Newsmakers

Newsmakers

Kudos Jim Murdaugh, president of Florida’s Tallahassee State College, has been named to Florida Trend magazine’s “Florida 500” for the second year in a row. The list honors influential leaders who are shaping the state’s…


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New CEO Robert Brandon will become the seventh president of Virginia’s New River Community College, effective January 1. He is currently vice president of academic and student services at Southwest Virginia Community College, a position…


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Appointments Jewel Jones is joining Guttman Community College (New York) as its chief diversity officer. She previously was associate director of compliance and diversity/deputy chief diversity officer/deputy Title IX coordinator at Hostos Community College (New…


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Kudos Keith Curry, president of Compton College and CEO of the Compton College District (California), will receive the University of California, Santa Cruz 2024 Alumni Achievement Award. The award recognizes leaders of outstanding excellence who…


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New CEO Marshall M. Roache will become the next president of Oregon Coast Community College on January 1. Since 2020, he has served as executive dean of career and technical education and public safety at…


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Kudos Jerry Wallace, president of Virginia’s Danville Community College (DCC), has received the Rural Community College Alliance’s Rising Star Award, which recognizes emerging leaders at rural community colleges who demonstrate exceptional promise and dedication to…


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Kudos Susan Looney, president of Reading Area Community College, has received the 2024 President’s Merit Award from the Berks County (Pennsylvania) Latino Chamber of Commerce. The award exemplifies the leadership, dedication and contributions to the…


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Interim CEO David C. Andrus is now interim superintendent/president of the Santa Clarita Community College District in California. He previously was acting chancellor of the district’s College of the Canyons (COC). Prior to his appointment,…


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New CEO Layla Merrifield has been named the next president of the Wisconsin Technical College System, effective September 9. Since 2015, she has served as executive director of the Wisconsin Technical College District Boards Association….


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Retirement announcements John J. “Ski” Sygielski, president and CEO of HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, has announced his plans to retire from the college on July 18, 2025. Sygielski is HACC’s longest-serving president, having taken…