Inauguration

Dr. Ingrid Thompson-Sellers is the eighth permanent president of South Georgia State College. She began her journey at SGSC in 2016 as the interim president after serving as a senior associate dean and professor of Business Information Systems at Georgia State University. In addition, she served in a variety of roles at Georgia Perimeter College, including interim vice president for Academic Affairs, Business Information Systems faculty, department chair, dean of business, campus dean at Newton, Decatur, Clarkston and GPC Online. Before coming to Georgia Perimeter College, she taught at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York.

Thompson-Sellers earned her bachelor’s degree in Physics from The University of the West Indies (Mona Campus, Jamaica), a master’s degree in Telecommunications from Iona College and a doctoral degree in Instructional Technology from Georgia State University. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), Southern Association of Colleges with Associate Degrees (SACAD) and Iona College, her alma mater.

Under her leadership, the college is carrying out new initiatives to increase enrollment, reduce expenditures and increase investment in the technology infrastructure. She and her husband Calvin have two children; daughter Daniele and son Torrence.

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