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SBCC Moves Closer to Picking Prez

Four remaining candidates met in public forum and private meetings.

Earlier this week, the four remaining candidates vying to take the helm at Santa Barbara City College participated in a public forum and sat down privately with the college’s Board of Trustees, which is now in deliberation on the appointment. The finalists are San Diego City College President Anthony Beebe; Lake Tahoe Community College President Kindred Murillo; Melinda Nish, president of Southwestern College in Chula Vista; and Modesto Junior College President Jill Stearns. Among many topics ​— ​including financials, collective bargaining, and declining enrollment nationwide ​— ​they spoke to SBCC’s need to reconnect to its community. The board will make its decision by July 1.