May 1, 2003
(DALLAS) —
Dr. Alice Villadsen, president of Brookhaven College, has been elected
to serve as a member of the board of directors for the American
Association of Community Colleges. AACC, formed in 1920, is the primary
advocacy organization for the nation's community colleges, representing
more than 1,100 associate's degree-granting institutions and
approximately 10 million students. Villadsen is the newest of several
AACC board members who are or were administrators with the Dallas County
Community College District.
Villadsen, who became president of
Brookhaven in 1998, previously served as vice president for instruction
at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N.C. She also has
served as both dean of instruction and dean of administration at Calhoun
Community College in Decatur, Ala.
The Brookhaven College
president holds a doctorate in higher education/administration, a
master's degree in English and a bachelor's degree in secondary
education, all from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. She did
post-doctoral work at the Institute for Future Presidents, North
Carolina Community College System; the Executive Leadership Institute at
the League for Innovation in the Community College; and AACC's
Professional Administrators Development Institute. She has served as
president of the Alabama Association of College Administrators; the
Alabama College Association; and the Alabama Association of Women Deans,
Administrators and Counselors.
Villadsen has written a number
of published articles about community college education and has
presented routinely at national association workshops. She also has
volunteered her time in several communities and currently serves on the
boards of directors for the Dallas Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, RHO
Hospital and several local chambers of commerce.