Carol Dice received her undergraduate degree in business from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, then attended the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, where she earned her master's degree in education followed by a Ph.D. in counseling and educational development. She had a passionate love for older persons and devoted much of her personal and professional life to working with and on behalf of older adults, both as a volunteer and as a professional counselors. For the past few years she worked in the Duplin County School District, where she worked with special needs children at E.E. Smith Middle School. She loved all of her "kids" and was always eager to tell others about the joys of watching them learn and grow. In addition to her love of persons of all ages, Carol truly loved animals and was an active advocate for pet therapy.

Carol was a CSI Leadership Intern in 1996 and worked on special projects to help promote CSI and the counseling profession. She passed away on May 24, 2011, after battling ovarian cancer for a second time. Memorial donations may be made to the Carol E. Dice Memorial Foundation, 295 Cardens Dove, Timberlake, NC 27583. The foundation provides educational equipment and supplies to be used in the special needs classroom at E. E. Smith Middle School where Carol was employed.

If you would like to make a donation to CSI in memory of Dr. Dice, you can contribute to CSI’s General Fund.

Originally published at csi-net.org on August 27, 2011.