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Dr. John F. M. Flynn has been selected as Westchester Community College’s interim president. He began serving in this role in January and will continue until a permanent successor is hired to replace Dr. Joseph Hankin, who recently retired.
Dr. Flynn was the college’s vice president and dean of academic affairs from 1983 to 2005. He then returned to the ranks of full-time faculty at the college. This will be the second time that Dr. Flynn has served as an Interim President of a SUNY institution. In 1992-1993, he was Interim President of Rockland Community College.
New Board of Trustees members are: Robin Bikkal, attorney; Dr. Norman Jacknis, Cisco executive, former Director of Information Technology for the County of Westchester; John Nonna, an attorney, former Westchester County Legislator, and former Mayor of Pleasantville; and Andrew J. Spano, former Westchester County Executive.
Westchester Community College is the largest college in the county, with approximately 26,000 students enrolled annually, including those who take non-credit classes through the largest Continuing Education Division in the State University of New York system.
The 218-acre main campus is in Valhalla. In addition to the Mount Vernon Center and extensions in Ossining and Yonkers, the college also has freestanding extensions in White Plains and Peekskill.
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