{"id":22732,"date":"2024-03-07T19:02:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T00:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2024\/03\/08\/dean-receives-womens-empowerment-award-on-international-womens-day\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:00:09","slug":"dean-receives-womens-empowerment-award-on-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/07\/dean-receives-womens-empowerment-award-on-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Receives Women&#8217;s Empowerment Award on International Women&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Northern Essex Community College Dean of Business and Professional Studies, Jody Carson! On International Women&#8217;s Day, Carson received the &#8220;Catalyst for Women&#8217;s Empowerment Award&#8221; from the <a href=\"https:\/\/massacenetworkdotorg.wordpress.com\/\">American Council on Education (ACE) Women&#8217;s Network Massachusetts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25874\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Jody-Carson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25874\" class=\" wp-image-25874\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Jody-Carson.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Jody Carson\" width=\"300\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dean of Business and Professional Studies Jody Carson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to its <a href=\"https:\/\/massacenetworkdotorg.wordpress.com\/\">website<\/a>, &#8220;The mission of the Massachusetts ACE Network is to support the advancement of women in all segments of Massachusetts higher education and the New England Region and to promote the diversity of women and their contributions in Massachusetts higher education.\u00a0 The network is committed to developing leaders who promote justice, equity, and inclusion at their institutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/massacenetworkdotorg.wordpress.com\/awards-2\/\">The Catalyst for Women\u2019s Empowerment Award<\/a> honors a leader who is an exceptional ally and advocate with a demonstrated commitment to the advancement of women in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>Carson is a Northern Essex alumna and a first-generation college student. She returned to Northern Essex as an adjunct faculty member in 2007. In 2020, she earned tenure as a member of the faculty and received a <a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/01\/29\/necc-faculty-receive-national-recognition-2\/\">NISOD Excellence Award<\/a>. She was named dean of <a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/current-students\/academic-centers\/center-for-professional-studies\/\">business and professional studies<\/a> in May of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Carson and the other honorees received their awards on International Women&#8217;s Day &#8211; Friday, March 8 &#8211; at Salem State University.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-22732 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/07\/dean-receives-womens-empowerment-award-on-international-womens-day\/jody-carson-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Jody-Carson-1-80x80.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Jody-Carson-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Jody-Carson-1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Jody-Carson-1-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Northern Essex Community College Dean of Business and Professional Studies, Jody Carson! 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