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CEO retirement Michael Chipps, president of Nebraska’s Northeast Community College, has announced that he will retire December 31. He has served as the college’s CEO for seven years and the state’s community college for 40…
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New CEOs Jay Carraway will serve as president of James Sprunt Community College in North Carolina, effective April 29. He is currently vice president of continuing education at Lenoir Community College (North Carolina). Carraway previously…
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New CEO Roger W. Davis is the ninth president of the Community College of Beaver County in Pennsylvania. He had served as interim president since May 2018. Davis joined the college in 2016 as executive…
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Kudos Jerry Sue Thornton, president emeritus of Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio, this week received the John Roueche/Terry O’Banion Leadership Award at the League for Innovation in the Community College’s annual meeting in New York City….
Honoring the ability to change lives
Community colleges provide a pathway to educational and career success for millions of students. This year, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is honoring three outstanding community college alumni who have made a positive…
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New CEOs Dena McCaffrey will serve as president of Jefferson College in Missouri. She will begin as president-elect from one year beginning July 1 before taking the helm from Raymond Cummiskey who will retire on…
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Kudos Frederick Keating, president of Rowan College at Gloucester County (New Jersey), is among this year’s recipients of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction. The honor is presented each…
Miami Dade’s Padrón to retire this summer
There are good college presidents, there are great college presidents and then there’s Eduardo Padrón. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice president of communications for the American Association of…
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Kudos Annette Parker, president of South Central College in Minnesota, has been named by the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of Mankato as a 2019 Women of Distinction Honoree. The award recognizes women in the…
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Interim CEO Ronald Gerhard will be interim chancellor of the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District in California, effective Jan. 22. He currently is the district’s vice chancellor of business services. Gerhard has served in multiple…