{"id":16163,"date":"2021-03-08T09:38:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T14:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=16163"},"modified":"2023-07-12T08:39:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T12:39:12","slug":"wilson-college-associate-dean-pamela-mccauley-passionate-about-her-role-as-a-mentor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/wilson-college-associate-dean-pamela-mccauley-passionate-about-her-role-as-a-mentor\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson College Associate Dean Pamela McCauley Passionate About Her Role as a Mentor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
By Raymond Jones<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ask Pamela McCauley about her academic degrees, and she can give a simple answer. She has a bachelor\u2019s degree, a master\u2019s degree and a doctorate, all in industrial engineering, all from the University of Oklahoma.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ask her where she\u2019s from, however, and the answer\u2019s not so simple. Like many \u201cArmy brats,\u201d she moved around the country constantly as her dad changed duty stations. But whenever he served overseas, she and her mother typically stayed behind with a grandmother living in Oklahoma.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n She benefited greatly from the chance to spend time together as an extended family. And her mother, in particular, was \u201ca terrific optimist and wonderful mentor\u201d who emphasized that the sky was the limit in terms of young Pamela\u2019s ambitions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Those dreams easily could have taken a detour when she became a teen mother, an experience she drew upon, years later, to write a book titled <\/span>Winners Don\u2019t Quit\u2026Today They Call Me Doctor<\/span><\/i><\/a>. Her goal in writing this book was to inspire young women, particularly those who may be mothers, to pursue their dreams and education. Looking back on that period, she credits family support and unconditional love for making a huge difference when she needed it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n