Martin named NMCC academic dean

    PRESQUE ISLE — An experienced Aroostook County education administrator, who has held leadership positions at both the Maine School of Science and Mathematics and the Loring Job Corps Center, has been named to the top academic post at Northern Maine Community College.
    Dorothy “Dottie” Martin, of Fort Fairfield, has been appointed NMCC academic dean. Martin officially began her new duties Aug. 1.
    Martin most recently served as career development director at the Loring Job Corps Center in Limestone for nearly seven years. In that capacity, she was responsible for day-to-day oversight of the academic and career technical training program.
    Before joining Job Corps in 2004, Martin served as executive director of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone. Her tenure at the magnet school began in 1996 when she was appointed assistant director. She was promoted to the top post in 2000. Prior to relocating to Maine, Martin held positions in the field of education in Louisiana.
    Martin holds a Ph.D. in educational leadership with an emphasis in higher education from the University of Mississippi in Oxford, two masters degrees – in educational administration and supervision and library science and educational administration, both from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La.; and a bachelor of science degree in elementary education from Louisiana College in Pineville, La.