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JOSEPH C. BIRMINGHAM

Contact Home: **7 Ridge Hollow Trail, Weatherford, TX 76087

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E-mail (office): abpkhm@r.postjobfree.com

Education

American Association of Community Colleges Presidents Academy

Harvard Graduate School of Education: Institute for Educational Management

Doctor of Education: Higher Education Administration, Student Development

Administration, and Business Administration. University of North Texas

Master of Education: Secondary Education and Biology. University of North Texas

Bachelor of Science: Biology and Chemistry. University of Texas at Arlington

Diploma: Sweetwater High School, Sweetwater, TX

Professional Work Experience

8/1/2005 to President, Weatherford College

present

Chief executive officer reporting to a publicly-elected seven member

board of trustees of a comprehensive community college with a main

campus and two educational centers. Approximately, 3000 FTE and 4,400

headcount.

8/8/2001 to President, Central Lakes College

8/22/2005

Chief executive officer for a two-campus, community and technical

college in the Minnesota State Colleges and University System.

Approximately 2,400 full-time equivalent students; 4,000 headcount.

7/1/99 to Deputy Executive Director, Kansas Board of Regents

8/7/2001

Responsible for leadership, coordination, and general supervision for the

units of academic affairs, fiscal affairs, facilities, information technology,

and institutional research for governance of six state universities and

coordination of 19 community colleges, 6 technical colleges, 5 technical

schools, and one municipal university. (The duties held at the Kansas

State Department of Education were transferred to the Regents by the

Kansas legislature in July 1999.)

1/5/98 to Assistant Commissioner for Lifelong Learning, Kansas State

6/30/99 Department of Education

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Responsible for leadership, coordination, and general supervision for

community colleges, area technical schools, and technical colleges, and

agency Planning and Research and Staff Development units. Responsible

for recommending legislative proposals for statutory change, testifying

before legislative committees, conducting strategic planning for

postsecondary institutions, coordination of procedures for approval of

courses, programs, accreditation of institutions, and other responsibilities

of the State Board of Education.

8/24/92 to President, Labette Community College, Parsons, KS

1/4/98

Chief executive officer reporting to a publicly elected, six-member Board

of Trustees of a comprehensive, two-campus community college in

Southeast Kansas. Approximately 1,550 FTE students, 3,700 headcount

each semester, 5,000 + headcount each year.

7/1/81 to Vice President for Instruction and Student Services. Yavapai College,

8/23/92 Prescott, AZ (1985-1992)

Chief academic and student development officer for a three-campus

community college district; responsible for policy development and

revision; budget development and supervision; strategic planning and

implementation; supervision of deans and directors; evaluation of

programs; recommendations for employment of faculty; staff employment;

evaluation of faculty and staff; supervision of various grant programs;

supervision of athletics.

Dean of Student Services. Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ (1981-1985)

Responsible for intercollegiate athletics, admissions and records,

enrollment management, recruitment, retention, student activities, student

clubs, orientation, counseling and testing, student placement, student

development, academic advising, college marketing, high school relations,

student discipline, residential housing, financial aids and veterans affairs,

adjudication of security and traffic violations, student government.

11/30/77 to Director of Academic and Student Services

6/30/81 Texas A & M University-Texarkana

Responsible for admissions, registration, advising/counseling, student

activities, financial aid, degree check systems, graduate program records,

teacher education certification records.

Director of Admissions, Registration, and Records

Texas A & M University-Texarkana

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Responsible for admissions, registration, and records. Management of

computer data entry and retrieval system. Supervision of support staff.

Coordinator of Placement and Financial Aids

Texas A & M University-Texarkana

Advised students and directed distribution of financial aid. Assisted

students with career planning and counseling.

7/1/76 to Director of Cooperative Education. University of North Texas,

6/30/77 Denton, TX

Established a cooperative education program after writing grant.

Developed employers and placed students.

1/73 to 6/75 Science Teacher. Dallas Independent School District

Taught physical science and drug education.

1974/75 Adjunct Instructor, El Centro College. Dallas, Texas

Taught Chemistry for Firefighters and Environmental Biology

Recent Professional Activities and Presentations

Consultant-Evaluator for the North Central Association, The Higher Learning

Commission

Attendance at the NCA Consultant-Evaluators Professional Development

Workshop

Member of the Kansas Business Education Coalition

Member of the Kansas State Department of Education Advisory Committee on

Teacher Education, Title II Grant

Appointed by the Governor to the Kansas Workforce Investment Partnership

Council

Member of the Kansas Workforce Development Information System Council

Member of the Kansas Steering Committee for Workforce Development

Presentations to the Kansas Association of Technical Schools and Colleges

Presentations to the Kansas Community College Council of Presidents

Presentations at the Annual Conference of the Kansas Association of Community

College Trustees

Presentations to the State University Council of Chief Academic Officers

Presentations to the State University Council of Presidents

Speaker and presenter for graduation or special events for community colleges,

high schools, and GED programs

Presentations to the Kansas Adult Education Summer Institute

Presentations to the Kansas GED Examiner s Training Sessions

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Presentations to civic and community groups, such as Chambers of Commerce,

Rotary, Kiwanis, Optimists, Economic Development Commissions

Presentations to legislative committees in Kansas legislature, including the

Legislative Education Planning Committee, House Education Committee, Senate

Education Committee, Legislative Post Audit Committee, Joint Committee on

Economic Development

Numerous presentations at professional meetings of academic and student

services administrators in Kansas, Arizona, Minnesota

Presentation at the North Central Association: Using the Self -Study to Build a

Strategic Planning Base

Publications

Academic Advising--Mutual Irresponsibility Texas Personnel and Guidance

Journal, Winter, 1977. Collective Bargaining in the Future: A Study of

Administrator Attitudes

Community/Junior College Research Quarterly: 4:2. Jan-Mar. 1980. Community

College Faculty Collective Bargaining: An Attitudinal Study in A Right-To-Work

Environment

Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector. Fall, 1980. Using the Self-

study to Build on a Strategic Planning Base

A Collection of Papers on Self-Study and Institutional Improvement. North Central

Association, CIHE. 1988

Selected Professional Associations, Offices Held, Civic Activities, Awards

Board of Directors, Weatherford Chamber of Commerce

Co-Chair, Brazos Valley District, Boy Scouts

Board Member, Parker County Chapter, American Red Cross

Board Member, Civic Development, Inc., Weatherford

Weatherford Rotary Club; former Board member Brainerd Rotary

Member, American Association of Community Colleges Commission on Learning

Technologies

Former Chair, MnSCU System Technology Committee/Leadership Council

Former Board Member, Secretary and Treasurer, Kansas Association of Community

Colleges

Award: leader for Yavapai College to receive an award titled Distinguished Agency

of the Year for 1992 by the AZ Chapter of the Association for Persons with Severe

Handicaps

Award: For Outstanding Service and Dedication to the Student Services Profession

in Arizona by AASPA, AzCPA, AzNASPA

President, AZ Community College Student Personnel Administrators, 1984-85

Initiated establishment of the AZ Student Personnel Administrators Association; first

president, 1986

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