Prior to her arrival at Morgan, October, 2002, Dr. GK was, for five years, President of Louisburg College, Louisburg, NC where she introduced their nationally acclaimed Learning Partners Program, focusing on students with learning disabilities. Serving North Carolina State University between 1992-1998, Dr. Gillett-Karam was a tenured Associate Professor in their Higher Education and Community College Program. While at NC State, Dr. GK was co-editor of the juried Community College Review. She also guided the Fellows Program, part of a $13 million Kellogg award to develop new and ethnically diverse leaders for American community colleges-several of these fellows are now themselves presidents of community colleges.