FORT WORTH — Texas It should come as no surprise to the legion of Judith Carrier admirers that one of her first tasks in education was high school cheerleader sponsor. After all, she was always a vocal booster of her college, colleagues, faculty, students and her many civic undertakings.
She applauded success, frequently employing her signature word — “Super!” — while at the same time urging those she praised to consider working just a little harder.
Dr. Carrier joined Tarrant County College Northeast in 1971 after years of teaching in Burleson and at Arlington’s Sam Houston High School. She was a counselor at Sam when Don Anthony, the new Northeast president, told her he wanted more women in administrative posts and sent her to a conference in Florida to gain some experience.
A few months later, then Chancellor Joe B. Rushing came to her with an offer. “It’s time to think about women and about senior citizens,” she remembered him saying. She had a choice of two positions — director of counseling or director of special services, such services to encompass women, minorities and seniors. She chose the latter.
She served in that post through the summer and fall of 1974 and spring 1975. “By that time,