2008 Woodie Awards
Dean candidate from Colorado enthusiastic about community colleges, Rockies
By Jonathan Munson
Issue date: 10/26/07 Section: News
Originally published: 10/26/07 at 11:58 AM CSTLast update: 10/29/07 at 9:05 AM CST
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Conde said he is a Colorado Rockies fan, and although the team lost its first game of the World Series the night before his interview, he said, "We're down, but we'll come back."
Conde, associate vice president of academic affairs at Metropolitan State College in Denver, was the first candidate of an extended pool to be interviewed for the position of dean of arts and sciences at this college.
Four other candidates were interviewed in the spring, but the search continued to widen the pool. Two additional candidates will be interviewed on campus.
Math Professor Conrad Krueger of this college interviews Thursday and Dr. James Perry, chair of math and life/natural sciences at Owens Community College in Perrysburg, Ohio, will be here Nov. 5.
Forums are scheduled for 2:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m. in Rooms 612-613 of Moody Learning Center.
At Thursday's forum, Conde answered questions pertaining to his job experience and his outlook on community college.
He said he discovered his interest in the community college system while working on a Title 3 project, and interestingly enough, meeting Red Rock's former president, Dr. Eric Reno, before Reno became president of Northeast Lakeview College in this district.
"We're working with two of our largest community colleges," Conde said, explaining that for Metropolitan State to be eligible for a second Title 3 project, it had to form a partnership with another college, and ended up working with the community colleges in Denver.
"In the process of meeting with all the people, I came to know a lot about the community college system and how indispensable they are," Conde said. "I came to understand the kinds of things that we have to pay attention to."
He said in Colorado, the community college system is broken.
At Metropolitan State, Conde serves just under 23,000 students, he said. There are three schools: the school of professional studies, which teaches courses such as criminal justice and aviation; the school of business, which carries six departments; and the school of arts and sciences, which has 23 departments.
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