LCC Presidential Search

LANSING, MICH. (March 10, 2008) – The Lansing Community College (LCC) Board of Trustees voted Monday night to elect Dr. Brent Knight as the college’s new president. Knight currently serves as president of Morton College in Cicero, Il.
 
“Dr. Knight demonstrated the skills and experience needed to lead LCC into the future said Robin Smith, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees. “The Board is confident he will be a great leader.”
 
During his time at Morton College, Knight developed and employed a new college branding campaign to restore the overall image of the college. Knight also developed strong relationships with the board, faculty and key stakeholders at Morton College. Knight led an effort which increased the percentage of Latino administrators from one percent to more than 50 percent, in order to better align itself with its student body which is comprised of more than 70 percent Latino students. He also managed an extensive fiscal plan which created annual increases under the tax cap, a three-year tuition plan and a bond sale, also under the tax cap.
 
The vote on Monday concludes the search for the newest LCC president. LCC worked with the presidential search firm, Greenwood and Associates, to identify candidates and narrowed the field to four in February. The Board then held open forums for faculty, staff, students and community members to ask questions and voice their opinions on the finalists. The candidate interviews were also open to the public.
 
“The search process for our new president has been on going for several months,” said Robin Smith. “We feel that we have exhausted all resources and maintained an open forum for community members to voice their opinions about our candidates. We feel we have selected the strongest candidate for the position.”
 
Knight will officially take office July 1, 2008. Terms of his contract are still being negotiated.

• LCC Approves Knight Contract (pdf)
• LCC Board Selects President (pdf)