While I was off yesterday, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system decided to appoint a couple of presidents: Kent Hanson to Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College; and Connie Gores to Southwest Minnesota State University. The Albert Lea Tribune says Hanson will succeed president Terry Leas, who took a job in Washington Read more →
Score another one for the two-year colleges. Anoka Technical College’s precision sheet-metal class seems to offer what most students dream of: free classes, pre-arranged job interviews and high chances for a job right after graduation. This KSTP segment talks about the course — how the $2,000 classes are free because of a Department of Labor Read more →
The appointment of four college presidents in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system this afternoon might not be unusual, but it’s a reminder that the Boomer generation is retiring — and their replacements face the challenges of a system stretched for money. The new chiefs: Saint Paul College: Rassoul Dastmozd, vice president of Read more →
Looks like Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College attracted some candidates in its $62,000 scrapped presidential search that MnSCU could have found potentially problematic. Check out these newspaper articles on two of the semifinalists: Ronald Erickson, president of Hocking College: A mess at Hocking College President might quit unless board of trustees stops its Read more →
As I posted yesterday, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system scrapped the presidential search for Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College, leaving current Anoka-Ramsey interim chief Jessica Stumpf to head up both colleges until a replacement is found. MnSCU won’t say what happened, but spokeswoman Melinda Voss did say what that little Read more →
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system Chancellor James McCormick has announced he’s recommending these people for the presidencies of two MnSCU colleges — but scrapping the search for a third. He’s recommending the following: Saint Paul College: Rassoul Dastmozd, vice president of instruction at Clark College in Washington; and Century College: Ron Anderson, vice Read more →
Just got this announcement from MnSCU. Three semifinalists are in the running for a presidency that will oversee both Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College: Ron Erickson, president and chief executive officer of Hocking College in Ohio and former dean at Dakota County Technical College; Alex Kajstura, provost of the Norfolk campus of Tidewater Read more →
North metro newspaper site abcnewspapers.com has a few more angles on the plan to have only one president govern both Anoka Technical College and Anoka-Ramsey Community College by next fall. The realignment is not a merger, but the article says community members are wondering about how the new arrangement will affect jobs and resources: And Read more →
Got an announcement just now from the HQ of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. The crux: Anoka Technical College and Anoka-Ramsey Community College will realign under one president by next fall. It is, however, not a merger. Both colleges will function separately. Here’s the press release: Nov. 4, 2010 Two Twin Cities area Read more →
Alex Friedrich