{"id":1205458,"date":"2023-02-25T09:54:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T15:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1205458"},"modified":"2023-02-27T12:11:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T18:11:53","slug":"jarvis-christian-university-president-announces-plans-to-retire-by-michael-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1205458","title":{"rendered":"Jarvis Christian University president announces plans to retire by: Michael Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/jcupres-175x98.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"98\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1205459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/jcupres-175x98.webp 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/jcupres-550x310.webp 550w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/jcupres-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/jcupres.webp 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>HAWKINS \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jarvis Christian University has announced that their current president and CEO is retiring in June, after 11 years at the school. According to our news partner KETK, Dr. Lester C. Newman started as JCU president in April of 2012 and has worked in higher education for 47 years. During his tenure at JCU, he helped save the school from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153financial peril\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and brought them to the point of operating without any debt, according to a press release. Dr. Newman also helped with turning around low enrollment, reviving Bulldog athletics, expanding degree programs and expanding the schools reach to Dallas. He recently brought them from being a college to a university through the creation of their business and criminal justice master\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s degrees. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Some of you have heard rumors. Some of you have probably had bets,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Dr. Newman said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But there comes a time when a leader knows it is time to step aside.  Jarvis needs a new perspective, new energy and a new leader. I called this meeting today because I wanted my students, faculty and staff to hear it from me first.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Newman said the Jarvis board of trustees has a process to name his successor and he will support their choice for new leadership. According to a press release, a new president is expected to be be announced before July 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAWKINS \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jarvis Christian University has announced that their current president and CEO is retiring in June, after 11 years at the school. According to our news partner KETK, Dr. Lester C. Newman started as JCU president in April of 2012 and has worked in higher education for 47 years. During his tenure at JCU, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1205458\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jarvis Christian University president announces plans to retire by: Michael Garcia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1205462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/jcupres-175x98.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Jarvis Christian University president announces plans to retire by: Michael Garcia","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1205458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 16:09:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/jcupres-175x98.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Jarvis Christian University president announces plans to retire by: Michael Garcia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1205458"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1205493,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205458\/revisions\/1205493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1205462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1205458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1205458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1205458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}