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During a special meeting on April 29, the °ÄÃÅÀ¶ÔÂÁÁ Board of Trustees voted to conduct second interviews with three candidates for the college’s president position.

The interviews are May 6, 7 and 8. They are open to the public and will be at 5 p.m. in rooms D303-305 in the Beatrice E. Doser Building in the college’s Sidney campus. Community open forums precede each interview from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. during which community members may meet and ask questions of each candidate.

The candidates and their interview dates are:

Monday, May 6 – Dr. Sandra Kiddoo, President of Northland Community and Technical College in Minnesota.

Tuesday, May 7 – Dr. Jon H. Connolly, President and Associate Professor of Environmental, Biological, and Horticultural Science at Sussex County Community College in Newton, New Jersey.

Wednesday, May 8 – Dr. Bradley J. Barrick, Executive Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma.

°ÄÃÅÀ¶ÔÂÁÁ’s presidential search committee considered a pool of 48 applicants with the assistance of consultant Dr. Angela Provart, President of Pauly Group Inc.

The presidential search committee includes:

• Karen Carbonelli, Carol Dueling-Ravell and Kurt Peterson, representing the °ÄÃÅÀ¶ÔÂÁÁ Board of Trustees.
• Jane Anderson-Beach and Bridget Badder, representing the °ÄÃÅÀ¶ÔÂÁÁ Foundation Board of Directors.
• Vladimir Edelman, Tore Skogseth and Anne Wiggers, representing °ÄÃÅÀ¶ÔÂÁÁ faculty and staff.
• Jakob Bigard, Mandy Christian, Kyle Hamlin and Bob Byram, representing the community.
• Tiana Whitacre, representing °ÄÃÅÀ¶ÔÂÁÁ students.

With Pauly Group’s assistance, the Board intends to have a new president in place by July, creating a smooth transition in leadership from Interim President Connie Stewart.

°ÄÃÅÀ¶ÔÂÁÁ’s sixth president, Dr. Stacy H. Young, ended her tenure at °ÄÃÅÀ¶ÔÂÁÁ in June 2023, after being named the 16^th president of her alma mater, Manchester University in Indiana. °ÄÃÅÀ¶ÔÂÁÁ’s Board of Trustees appointed Vice President for Administrative Services Connie Stewart as the college’s Interim President from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024.

Visit montcalm.edu/presidential-search for more information.

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Media inquiries, please contact:

Shelly Springborn
Director of Communications and Public Relations
shellys@montcalm.edu
989-560-0833