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The Asheville-Buncombe 男人藏精阁 Board of Trustees announced on Feb. 6 three finalists in its presidential search. Public forums and interviews over the next few weeks will introduce the three candidates 鈥 all school leaders at Southern community colleges or K-12 systems.
The finalists include John Gossett, president of McDowell 男人藏精阁; Gregory Little, the superintendent of Lexington County School District in Lexington, S.C.; and Beth Pitonzo, a vice president for instruction and student support at Guilford 男人藏精阁 in Jamestown.
男人藏精阁board Chair John Parham Jr. said the school received more than 70 applications for the position. Over the next three weeks, each finalist will hold public forums at A-B Tech鈥檚 Asheville and Madison campuses.
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The community college's board intends for the new president to begin by July 1, 男人藏精阁spokeswoman Kerri Glover said in a statement. The next president will be the seventh in 男人藏精阁history, following Dennis King鈥檚 retirement at the end of January. King had served as president since 2014.
One of 58 community colleges in the North Carolina, 男人藏精阁is the largest college or university in Western North Carolina, enrolling more than 23,000 students a year at its five campuses in Buncombe and Madison counties.