²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP Seeks Board of Trustees Member
- September 25, 2024
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The Nominating Committee for the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP Board of Trustees (BOT) is accepting applications to serve a six-year term beginning July 1, 2025. ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP is a public, open-admissions community college, with campuses in Rockville, Germantown, and Takoma Park/Silver Spring and Workforce Development & Continuing Education centers throughout the county. The College serves over 45,000 students yearly and offers a broad range of academic and training programs and support services with state-of-the-art technology through its 140 degree and certificate programs.
The Board of Trustees, the fiduciary institutional governance body, has the essential responsibilities and obligations to:
- define the role and mission of the College and establish institutional objectives; and consider the county¡¯s educational needs while reflecting its values in fulfilling the College¡¯s mission;
- appoint, support, and evaluate the president;
- ensure strong financial management and adequate institutional financial resources;
- establish institutional policies;
- ensure that comprehensive and continuous short and long-range institutional planning occurs;
- promote and engage in positive public relations for the College, while supporting community relationships, effective change, and institutional autonomy;
- maintain appropriate relationships with the associated foundations and other support organizations of the College; and
- ratify the conferral of degrees and certificates by the faculty.
A ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP Trustee is expected to serve without personal gain, partisan politics, or personal agenda. Trustees serve with a general knowledge of the community¡¯s needs and issues in such areas as education, social, political, and economic environment and have demonstrated community services; and possess the values, integrity, ethical responsibility, and other qualities to enhance the College¡¯s standing in the community.
Board members and their immediate relatives are prohibited from being employed by the College.
Interested applicants should submit:
- a letter of intent demonstrating relevant qualifications, experience and interest; including the skills, resources, and expertise you bring to the College, your motivation to serve on the Board of Trustees and your community involvement; a resume citing education, job history and relevant experience; and
- supporting references.
Materials should be sent, via email, to Mr. Henry Hailstock, Chair, MC Nominating Committee, at mcnomcom@gmail.com. Applications will not be accepted at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP.
Additional information on the nominating process is available from Ms. Evelyn Cordova, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP Board of Trustees office, (240) 567-3116, Mr. Hailstock, (240) 595-1931, and the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP Board of Trustees website.