Highline Community College

 

MEDIA RELEASE

 

FOR RELEASE:   IMMEDIATELY

DATE:                   April 16, 2008

CONTACT:          Patricia Overman, (206) 878-3710, ext. x3230, poverman@highline.edu

                              Lisa Skari, (206) 878-3710, ext. 3705, lskari@highline.edu

 

Board of Trustees Announces Finalists for Highline Community College President

 

DES MOINES, Wash. — Today, the Board of Trustees announced five finalists it will interview for the position of president of Highline Community College. The finalists are (in alphabetical order):

  • Thom Armstrong, PhD – former President of Copper Mountain College, Joshua Tree, CA
  • Jack Bermingham, PhD – Interim President of Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
  • John Garmon, PhD – Chief Academic Officer of New Mexico State University, Carlsbad, NM
  • Randall Lawrence  – Vice President for Instruction of Olympic College, Bremerton, WA
  • Julie Leidig, PhD – Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of Montgomery College, Houston, TX

 

Candidate profiles can be found at http://presidentialsearch.highline.edu/candidates.php.

 

As part of the interview process, community forums are scheduled for each candidate.  All forums are open to the public and will be held at 23835 Pacific Highway South, room 131 (building 99):

  • April 22, 9-9:45am:  John Garmon
  • April 25, 2-2:45pm: Jack Bermingham
  • April 29, 9-9:45am:  Julie Leidig
  • April 30, 2-2:45pm:  Thom Armstrong
  • May 2, 9-9:45am:  Randall Lawrence 

 

An appointment by the Board of Trustees is expected in early May, 2008. 

Highline Community College was founded in 1961 as the first community college in

King County. With approximately 9,500 students and 350,000 alumni, it is one of the state’s largest institutions of higher education. The college offers a wide range of academic transfer and professional-technical education programs, with day, evening, on-line, and weekend classes.

 

With the most diverse population of any college in Washington State, Highline takes a multi-cultural approach to education for the success of all its students and the prosperity of its surrounding communities. Alumni include former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, entrepreneur Junki Yoshida and noted author Ann Rule.

 

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