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Two Alabama Community Colleges Name New Leaders

Andrea Mayfield was appointed president of Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa. She has been serving as vice president of the Scooba campus of East Mississippi Community College. She has been on staff at EMCC for the past 18 years.

Dr. Mayfield holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of West Alabama in Livingston. She earned a doctorate in higher education administration from Mississippi State University.

Helen McAlpine was named interim president at Gadsden State Community College in Alabama. Since 2000, she has served as the first woman president of J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College in Huntsville, Alabama.

Dr. McAlpine is a graduate of Talladega College in Alabama, where she majored in English. She holds a master’s degree from Jacksonville State University and a doctorate from the University of Alabama.

 

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