Championing community college as a pathway to upward mobility, Dallas College’s following chancellor started his tenure now.
Justin Lonon took above the method just after longtime chief Joe May transitioned into chancellor emeritus.
“Dallas College or university is about breaking down barriers to satisfying careers and creating training extra accessible for upcoming generations,” Lonon explained in a textual content. “Working carefully with our amazing school and staff members, I can not imagine of a bigger honor than carrying on the college’s mission of transforming lives and communities as a result of bigger schooling.”
Lonon has been with the higher education given that 2005 and served as govt vice chancellor because 2015. He was picked to be the 8 chancellor of Dallas College in June, just weeks following Could introduced his retirement soon after a 7-year time period.
“He cares about college students he cares about the community and he has been instrumental in Dallas College’s transformation,” Might said in a assertion.
May perhaps experienced earlier claimed his retirement would take effect in August of this year.
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Lonon has served in diverse roles, like interim president of Brookhaven College or university in 2019 — overseeing a campus of practically 20,000 learners. He worked as push secretary for then-Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk ahead of becoming a member of the school process.
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The Arkansas native offers a bachelor’s diploma in community administration from Missouri Point out University, a master’s degree in community administration from the University of North Texas and a doctorate in management from the College of Maryland – International Campus.
He helped build the school’s 1st Office of Social Responsibility that, among the other points, aims to generate innovation and foster range, equity and inclusion at the college.
In early 2020, the Dallas County Group College District merged its seven schools into one, reworking the conglomerate into Dallas College. Board Chair Monica Lira Bravo beforehand said that the technique is continue to functioning as a result of the transition and that Lonon is a important participant in the school’s consolidation.
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