The National Coalition of Campus Children’s Center (NCCCC) has selected their recipient of the Director of the Year award.

Debra Carlson, director of the Lindgren Child Care Center at St. Cloud State University since 1980, has received the award for representing the SCSU campus and the state with leadership characteristics and a positive impact on early care and education.

The NCCCC is represented nationwide by more than 620 members who represent two and four year colleges and universities that provide early care and education programming, leadership and advocacy.

The Lindgren Child Care Center provides infant, toddler, and preschool-aged care to the kids of St. Cloud State, staff and faculty.