“Through SCAIR I enjoy being able to learn and grow professionally in my knowledge of institutional effectiveness and higher education leadership. I also enjoy supporting and mentoring other IE professionals in our state.”

Donna Foster

Past President

Donna Foster serves as the Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Compliance at Piedmont Technical College. In this role, her duties include:

  • Serving as SACSCOC Accreditation Liaison and SACSCOC IE Peer Reviewer
  • Facilitating Strategic and Operational Planning and Policy and Procedure Review
  • Conducting institutional research
  • Managing the assessment of educational programs, administrative and academic, and student support services
  • Conducting program review
  • Supporting program accreditation

Awards and Accolades received include:

  • 1996 SC Governor’s Professor of the Year, Two-year College Division
  • 2018 Greenwood Chamber of Commerce WLC Woman of Excellence
  • PTC SCTEA Educator of the Year (Faculty and Staff Categories)

Her personal interests include spending time with family and friends, serving within her church and community, snowtubing, cruising the lake, cooking, and reading.

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