Peninsula College seeks public input on new president

PORT ANGELES — Community input in the qualities desired in Peninsula College’s next president will be collected at forums planned in early December.

The forums will be in Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks and Port Townsend.

The Board of Trustees will use suggestions from the public as it develops a presidential profile that will be used in the recruitment of the next Peninsula College president.

The next president will replace Tom Keegan, who has accepted the post of president at Skagit Valley College after a decade at the helm of Peninsula College.

The profile the trustees develop will describe the position, required and preferred qualifications, experience and skills desired, as well as the foreseeable opportunities and challenges at the college, which is based in Port Angeles with branches in Forks and Port Townsend, in the next 10 years.

Community members are invited to attend any or all of the public forums held throughout the Peninsula.

Separate forums are scheduled for college faculty and staff.

Peninsula College students are invited to attend any of the public forums or the forums for college faculty and staff.

Forum schedule

All the community forums will be at 5:30 p.m. They are:

■ Sequim — Friday, Dec. 2, Sequim Library community meeting room, 630 N. Sequim Ave.

■ Forks — Monday, Dec. 5, Forks Extension Site, 71 S. Forks Ave.

■ Port Angeles — Monday, Dec. 5, Cornaby Center (A-12), Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

■ Port Townsend — Wednesday, Dec. 7, Port Townsend Extension Site in the schoolhouse across from the Commons, Room D, Fort Worden State Park, 298 Battery Way.

Meetings for Peninsula College faculty and staff in Port Angeles, Forks and Port Townsend will be:

■ Port Angeles — 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5, PUB Conference Room (J-47), Peninsula College.

■ Forks — 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, Forks Extension Site.

■ Port Townsend — 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, Port Townsend Extension Site, Room D.

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