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1415 Murfreesboro Road, Suite
350
Nashville, TN 37217
Phone (615) 366-4400 Fax (615) 366-4464
Tennessee Board of Regents Appoints Warren Nichols as
President of Volunteer State Community College
Enthusiasm, Energy, Wide Experience Cited
PRESS
RELEASE
CONTACT: Mary Morgan
615.366.4414
| Nashville,
Tennessee-Dr. Warren Nichols, formerly the vice president for academic
affairs at Darton College, in Leesburg, Georgia, became the new president of
Volunteer State Community College on February 1. The Board of Regents acted
on Dr. Nichols' nomination at its December 13 meeting at Northeast State
Technical Community College. According to Manning, “This was a large and excellent field of candidates with three strong finalists, and I want to express my sincere appreciation to the search committee for its hard work and dedication. Retiring President Hal Ramer leaves big shoes to fill, and it is my conclusion that Warren Nichols is the best person for the job. The search committee members who researched him received highly favorable comments from everyone they interviewed. Nichols has extensive community college experience in Texas and Georgia, and he is an enthusiastic, high energy leader who can take Vol State to the next level.” |
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Dr. Warren Nichols, President of |
Nichols had held his past post at Darton College since 1999. Prior to that he served as founding associate dean of social and behavioral sciences and public service at Montgomery College in Texas, and earlier was chair of the department of public service and technology at The Victoria College in Texas. He holds a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Houston, a master of arts in criminal justice administration from the University of Texas at Arlington, a bachelor of science in criminal justice also from UT Arlington, and an associate in law enforcement from Tarrant County Junior College in Hurst, Texas.
Nichols succeeded Hal Ramer, who has been president at Volunteer State since its founding in 1972. Dr. Ramer announced this spring that he would be retiring on January 31, 2003.
The Tennessee Board of Regents is the nation’s sixth largest higher education system, governing 45 post-secondary educational institutions. The TBR system includes six universities, 13 two-year colleges and 26 technology centers, providing programs to over 180,000 students in 90 of Tennessee’s 95 counties.
