HIGHER EDUCATION BRIEFS Lone Star College names new presidents for Montgomery, University Park campuses
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Lone Star College System names rst Hispanic chancellor What’s happening?: Virginia Fraire was selected as the new president of LSC University Park. She will start her role Oct. 1, according to a July 28 news release. • She is only the second president to reside over the campus. • She most recently served as the vice provost for student success De ‘Reese Reid-Hart was selected as the new president of LSC Mont- gomery. She will start her role Sept. 1, according to a separate release. The Lone Star College System announced July 28 the two new presidents for LSC Montgomery and LSC University Park. The announce- ments come as former LSC Montgom- ery President Rebecca Riley retired and former LSC University Park President Shah Ardalan was named president of Randolph Community College, according to LSCS o cials. and strategic initiatives at The University of Texas at El Paso.
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• Reid-Hart will be the fth president to serve LSC Montgomery. • She most recently served as vice president of instruction at LSC Montgomery. Quote of note: “Her experience in providing educational and support services will have a positive and profound impact on our students. I know Dr. Reid-Hart will provide the leadership and oversight to continue meeting the needs of all students, community leaders, taxpayers and our partner school districts,” former LSCS Chancellor Stephen Head said in the release.
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He has served as the LSCS chief operating o cer and general counsel since 2017 and began as the
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college’s general counsel in 2015. He also served as interim president of LSC Kingwood. Quote of note: “This is a historic moment in the history of Lone Star College with the appointment of the rst Hispanic chancellor demonstrat- ing the Lone Star College board of trustees’ commitment to our culture of engagement and inclusiveness,” board Chair Michael Stoma said in the July 21 release. “The process to select a new chancellor involved many hours of research and due diligence to ensure we selected the right nalist.” Mario Castillo
Mario Castillo began as the next chancellor of the Lone Star College System on Aug. 11, following the board of trustees’ decision to select him as the sole nalist for the role during a July 21 special meeting, LSC o cials announced in a news release. The overview: Castillo replaces out- going Chancellor Stephen Head, who announced his retirement in January, eective Aug. 1, Community Impact previously reported. Head has served as chancellor since 2014. As such, the board of trustees began the search for a new chancellor in late March, according to a July 21 news release. Castillo is the fth LSCS
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