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1415 Murfreesboro Road, Suite
350
Nashville, TN 37217
Phone (615) 366-4400 Fax (615) 366-4464
Press Release CONTACT: Chancellor’s Office (615)366-4403
February 17, 2000
NASHVILLE - DR. NATHAN ESSEX, DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE CHANCELLOR FOR THE SHELBY STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND STATE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT MEMPHIS TRANSITION PROCESS, HAS BEEN APPOINTED INTERIM PRESIDENT OF THE NEWLY CREATED SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TENNESSEE BOARD OF REGENTS INTERIM CHANCELLOR SIDNEY MCPHEE ANNOUNCED TODAY.
ESSEX’S APPOINTMENT IS EFFECTIVE JULY, 1, 2000, WHEN SHELBY STATE AND STATE TECH AT MEMPHIS BECOME A NEW MULTI-CAMPUS, COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNDER THE NEW NAME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
"DR. NATHAN ESSEX HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB THIS PAST YEAR AS LEADER OF THE TRANSITION PROCESS IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF SHELBY STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND STATE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT MEMPHIS," STATED MCPHEE. "I AM VERY PLEASED THAT HE WILL BE CONTINUING IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE AS INTERIM PRESIDENT OF THE NEW
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE FACULTY AND STAFF AT BOTH INSTITUTIONS IS AN ADDED ASSET AS HE ASSUMES THIS LEADERSHIP POSITION."
AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE CHANCELLOR, ESSEX HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEVELOPING NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE CONSOLIDATED INSTITUTION.
REGARDING HIS APPOINTMENT, ESSEX SAID, "I AM HONORED TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO SERVE IN THIS IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP CAPACITY UNTIL A PERMANENT PRESIDENT IS NAMED. I HAVE HAD THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF INTERACTING WITH VERY FINE AND CAPABLE PROFESSIONALS AT BOTH CAMPUSES DURING THE CONSOLIDATION PROCESS. WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR EFFORTS TOWARD BUILDING A DYNAMIC NEW INSTITUTION THAT WILL SERVE CITIZENS OF WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MID-SOUTH REGION EFFECTIVELY."
ESSEX HAS BEEN DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS’ COLLEGE OF EDUCATION SINCE 1989. HE ALSO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY’S CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY. PRIOR TO GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS HE HELD VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE AND TEACHING POSITIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. HE HOLDS A PH.D. DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, AND A B.S. IN ENGLISH AND SCIENCE FROM ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY.
