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September 6, 2008

Anonymous The Meridian Star Sat Sep 06, 2008, 10:57 PM CDT

EMSH’s Glazar given Askew Award

East Mississippi State Hospital’s Director of Interdisciplinary Programs, Ann Glazar, was recently selected as the 2007 Mississippi recipient of the George C. Askew Award, which is administered under the authority of the Mississippi State Personnel Board.

Glazar, who has worked at EMSH for more than 30 years, is a Certified Public Manager graduate. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the Mississippi University for Women and masters’ degrees in both Education and Social Work from the University of Southern Mississippi. She also serves as an adjunct professor for the Social Work Program at Mississippi State University-Meridian.

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