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KCC appoints acting president
Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007
Carol Dougan has been appointed acting president of Klamath Community College, taking over in the wake of Fred Smith’s resignation.
She doesn’t plan major changes as college officials look for a temporary president and begin the search for someone to take the position permanently.
“A seamless transition is really important,” Dougan said. “The board has asked me to stay the course and hold onto the rudder. I see my role as one of caretaker in the position.”
Dougan has a long association with community colleges. She served as a KCC board member for the last two years, including vice president during the past year.
Prior to that she was interim dean for academic and student services at Wytheville Community College in Virginia, and dean of business and computer science at Gaston College in Gastonia, N.C. Dougan also was vice president of Jackson State Community College in Tennessee.
She has a Ph.D. in educational administration: community college leadership from the University of Texas-Austin, an MBA from Pepperdine University, and master’s of music and bachelor’s of music from the University of Southern California and Cincinnati Conservatory.
Dougan said the timing was right for her to take the presidency temporarily. “It was fortunate I was here, willing and excited to do it,” she said.
She wasted no time before wading into college issues. Dougan leaves today for an annual community college presidents’ retreat in Ontario, Ore. The five-day session includes officials from the state’s 17 community colleges, and the goal is to identify issues of common interest.
Enrollment is a topic Dougan is focusing on as the opening of fall term nears. KCC had 1,227 FTE students at the end of spring term.
The school served more than 2,000 Klamath County residents in each of the fall, winter and spring terms of the 2006-07 academic year. More than 1,000 students are enrolled in summer classes. The numbers include students in credit classes, non-credit classes and joint KCC-Klamath Adult Learning Center programs.
It’s a diverse student body, ranging from teens pursuing their GEDs to older adults going back to school in hopes of new careers.
“We have a tremendous amount of offerings for lots of career choices,” Dougan said.
She said KCC’s goal is to make every student feel comfortable, even if they’re the first from their family to enter college.
Public school
boards meet
City and county school boards will be busy this week.
The Klamath Falls City Schools’ board meets Monday at the administration building, 1336 Avalon St. There will be a work session at 5:30 p.m. followed immediately by the regular monthly board meeting. A report on EagleRidge High School is among agenda items.
The Klamath County School District board will meet Thursday at 6 p.m. at the district office, 10501 Washburn Way. Agenda items include a report from Debbie Vought of Citizens for Safe Schools, and discussion of possible repair of the Lost River Junior-Senior High School track.
Teachers teach teachers
Teachers taught teachers this summer at Oregon Institute of Technology. Thirty educators from high schools and community colleges across the nation learned innovative ways to teach their students engineering, introduction to engineering design, digital electronics, and computer integrated manufacturing.
OIT is Oregon’s lead university for the training program, called Project Lead the Way. It’s intended to allow pre-college students to determine if engineering is a career they want to pursue.
” Steve Kadel
Carol Dougan has been appointed acting president of Klamath Community College, taking over in the wake of Fred Smith’s resignation.
She doesn’t plan major changes as college officials look for a temporary president and begin the search for someone to take the position permanently.
“A seamless transition is really important,” Dougan said. “The board has asked me to stay the course and hold onto the rudder. I see my role as one of caretaker in the position.”
Dougan has a long association with community colleges. She served as a KCC board member for the last two years, including vice president during the past year.
Prior to that she was interim dean for academic and student services at Wytheville Community College in Virginia, and dean of business and computer science at Gaston College in Gastonia, N.C. Dougan also was vice president of Jackson State Community College in Tennessee.
She has a Ph.D. in educational administration: community college leadership from the University of Texas-Austin, an MBA from Pepperdine University, and master’s of music and bachelor’s of music from the University of Southern California and Cincinnati Conservatory.
Dougan said the timing was right for her to take the presidency temporarily. “It was fortunate I was here, willing and excited to do it,” she said.
She wasted no time before wading into college issues. Dougan leaves today for an annual community college presidents’ retreat in Ontario, Ore. The five-day session includes officials from the state’s 17 community colleges, and the goal is to identify issues of common interest.
Enrollment is a topic Dougan is focusing on as the opening of fall term nears. KCC had 1,227 FTE students at the end of spring term.
The school served more than 2,000 Klamath County residents in each of the fall, winter and spring terms of the 2006-07 academic year. More than 1,000 students are enrolled in summer classes. The numbers include students in credit classes, non-credit classes and joint KCC-Klamath Adult Learning Center programs.
It’s a diverse student body, ranging from teens pursuing their GEDs to older adults going back to school in hopes of new careers.
“We have a tremendous amount of offerings for lots of career choices,” Dougan said.
She said KCC’s goal is to make every student feel comfortable, even if they’re the first from their family to enter college.
Public school
boards meet
City and county school boards will be busy this week.
The Klamath Falls City Schools’ board meets Monday at the administration building, 1336 Avalon St. There will be a work session at 5:30 p.m. followed immediately by the regular monthly board meeting. A report on EagleRidge High School is among agenda items.
The Klamath County School District board will meet Thursday at 6 p.m. at the district office, 10501 Washburn Way. Agenda items include a report from Debbie Vought of Citizens for Safe Schools, and discussion of possible repair of the Lost River Junior-Senior High School track.
Teachers teach teachers
Teachers taught teachers this summer at Oregon Institute of Technology. Thirty educators from high schools and community colleges across the nation learned innovative ways to teach their students engineering, introduction to engineering design, digital electronics, and computer integrated manufacturing.
OIT is Oregon’s lead university for the training program, called Project Lead the Way. It’s intended to allow pre-college students to determine if engineering is a career they want to pursue.
” Steve Kadel
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