The New Leader of Cecil College in North East, Maryland

W. Stephen Pannill retired suddenly as president of Cecil College in North East, Maryland. President Pannill, who had served in the post since 2000, has been suffering from clinical depression and decided it was time to step aside.

Mary Way Bolt has been named acting president of the college. She has been serving as vice president for academic programs. Cecil College, a two-year, public institution located just south of the Mason-Dixon Line, enrolls about 2,600 students. Women make up 62 percent of the student body.

Dr. Bolt earned an associate’s degree in nursing at Cecil College and went on to complete a bachelor’s degree at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She holds a master’s degree in community health from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and a doctorate in higher education leadership from Widener University.