Presidential search begins for MCCC

Gabrielle Saulsbery//November 22, 2021//

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The Mercer County Community College board of trustees started to search for the school’s seventh president, following Jianping Wang’s decision to retire next summer.

The presidential search committee will work with national higher education search firm R. H. Perry & Associates to identify candidates and select finalists.

Mercer County Community College President Jianping Wang at the Zoom signing ceremony for a 3+1 agreement with William Paterson University on May 7, 2020. – MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

The search committee is comprised of MCCC faculty, staff, students, board members, and key community and MCCC Foundation stakeholders.

Wang announced her decision to retire in September after six years at the helm of the college. She plans to retire in August 2022.

Members of the college community will have a chance to meet and learn more about the finalists at open forums in March. The finalists will be reviewed by the board of trustees, which will then select and hire the next president from that group.

For best consideration, applications and nominations should be received by Dec. 13. Semi-finalist interviews will begin Feb. 10.