{"id":198634,"date":"2020-05-07T11:13:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T16:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=198634"},"modified":"2020-05-12T09:43:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T14:43:14","slug":"sharon-cox-to-retire-uj-assoc-professor-dept-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=198634","title":{"rendered":"Sharon Cox to retire from University Jamestown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-198635\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cox-Sharon-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cox-Sharon-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cox-Sharon-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cox-Sharon-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cox-Sharon-117x175.jpg 117w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cox-Sharon.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Jamestown\u00a0 (uj.edu)\u00a0 The University of Jamestown reports that\u00a0 Sharon Cox, MFA, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Art, will retire after 28 years of service to University of Jamestown.<\/p>\n<p>Cox joined University of Jamestown in the fall of 1992 to teach art and journalism after teaching previously at Lynchburg College in Virginia, Jackson State University in Mississippi, and Mercer University in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Provost, Dr. Paul Olson says, \u201cSummarizing Sharon\u2019s career and time in Jamestown is a monumental task.\u00a0 She has taught innumerable art courses, put on countless art shows, painted everything from Dine and Bid backdrops to the World\u2019s Largest Buffalo, written \u201cArt Voices\u201d weekly for the Jamestown Sun since 1992\u2014which she will continue to do\u2014and been a champion for the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cox was named the Professor of the Year for 1997. \u201cMost importantly,\u201d Dr. Olson continued, \u201cSharon has been an advocate, counselor, and mentor for not only all of her art majors, but for dozens if not hundreds of UJ students and alumni.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cox joined University of Jamestown in the fall of 1992 to teach art and journalism after teaching previously at Lynchburg College in Virginia, Jackson State University in Mississippi, and Mercer University in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Provost, Dr. Paul Olson says, \u201cSummarizing Sharon\u2019s career and time in Jamestown is a monumental task.\u00a0 She has taught innumerable art courses, put on countless art shows, painted everything from Dine and Bid backdrops to the World\u2019s Largest Buffalo, written \u201cArt Voices\u201d weekly for the Jamestown Sun since 1992\u2014which she will continue to do\u2014and been a champion for the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cox was named the Professor of the Year for 1997. \u201cMost importantly,\u201d Dr. Olson continued, \u201cSharon has been an advocate, counselor, and mentor for not only all of her art majors, but for dozens if not hundreds of UJ students and alumni.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (uj.edu)\u00a0 The University of Jamestown reports that\u00a0 Sharon Cox, MFA, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Art, will retire after 28 years of service to University of Jamestown. 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