Women of Distinction Magazine Selects Olivia Frazier Kerr as a Distinguished Professional in Her Field

    DALLAS, TX, November 14, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Olivia Frazier Kerr, Coordinator and Professor of the Business Office Systems and Support Program at El Centro College, has been recognized as a Distinguished Professional in her field through Women of Distinction Magazine. Ms. Kerr will be featured in the upcoming edition of the Women of Distinction Magazine in 2015/2016.

Bringing the Business Office Systems and Support Program to light by applying innovation in the program and converting the typical classroom to a 21st century, real-world learning experience, Ms. Kerr began teaching office technology courses in community colleges in 2002. Teaching at Brookhaven College, El Centro College, North Central Texas College, Central Texas College, Axia College, and Ashford University Online, Ms. Kerr is now serving as Coordinator and Professor of the Business Office Systems and Support Program exclusively at El Centro College in Dallas, Texas.

"In 2004, the Dean of Business Studies at Brookhaven College recommended that I become a visiting scholar. Once the position ended in 2006, El Centro College contacted me to become an adjunct instructor," Ms. Kerr explained. "I was also teaching at North Central College as an adjunct instructor in the business division at the time. In 2008, I interviewed for the full-time faculty position available in their business division at El Centro and was hired. Months later, the coordinator position became available and I filled that position as well."

In Ms. Kerr's role serving as a full-time faculty member and coordinator of the program, she has established an award that gives learners options in their credentials, such as entrepreneurship training and industry-certification preparation. She continues to build a great rapport in the business community as well, via networking, inviting business executives to become a part of the program's advisory committee, and by sharing current trends in the business industry.

Ms. Kerr began her career in the early 1980's as a legal secretary for Thompson & Knight Law Firm, then as a word processor for Xerox Corporation, technical librarian/editor for Peer Services, Inc., and finally technical writer for IBM before becoming a consultant specializing in technical writing/editing, training, business analysis, and project coordination for various companies like Burlington Northern Railroad, Sprint, Ericsson, Motorola, and Verizon.

A member of International Association of Administration Professionals, International Business Education Association, National Business Education Association, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Ms. Kerr is also the recipient of numerous awards, one of which includes being recognized in the El Centro College's Circle of Excellence Award for Quality Matters Compliance in 2015.

Very much a humanitarian, which Ms. Kerr says is her calling in life, she also enjoys reading, traveling, playing the flute and hand bells, attending cultural events, and line dancing.

For more information, visit www.dcccd.edu/CD/DCC/Bus/BOSS/about/Faculty/Pages/OFKerr.aspx.

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