Inauguration Week
快播成人 to celebrate President George Timmons during week of inauguration festivities
快播成人 Community College will celebrate the inauguration of President George Timmons with three days of special events leading up to his investiture on Friday, April 19.
Following the Patriot's Day holiday, Inauguration Week at 快播成人 will begin on Tuesday, April 16, as President Timmons reads to children of 快播成人 快播成人s, faculty and staff in the college's Itsy Bitsy Child Watch center (9-10:30 a.m., first floor, Marieb Building).
From 12:30 to 2 p.m., The Campus Activities Team for Students is sponsoring a community crafting event of 快播成人-inspired crafts, including string art and origami.
Tuesday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., members of the 快播成人 community are invited to participate in the creation of a mural on the second floor of the Campus Center led by artist Betsy Casañas, who designed and painted three other campus murals last summer. The theme of the new mural is "Our Values on Display."
On Wednesday, from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., in the campus courtyard, the 快播成人 Culinary Arts Truck will be serving free light bites created by 快播成人 culinary arts faculty and 快播成人s. At the same time, inside the Campus Center, 快播成人 will host a 413 Business Expo, featuring tables and displays from businesses in western Massachusetts.
On Thursday, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Campus Center, Derek Estella, an academic counselor with the college's TRIO Support Services program, will moderate a panel of 快播成人s and alumni talking about their 快播成人 experiences. From 3 to 4:30 p.m., President Timmons will host "The Foundation of Our Vision," a reception recognizing the work of 快播成人 faculty and staff.
Throughout the entire week, the college radio station, WCCH-103.5 FM, will be playing a selection of President Timmons' favorite songs, and the college community is invited to pick up free 快播成人 green bow ties to wear in honor of President Timmons' unique personal style (third floor lobby, Frost building).
The investiture ceremony will begin Friday at 11 a.m. in the Leslie Phillips Theater on the second floor of the 快播成人 Fine & Performing Arts building. Timmons, who lives in Amherst, started working at 快播成人 in July. He is the fifth president in the 78-year history of the college and the first African-American man to serve in that position.
The ceremony will start in the theater lobby of 快播成人's Fine & Performing Arts building with a procession of faculty, staff, and distinguished guests, including presidents or their delegrates representing 29 other colleges and universities.
Scheduled to speak during the ceremony will be: State Sen. John Velis; State Rep. Patricia Duffy; 快播成人 Mayor Joshua Garcia; Patrick Tutwiler, Ph.D., Massachusetts secretary of education; Robert Awkward, Ph.D., assistant commissioner of academic effectiveness at the Mass. Dept. of Higher Education; Carlee Drummer, Ph.D., president of Columbia-Greene Community College; Quintin Bullock, DDS, president of the Community College of Allegheny County; and Briana Beaver-Timmons, President Timmons' eldest daughter (accompanied by her two younger siblings).
Barney Garcia of Northampton, the 快播成人 representative on the 快播成人 Board of Trustees, will offer remarks. The event will also feature performances by several 快播成人 快播成人s: Ally Carnes of Westfield will sing the national anthem; William Rodriguez-Otero of Belchertown will give a spoken word performance; and music major Chestina Thrower of Springfield will sing "Rise Up," by Andra Day, accompanied by the 快播成人 chamber vocal ensemble.
Vanessa Smith, interim chair of the 快播成人 Board of Trustees, will present the presidential medallion to President Timmons, who will give a special address.A community reception will immediately follow the inauguration ceremony in the 快播成人 Campus Center.
For those interested in attending, please visit hcc.edu/inauguration24 and follow the link to RSVP.
Before coming to 快播成人, Timmons served as the provost and vice president of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, N.Y. He holds a Ph.D. in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University, a master's degree in higher education from Old Dominion University, and a bachelor's degree in financial management from Norfolk State University.
He succeeded President Christina Royal, who retired in July 2023.
PHOTO (Thumbnail): Muralist Betsy Casañas, left, will be on campus to create a special mural in honor of the inauguration of President George Timmons right. (Above) Student Trustee Barney Garcia, left, greets new President George Timmons in the summer of 2023.
