and is charged with carrying out the accreditation process. The College Delegate Assembly, which consists of one voting representative for each of approximately 800 member institutions, elects the 77-member Commission.
   Dr. Hawkins, a native of Mobile, was named Chancellor of The Troy State University System Sept. 1, 1989. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Montevallo and his doctorate from the University of Alabama.
   Dr. Hawkins’ professional background includes his service as an assistant dean at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and as president of the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind in Talladega from 1979 to 1989.