Carol Smiarowski was an Associate Professor at Brenau University where she taught technique, composition, and using music for dance along with supervising the dance education degree program. She was director of the dance program from 1994 through 2005. She led the program through development of new B.F.A. degrees and on to National Association of Schools of Dance accreditation. Prior to teaching at Brenau University she was a lecturer at Spelman College and director of the Spelman College Dance Theatre. She earned a Master of Fine Arts (1989) from Florida State University and a Bachelor of Arts (1981) from the University of North Texas. In 2003, Carol received the Vulcan Materials Company Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership award from Brenau University for outstanding leadership, professionalism, and teaching. She was also honored by the University of North Texas as an outstanding alumna.

As a dancer, she has performed with the Denton (TX) Civic Ballet, the Mobile Ballet, Dance Repertory Theater (Tallahassee, FL), and Ruth Mitchell Dance Theater (Atlanta). Carol has choreographed works for Brenau Dance Ensemble, the Gainesville Ballet Company (GA), Ruth Mitchell Dance Theater, Georgia State University, and Spelman College.

Carol was loved and respected by her students, colleagues and friends. She will be remembered for her dedication to quality, her sense of honor, and her sense of humor. She was known for her keen insight, organizational ability, fore- thought, and attention to detail. Her presence will always be felt in the design of the dance program. "She was a person I would entrust my life to." -- Dr. Andrea Birch, Dean of Fine Arts and Humanities "She was an absolutely beautiful person inside and out," says Andrea Birch, Ph.D., Dean of Fine Arts and Humanities. "She was a teacher, a mentor, a role model, a friend. And she absolutely loved Brenau. She was a person I would entrust my life to."

Instructing students in a 2003 class "Mrs. Smiarowski, we will miss you in the studios and classrooms but we will keep you in our hearts." -- The Brenau Dance majors of 2007

The Carol Smiarowski Scholarship Carol expressed a wish to have a dance scholarship established in her name at Brenau University. In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to:    Brenau University, 500 Washington Street, S.E., Gainesville, GA 30501. Write “Carol Smiarowski Scholarship” in the subject line of the check.