Confessions of an Internal Candidate
About Dr. Williams Tonjua Williams, Ph.D., became St. Petersburg College’s seventh president on July 3, 2017. A St. Petersburg native, Dr. Williams began her tenure with the college in 1986, rising through the ranks in a variety of academic and administrative roles. Prior to becoming President, Dr. Williams was Senior Vice President for Student Services […]
Greg Haile: Breaking the Mold: Innovation in Workforce Training Opportunities
About President Haile Gregory Adam Haile is the seventh president of Broward College. He assumed the role on July 1, 2018. Broward College serves 63,000 students with approximately 5,000 colleagues. The institution is part of the Florida College System and was named a Top Ten finalist for the prestigious Aspen Prize for the years 2013, 2017, […]
Dr. Philip Neal: Innovation in Building Pathways for Working Learners
About Dr. Neal Dr. Phillip Neal serves as the President and CEO of Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College, bringing nearly 30 years of experience in higher education. Previously, Dr. Neal led national corporate partnership development for the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD). He was a community college faculty member and also […]
Dr. Linda García: Building Success for the “Working Learner”
From this episode During the episode, Dr. García mentions the three questions that every institution should ask its leadership team: How does your college consider students who work in matters of policy and practice such as scheduling and course offerings? What are the expectations of faculty for getting to know students and understanding the external […]
President Madeline Pumariega: What It Means to be the “First:” The Journey, the Accolades and the Burdens
About President Pumariega Breaking through barriers and making history, Madeline Pumariega is the first female president to lead Miami Dade College (MDC), the institution she attended decades earlier as a student-athlete. Her passion for innovation in higher education was born out of her own experiences, first as student and then as a longtime administrator at […]