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Pat Connor Joachim: Associate Provost: University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 29-OCT-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Pat Connor Joachim: Associate Provost: University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast.(50 Leading Business Women 2007)

Article Excerpt
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Life has thrown Pat Joachim a few curve balls.

While earning a Ph.D. in educational leadership from the University of Southern Mississippi (USM), which demanded driving 150 miles three days a week while being principal of a large elementary school, she was a single mom with a son recovering from a catastrophic accident that left him in a coma for nine weeks.

"He was in a critical care hospital for three months," Joachim reported, "and then a rehab hospital as an outpatient for almost five months. During that time, he and I rived in a motel in New Orleans, Monday through Friday, returning home (to Ocean Springs) on the weekends. I stopped teaching for 18 months to...

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