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New CEOs Wesley Beddard will be the new president of Martin Community College in North Carolina, starting on July 1. He currently is associate vice president of programs at the North Carolina Community College System…
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President on the move Stephen Vacik has been selected as the next president of Mississippi’s Hinds Community College, effective July 1. He is currently president of Maysville Community and Technical College in Kentucky. Prior to…
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New CEOs Brian Bicknell is now president of Manchester Community College (MCC) in New Hampshire. He had served as interim president since January 1. Previously, Bicknell was vice president of academic affairs at MCC for…
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CEO on the move John Gossett has been named the seventh president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in North Carolina. He comes from McDowell Technical Community College, also in North Carolina, where he has served…
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Presidents on the move Lisa Avery will be the seventh president of Linn-Benton Community College in Oregon, beginning July 1. She is currently campus president of Sylvania Campus at Portland Community College (PCC) in Oregon,…
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New CEO Dyrell Foster is now president of Las Positas College (California). He previously served at Moreno Valley College (California) as vice president of student services. Foster also co-led a collaborative effort with faculty and…
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CEO retirement Tim Hood, who has served as president Highland Community College (HCC) in Illinois since 2015, will retire in June when his current contract ends. Hood came to HCC in 2011 as vice president…
Outstanding alumni in the spotlight
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) will honor at the AACC Annual Convention next month four exceptional alumni from member colleges — a heart doctor, an anesthesiologist, a community housing advocate, and an owner…
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Interim CEO Steven Gonzales is now interim chancellor of the Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona. He has more than 20 years of instructional and administrative experience in higher education. From 2011 to 2013, Gonzales was…
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New CEO Michael Fischer has been named the next president of York County Community College (Maine). He will begin in March. Fischer is currently an associate vice president at Great Bay Community College (GBCC) in New…