SLCC Announces Nationwide Search for New President
Salt Lake City, Utah (PRWEB) April 07, 2014 -- The Utah State Board of Regents is inviting nominations and accepting applications in its search to fill the position of eighth president of Salt Lake Community College.
Past President Cynthia Bioteau took office in January as president of Florida State College at Jacksonville. The Board of Regents last December formed a 21-member committee to search for a replacement for Bioteau after she announced she had accepted a new position.
Dr. Deneece G. Huftalin is currently serving as interim president of SLCC during the search. Dr. Huftalin has worked for SLCC for more than two decades and was vice president of student services before taking on her new temporary role as president.
Founded in 1948, Salt Lake Community College is one of eight public institutions within the Utah System of Higher Education. The school’s flagship Taylorsville Redwood Campus is located in the heart of the Salt Lake Valley, surrounded by the Wasatch and Oquirrh mountain ranges. It remains today an open-access college that provides a comprehensive set of academic programs.
SLCC is an accredited, student-focused, urban college meeting the diverse needs of the Salt Lake community. Home to more than 60,000 students each year, the College is Utah’s leading provider of workforce development programs. SLCC is also the largest supplier of transfer students to Utah’s four-year institutions and a perennial Top 10 college nationally for total associate degrees awarded.
The College is the sole provider of applied technology courses in the Salt Lake area, with multiple locations, an eCampus, and nearly 1,000 continuing education sites located throughout the Salt Lake valley. Personal attention from an excellent faculty is paramount at the College, which maintains an average class size of 20.
Stephen Speckman, Salt Lake Community College, +1 (801) 957-5076, [email protected]
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