University of South Carolina director of student health honored for leadership

March 13, 2009

COLUMBIA, SC – March 13, 2009 – The Southern College Health Association has honored Dr. Debbie Beck, director of Student Health Services at the University of South Carolina, for outstanding leadership in college health.

SCHA presented Beck with the Charles F. Bohmann Award March 5 at the organization’s annual conference in Nashville, Tenn. The award recognizes college health leaders who have established impressive standards for excellence and service in the field and in SCHA.

Beck is president-elect of SCHA, an organization of professionals who provide health services to the higher-education community. She earned her bachelor’s degree in healthcare management and supervision, her master’s degree in public affairs and her doctorate in higher-education leadership from Western Carolina University. She joined the University of South Carolina in 2006.