Warrior Magazine June 2020

Alumnus Dr. Brent Gregory named ECCC’s 9th president

The Board of Trustees named college alumnus Dr. Brent Gregory as the ninth president of the of East Central Community College on March 10. Gregory, who currently serves as vice president for student affairs at Southwest Mississippi Community College in Summit, was introduced to the campus community following interviews of finalists by the college’s Board of Trustees at its regularly scheduled meeting on campus. A native of Nanih Waiya, Gregory is a 1996 graduate of ECCC. He will assume his duties as president on July 1. Gregory will replace Dr. Billy Stewart, the college’s eighth president who announced his retirement in November 2019 effective on June 30, 2020. “We are excited to welcome home Dr. Brent Gregory as the ninth president of East Central Community College,” said ECCC Board Chairman Dr. Jimmy Hollingsworth. “When we started this search our goal was to find the best person possible to lead this institution at this point in time, and we believe we have done just that. Dr. Gregory has been preparing to be a college president throughout his career, and we are excited about the future of East Central

Community College under his leadership.” Gregory has been vice president for student services at Southwest Mississippi Community College (SMCC) since 2017, where he is Title IX coordinator and supervises the offices of counseling and recruiting, financial aid, campus housing, campus police, college publications, disability services, and student activities, as well as all judicial affairs of the institution. He is a member of the college’s Administrative Council and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Committee for SMCC Reaccreditation. He also served seven years as associate vice president for enrollment management at Mississippi Delta Community College in Moorhead, where he was the college registrar and supervised the offices of admissions, counseling and recruiting, financial aid, distance learning and online education, dual enrollment, disability services, and work based learning, as well as the Career Center, Center of Learning and Tutoring Services, and library. He also oversaw Predominately Black Institution program grants in excess of $7 million. Gregory has also served as an economics instructor,

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