Sister Rosemary E. Jeffries, R.S.M., Ph.D is former President of Georgian Court University (formerly Georgian Court College) (2001-2015) and Vice Chair of the New Jersey Presidents' Council Executive Board (2006-2007). A native of Ocean City, New Jersey, Jeffries holds a PhD in sociology from

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, an M.A. in religious studies from Princeton Theological Seminary, an M.A. in public communications from Fordham, and a B.A. in art education from

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, Dr. Jeffries worked for her congregation's Regional Community in Watchung, New Jersey as director of communications, director of development and public relations, a member of the leadership team, and, most recently, Vice President. She was also the Director of Communications for the

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and held positions of pastoral ministry and teaching.

Affiliations

Sister Rosemary currently serves as: * Member of the

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Board of Trustees in the Diocese of Trenton * Member of the Board of Trustees of St. Josephs College, West Hartford, Connecticut * Secretary of the New Jersey Presidents Council * Former member of the Tri-State Catholic Committee on Radio and Television * Former chair of the Tri-State Advisory Board for WNET.

Publications

Jeffries has been published in numerous journals, such as ''Campus Technology'', ''New Catholic World'', and ''Horizon: Journal of the National Religious Vocation Conference''.

External links

*https://www.app.com/story/news/education/2015/02/06/sister-rosemary-retires/22975103/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20070610064611/http://www.georgian.edu/president/more_about.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20061217215051/http://www.state.nj.us/highereducation/MEETING_SUMMARIES/summary0503.htm *http://www.njpc.org/leadership.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeffries, Rosemary Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Ocean City, New Jersey 21st-century American Roman Catholic nuns Fordham University alumni Princeton University alumni Sisters of Mercy Georgian Court University faculty Catholics from New Jersey American women academics