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DORIS JOHNSON RECIPIENT OF $1,000 DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION AWARD

Contact: RoBurchette@gtcc.edu                                               (Released 6/6/11)

JAMESTOWN - Doris Johnson of Greensboro has been awarded a $1,000 George Fouts Developmental Educational Scholarship, which will help her continue her work toward a degree at Guilford Technical Community College.

Johnson is employed by Wesley Long Community Hospital.
The Fouts scholarship program is handled by the GTCC Foundation.
Recipients of the scholarship must be enrolled in a developmental education course or have taken one of the courses in the past, and must be a current GTCC student.
The scholarship also is based on academic performance and character. GTCC can make nominations, and the selection of the recipient is made by a committee.

The funds may be used at the student's discretion for needs including tuition, books, childcare and transportation.
The person for whom the scholarship is named has filled several key roles at GTCC during the past 19 years.    
Developmental education is a program close to Fouts' heart. A scholarship fund for developmental education students was established at GTCC in Fouts' honor several years ago when he retired to take care of his parents. He later returned to work part-time at the college.

Fouts was executive vice-president under President Dr. Donald Cameron for two periods, 1991-94 and 1997-2001. He was an instructor in the developmental education English department from 2001-2007.
A native of Thomasville who now lives at High Rock, Fouts started his career in developmental education at Western Piedmont Community College. He also had stints as executive vice-president at Western Piedmont and at Wayne Community College. Fouts served as president of Mayland Community College and Roanoke-Chowan Community College.
From 1989-91 Fouts was special assistant to Gov. Bob Scott, coordinating the work on the "Future of the N.C. Community College System."

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