{"id":412982,"date":"2015-10-30T11:09:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T16:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=412982"},"modified":"2015-11-01T04:37:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T10:37:00","slug":"four-finalists-named-for-kc-president-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=412982","title":{"rendered":"Four Finalists Named for KC President Position"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kilgore_College\"<\/a>KILGORE — The Kilgore College Board of Trustees has narrowed the field to four as it seeks its next president. Current President Dr. William M. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bill\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Holda announced July 2 that he will retire effective Jan. 31, 2016. Officials say the finalists will undergo extensive interviews on a one-day campus visit.<\/p>\n

Finalists and campus visit\/interview dates:<\/p>\n

Dr. Kyle Wagner \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Thursday, Nov. 5
\nDr. Mark Smith \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tuesday, Nov. 10
\nDr. Brenda Kays \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Thursday, Nov. 12
\nDr. Lynn Moore \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Monday, Nov. 16<\/p>\n

Officials say there will be two open forums on each interview day at which KC faculty\/staff, students, and the community will have an opportunity to ask questions of the finalists. The forums will be held from 1:15 to 2 p.m. and 2:15 to 3 p.m. on each scheduled interview day on the second floor of the McLaurin Administration Building.<\/p>\n

Here’s a rundown of the candidates:<\/p>\n

Dr. Brenda Kays:
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Current position: President, Stanly Community College, North Carolina
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Former Vice President Student Learning & Success, Guilford Technical Community College, North Carolina
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Former Chief Academic Officer\/Dean of Instructional Services, Vernon College, Texas
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Ed.D. from University of North Texas at Denton<\/p>\n

Dr. Lynn Moore:
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Current position: President, Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Former Vice President -Administrative Services & Student Development, Umpqua Community College, Oregon
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Former Dean of Students, Hill College District, Texas
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n

Dr. Mark Smith:<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7 Current position: Vice President of Educational Services at Temple College
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Former College Director of Student Affairs and Distance Learning at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Former Airborne Computer\/Radar Instructor Supervisor, United States Air Force
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Ph.D. from Capella University<\/p>\n

Dr. Kyle Wagner:
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Current position: Vice President Instruction & Economic Development, Coastal Bend College, Texas
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Former Vice President of Workforce Innovations & Education, Mid-South Community College, Arkansas
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Former Assistant Dean, Aerospace & Related Technologies, Salt Lake Community College, Utah
\n\u00c2\u00b7 Ph.D. from Capella University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KILGORE — The Kilgore College Board of Trustees has narrowed the field to four as it seeks its next president. Current President Dr. William M. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bill\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Holda announced July 2 that he will retire effective Jan. 31, 2016. Officials say the finalists will undergo extensive interviews on a one-day campus visit. Finalists and campus visit\/interview … Continue reading Four Finalists Named for KC President Position<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":412984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 17:07:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412982","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=412982"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412993,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412982\/revisions\/412993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/412984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=412982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=412982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=412982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}