Meet Dr. Ashanti Hands, New President of San Diego Mesa College

After a nationwide search, the San Diego Group Faculty District on Wednesday introduced the promotion of certainly one of its personal to succeed Pam Luster as Mesa Faculty president.

Ashanti Arms, Ed.D., joined San Diego’s largest neighborhood faculty in 2008 the place she has held positions as dean of Scholar Affairs, appearing dean of Scholar Growth and Matriculation, and vice chairman of Scholar Companies.

As a member of Mesa Faculty’s govt administration group, Dr. Arms has offered management for the college-wide initiative to turn into the main faculty of fairness and excellence. The school is well known for its adoption of data-informed decision-making to make sure equitable outcomes.

“Dr. Arms is precisely the kind of dynamic chief wanted to take Mesa Faculty to the following degree of neighborhood engagement and success,” mentioned San Diego Group Faculty District Chancellor Carlos O. Cortez. “Along with her familiarity with the district and faculty, she’s going to be capable of assist Mesa accomplish its student-focused, equity-minded mission.”

Dr. Arms earned a doctorate of training in instructional management from San Diego State College. She additionally has a grasp of arts in training with an emphasis in multicultural counseling from SDSU and a bachelor of arts in sociology from the College of California, San Diego.

Previous to becoming a member of Mesa Faculty, Dr. Arms served as dean of Scholar Affairs on the College of California, San Diego.

“The power to reside my goal of making circumstances that matter for college kids to succeed at a school so deeply dedicated to fairness and excellence brings me immense pleasure,” Dr. Arms mentioned. “I’m excited to proceed the good work we’ve began at Mesa Faculty and look ahead to the daring, brave, equity-minded methods we’ll present up for our college students, one another, our district and neighborhood.”

Dr. Arms’ choice follows a nationwide seek for a successor to Mesa Faculty President Pam Luster, who’s retiring June 30. Dr. Arms’ contract is scheduled to be ratified on the June 9 SDCCD Board of Trustees assembly. She’s going to start her new position on July 1, 2022, in response to the announcement.

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