May 11, 2021
ESCANABA Bay College honors Ruth Carlson, director of financial aid, as one of its recipients of the Outstanding Employee Award. Carlson began working at Bay College in the Financial Aid Office as a work-study student employee in August 1999. While she worked as a work-study student, Carlson also earned her AAS in Office Systems/Administrative Assistant. Shortly after graduating, she was hired as the Administrative Assistant to the Director of Financial Aid in June 2002. Carlson continued working in the Financial Aid Office and was promoted in January 2010 to the Assistant Director of Financial Aid. In 2019, she was promoted again to the Director of Financial Aid. Carlson holds a Bachelor’s degree from Lake Superior State University in Business Administration as well as two Associate’s degrees from Bay College in Office Systems/Administrative Assistant and Business Administration.