Community college system hires new president
The Maine Community College System announced on Tuesday that Derek Langhauser, who has been serving as interim president of the MCCS and its seven campuses for the past year, has been hired to permanently serve as the system’s president.
The hiring of Langhauser comes after a yearlong search by the system to find a replacement after previous MCCS President John Fitzsimmons resigned following Gov. Paul LePage’s criticisms that he was too slow in acting on the governor’s higher education agenda.
According to MCCS spokeswoman Helen Pelletier, 14 other applicants from across the country showed interest in the position after extending the system’s search in June in an attempt to draw more applicants, according to the Bangor Daily News.
Langhauser has worked for MCCS since 1994 serving as its lawyer for 20 years before taking over as interim president in January 2015. As the system’s President Langhauser will earn $175,000 per year.
“From the start of his service as interim president, the Board has recognized and been deeply grateful for the strength of President Langhauser’s leadership,” Robert Clark, chair of the MCCS Board of Trustees and Presidential Search Committee said in a statement announcing Langhauser’s appointment. “Nevertheless, we were committed to conducting a full and impartial national search in order to ensure that we identified the right person to lead the System into the future. We are confident that we have achieved that goal.”
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