SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF DR. FRANK CHONG AS SUPERINTENDENT/PRESIDENT
Santa Rosa, CA. ~ The Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees is pleased to appoint Dr. Frank Chong as its Superintendent/President. The Board selected Dr. Chong from a field of 42 applicants. Dr. Chong will succeed cur- rent President, Dr. Robert F. Agrella, who is retiring after 21 years in this position. Dr. Agrella’s career at SRJC has been highlighted by many significant accomplishments on behalf of the college. A Presidential Search Advisory Committee comprised of college-wide representatives was instrumental in making a recommendation to the Board of Trustees regarding finalists for the position. Professional Personnel Leasing, Inc., a search consulting firm, also assisted the Board in the search process. Dr. Chong is currently the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges at the United States Department of Education in Washington, D.C. He former-
ly served as President of Laney College in Oakland and Mission College in Santa Clara. He also held the position as Campus Dean and Dean of Student Affairs at San Francisco City College. In addi- tion,
he served as
Special Assistant to the Speaker of the California Assembly, and as executive director of a Bay Area community-based non-profit organiza- tion. The SRJC Board of Trustees is confi- dent that Dr. Chong will be a great asset to the College and the Santa Rosa com- munity. According to Rick Call, Board of Trustees
President,
“The Board is confident that Dr. Chong is the best fit to lead Santa Rosa Junior College considering the cur-
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rent and future challenges fac- ing our college. Higher edu- cation is changing and we feel Dr. Chong possesses the skills needed to help guide us through the next phase of our long history of success.” Dr. Chong’s appointment will commence on January 11, 2012. He is excited about join- ing the college and becom- ing an active member of the community. Dr. Chong states “I am grateful for the trust that
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has placed in me and honored to become part of the vibrant, growing Sonoma County community. I look forward to work- ing with the faculty, students, staff and the community to carry on the legacy of one of California’s oldest and finest commu- nity colleges and to help maintain Santa Rosa Junior College as one of the leading community colleg- es in America.” Dr. Chong has a bachelor of arts degree from UC Berkeley in social welfare and Asian American Studies, and a master’s degree in public administra- tion from Harvard University. He also completed the Educational Management program at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, and earned his doc- torate in educational adminis- tration, leadership and tech- nology from Dowling College in Oakdale, New York. More information? Call Janet Parmer, Interim Manager (707) 527-4266
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One day a little girl was watching her mom make a roast beef. She cut off the ends, wrapped it in string, seasoned it and set it in the roasting pan. The little girl asked her mom why she cut off the ends of the roast. Mom replied, after some thought, that it was the way that her mother had done it. That night grandma came to dinner and the little girl and her mom went to her and asked why she had cut the end off of the roast before cooking. After some thought grandma replied, that was the way her mother had done it. Now great grandmother was quite old and in a nursing home. But the little girl went with her mom and grandma to see her and again asked the question. Great Grandma looked at them a bit annoyed and said, "So it would fit in my pan, of course." --------
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