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Dr. Joachim received her doctorate in educational leadership in 1998 from Southern Miss. She also earned a master’s degree in administration and supervision at the Gulf Park campus in 1993 and a bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1976 from Southern Miss.

Joachim returned to Southern Miss on Aug. 22, 2005, just one week before Hurricane Katrina devastated the University’s Gulf Coast operations. While overseeing their reopening in just six weeks after the storm, Joachim has since continued to guide restoration of the campus and teaching site facilities.

Enrollment has also continued to rise under her leadership with 3,066 students this fall, the largest in Southern Miss Gulf Coast history.