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associate vice
chancellor for records and enrollment
management, initiated the Law Center
registrar’s office as operating
independently of the Southern University
registrar’s office in 1986. Since that time,
the office has expanded to include records
and enrollment duties, recruitment, and
admissions. Simmons was registrar and
director of enrollment management before
being promoted to associate vice chancellor
in 2002. Simmons joined the Law Center staff
in 1981, serving as assistant catalog
librarian until 1985. A native of Rapides
Parish, Simmons earned a B.S. from Grambling
State University and a M.L.S. from Louisiana
State University in Baton Rouge. She
received a certificate in enrollment
management from the American Association of
Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers
(AACRAO) and has served as a facilitator for
the law school registrars’ roundtable at the
annual meeting. In addition to her
participation in AACRAO, Simmons’
professional associations include the
National Network of Law School Officers,
American Association of University Women,
Southern Association of Pre-Law Advisors,
National Association of Female Executives,
African Americans in Louisiana Higher
Education, National Association of Bench and
Bar Spouses, and the Baton Rouge Association
of Bench and Bar Spouses. She is a founding
member of the Baton Rouge Association of
Barristers’ Wives and served 10 years as its
treasurer. In 1996, Simmons was appointed to
serve on the Louisiana Board of Regents
Statewide Accountability Working
Subcommittee, various Law Center committees,
and campus and system committees. Simmons is
also a life member of Delta Sigma Theta
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