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= Carole Cowan = Carole Cowan (born --/--/) is a former educator and president of Middlesex Community College in Lowell, Massachusetts until her retirement in 2014.

Early life and education
Cowan received Master's and Bachelor's degrees from Salem State College, a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study from Boston State College, a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from University of Massachusetts Amherst, and an honorary Doctorate of Human Letters from Suffolk University.

Career and awards.
Carole Cowan began her work at Middlesex Community College in 1976 as a faculty member in the Business Division of the college and after her first year teaching she was named Professor of the Year by students. She was appointed business division chairwoman in 1980 to the position of Business Division Chairwoman and in 1981 moved the Business Division to the newly opened Burlington campus. In 1988 Cowan was appointed Dean of Administrative Services and just two years later in 1990 she was appointed third president of Middlesex Community College by the MCC Board of Trustees as the first woman to fill the position.

Merrimack Community College Presidency
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Awards and honors
While working as the president of Middlesex Community College, Cowan was awarded the first Woman of the Year Award from Girls Inc. of Greater Lowell in 1994. She was also named Distinguished Business Person of the Year by the North Suburban Chamber of Commerce as the first woman and first educator to receive the award. In the following year Cowan received the