Background
Cowie, Marla Louise was born on April 4, 1942 in Allegan, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Harold Edwin and Hazel Leone Arndt.
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Marla Louise Cowie
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Bachelor in English, Center Michigan U., 1963; Master of Arts in English, Center Michigan U., 1965; Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration, Indiana U., 1973.
Career
English teacher, Midland (Michigan) Public Schools, 1963-1964; assistant teacher, Center Michigan U., Mount Pleasant, 1964-1965; coordinator, Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1965-1966; counselor, Indiana Reading Center, Bloomington, 1967-1968; assistant teacher School Education, Indiana Reading Center, Bloomington, 1968-1969; English instructor, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1969-1971; English instructor, Mississippi State University, Starkville, 1971-1973; Professor of English, Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, since 1973; director honors program, Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, 1986-1990; director, Institutional Self-Study, 1990-1992; assistant to president, Institutional Self-Study, 1993-1994; assistant vice president for academic affairs, director, Greenwood Center, since 1994. Board directors Mississippi Writing, Thinking Institute, U. Press of Mississippi, Mississippi Valley State University Writing Project. Member Fulbright Hays research team.
Achievements
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Volunteer tutor, Greenwood-Leflore Literacy Program, 1989. Vice president Greenwood Little Theater, 1985-1988, advisory board Miss School for Mathematics and Science, 1988-1989. Speaker Mississippi Com for Humanities, since 1975.
Board directors Leflore CountyUnited Way, since 1993, president 1996-1997. Member National Council Teachers English, Conference College Composition and Communication.
Interests
Connections
Children: James Harold, Sarah Elizabeth.
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American
Awards
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Recipient Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute grants, 1989-1994, National Writing Project grant, 1989-1994, Consortium for Research Training, 1976. American Council on Exercise fellow U. Richmond, 1992-1993.Recipient Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute grants, 1989-1994, National Writing Project grant, 1989-1994, Consortium for Research Training, 1976. American Council on Exercise fellow U. Richmond, 1992-1993.