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Winter Haven Campus Provost is Named
 03/20/2008: Polk
Community College has named Dr.
Sharon Miller to be Provost for the Winter Haven campus. She holds
a Bachelor’s degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the
University of South Florida, a Master’s degree in Specific
Learning Disabilities from Nova Southeastern University, and a
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in School
Psychology from USF.
Dr. Miller has spent 26 years in
education with 20 of them in an administrative capacity.
Since 1999, Dr. Miller has served as
Dean at Hillsborough Community College, where she has had
extensive experience in coordinating a wide variety of credit and
noncredit programs and services.
Dr. Miller has also served as an
instructor at HCC teaching classes in psychology, education and
study skills. Her other duties there included Honors Program
Review, SACS Reaffirmation Committee, College-wide Book Discussion
Leader, Service Learning Coordinator, and Grant Writer.
She has conducted research on
African-American students admitted to gifted education programs in
the Hillsborough Schools as well as research on African-American
families of children with developmental disabilities.
During her career, Dr. Miller has
successfully obtained over $10 million in state and federal grants,
including Adult Education, Family Literacy, Title III and College
Reach Out.
PCC President Eileen Holden said she
will be “an excellent addition to our staff.” Dr. Holden added
that supervisors and colleagues at HCC “describe Dr. Miller as a
collaborative, experienced, and student-centered administrator who
is passionate about the community college mission.”
Dr. Miller has been active
in many civic and community organizations in the greater Tampa
area including literacy programs, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority,
College Reach-Out Program (CROP) and
Migrant Farm Worker grant programs.
She has two grown children. Her daughter, Shiva, is attending
Spelman College in Atlanta. Her son, Rodney, is a Marine
Reservist.
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