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USM Associate Provost and Dean of Graduate School Karen Coats Retires
Tue,
06/13/2023 - 09:37am | By: David Tisdale
Dr. Gordon Cannon, left, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), talks with Dr. Karen Coats, Associate
Provost and Dean of the USM Graduate School, during a retirement reception for Dr.
Coats held June 8 at the Ogletree Alumni House on the Hattiesburg campus. Dr. Coats
served nine years at USM, capping off a 33-year career in higher education in Mississippi
(USM photo by David Tisdale).