By the Concordia Blade-Empire
CONCORDIA — The hiring of Dr. Kim Zant as Cloud County Community College's vice president for academic affairs was approved during a special board meeting Tuesday night.
Zant, who is currently the career pathways manager at Grossmont/Cuyamaca Community College District in El Cajun, Calif., will fill the position left vacant when Pedro Leite, vice president for academic affairs and student success, resigned in August.
A graduate of Fort Hays State University with a bachelor of arts degree in business education, Zant has a bachelor of business administration degree from Texas Tech University, a master of business administration degree from the University of South Carolina and a higher education leadership doctorate from Southwestern College in Winfield.
Zant will take over the position at Cloud County on Oct. 21.
Cloud County Interim President Amber Knoettgen said the search committee interviewed several candidates for the vice president position and brought two of those candidates to campus for a visit.
“It was a unanimous decision by the selection committee,” Knoettgen said of offering the job to Zant.
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