January 24, 2000

Bowling Green, Ky. -- A Western Kentucky University graduate is a candidate for a national education award.

Joy Carroll Miller, curriculum and assessment director for Hardin County schools, received the Administrator of the Year award from the Kentucky Association of Educational Office Professionals and is in the running for the national award that honors dedication to education.

Miller, who earned a master's degree from Western in 1976, also received the Distinguished Educational Leadership award from the Commission on Elementary and Middle Schools of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.