Public Information Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: April 17, 2006
CONTACT: Donna Myers, 206.546.4717

SCC selects four candidates as finalists in its
Presidential Search

Shoreline, WA — At a special meeting of the Board of Trustees at Shoreline Community College on April 17th, the BOT approved a list of four candidates to continue in the presidential search process. They are: Randall C. Lawrence, vice president of instruction at Olympic College; Mark Palek, Ed.D., president of Spokane Falls Community College; G. Jeremiah Ryan, Ed.D., president emeritus, Raritan Valley Community College; and William Scroggins, Ph.D., interim president, Modesto Junior College.

The search committee began its work in January and is comprised of three students, five faculty, three administrators and staff, and three community members from Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. Dr. Bob Barringer, CEO of Gold Hill Associates, is assisting with the nationwide search process. Barringer, who has participated in 16 presidential searches in the state of Washington, was selected based on his experience and knowledge of the Washington state community college system.

The search committee has developed a schedule for the interview process that includes dates at which community members can attend and talk to the candidates. Those dates are scheduled for 6 to 7 p.m., April 27, May 2, May 4 and May 9, 2006. The interview dates and times are listed online at the College’s presidential search web site, located at http://www.shoreline.edu/PresSearch02.html. Please refer to this site for more information.

The College plans to have a new president on board by July 1, 2006. Dr. Holly Moore, former president of SCC, resigned in August of 2005. Since then, Lee Lambert, J.D., vice president of Human Resources and Legal Affairs, has served as the interim president.

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