The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program (Aspen) announced that Dr. Todd Hernandez, President at Northwest State Community College, is one of 26 leaders selected for the 2022-23 class of the Aspen New Presidents Fellowship. This program, made possible with support from JPMorgan Chase, supports community college presidents in the early years of their tenure as they work to achieve higher and more equitable levels of student success.
This class of fellows represent the diversity of our nation’s community colleges, collectively serving over 250,000 students at colleges across the nation, in urban, suburban, and rural areas. The incoming class of New Presidents Fellows is 46 percent female and 65 percent are people of color. Located in 19 states, their institutions too are diverse, from a tribal college with fewer than 300 students to an urban college that educates more than 35,000 each year.
The fellows, selected through a competitive process, will work closely with other transformational community college presidents and Aspen leaders over nine months to learn from field-leading research, analyze their colleges’ student outcomes, and clarify their visions for excellent and equitable outcomes for students while in college and after they graduate.
“It is an honor to be selected to the Aspen program, and to broaden my education and experience with fellow community college presidents,” Dr. Hernandez said. “Similar to a great NSCC education, I look forward to applying the knowledge and experience gained through this opportunity to my career with the College. I am excited to learn and grow both personally and professionally,” Hernandez concluded.
