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Interim president arrives on campus
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July 01, 2011
Interim President Stas Preczewski (front left) meets with Georgia College Vice Presidents (clockwise) Bruce Harshbarger, Paul Jones, Amy Amason and Provost Sandra Jordan
Interim President Dr. Stas Preczewski officially began work Friday, July 1 with a series of meetings with university officials.
The interim president said that his primary goals are to build upon Georgia College’s excellence as a public liberal arts university and to ensure a smooth transition to his successor as president. University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby will create a search committee for a new president.
During an earlier visit and Friday, Preczewski held a number of meetings with members of the campus community to “listen and learn.” Among others, he met with the deans of each college and with Student Government Association President Evan Karanovich, who provided a student perspective of Georgia College.
Preczewski, who will live in Milledgeville, comes to Georgia College from his position as vice president of academic and student affairs at Georgia Gwinnett College, a position he has held since GGC’s founding in 2006. At Georgia Gwinnett, he was responsible for overseeing GGC’s process for initial regional accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which was achieved in 2009.
Preczewski earned a doctorate specializing in higher and adult education, educational psychology and cognitive psychology from the University of Missouri in 1997. He has a Master of Arts degree specializing in strategic planning from the United States Naval War College earned in 1998 and a Master of Science degree specializing in industrial engineering and operations research from the University of Massachusetts earned in 1987. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in agricultural engineering and economics in 1980.
Preczewski serves on the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia’s Task Force on Retention and Graduation Rates and the System’s Council on General Education. He also currently serves on the State Task Force on Gates Foundation Initiatives.
ABOUT GEORGIA COLLEGE: Georgia College, the state’s designated Public Liberal Arts University, combines the educational experience expected at esteemed private liberal arts colleges with the affordability of public higher education. Its four colleges – arts and sciences, business, education and health sciences – provide 6,600 undergraduate and graduate students with an exceptional learning environment that extends beyond the classroom, with hands-on involvement with faculty research, community service, residential learning communities, study abroad and myriad internships.
Founded in 1889, Georgia College boasts one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation with Corinthian columns fronting red brick buildings and wide open green spaces. Georgia College also offers graduate education at the historic Jefferson building in downtown Macon, at Robins Air Force Base and online.
