桑福德-博士. T. Eston "Bud" 马尔尚 will carry many pleasant memories when he retires as President of 中央卡罗莱纳社区学院, 4月1日生效, 2019.

“这里有很多美好的回忆. 很难相信已经快11年了. 这真的很难相信，我会非常想念它, but it has been just such a positive experience from beginning to end,”医生说。. 马尔尚说，他于2008年8月来到学院. "It doesn't mean that there haven't been some long days and issues that popped up. 但在大多数情况下, it has been a job that you can only dream about and that you only think that could happen in a fairytale. 一直都很积极."

Dr. 马尔尚 will especially carry good memories of his faculty and staff. “在过去的近11年里, it has been my honor and privilege to have worked with the excellent faculty and staff of 在线电子游戏网赌. Their service and commitment to student success is unmatched in the North Carolina 社区 大学 System. The successes this college has enjoyed are due to their hard and dedication. 和你一起工作是我职业生涯的亮点. 谢谢你。. 马尔尚, who also talks about the outstanding relationships he has had with the 在线电子游戏网赌 Board of Trustees and with elected officials.

Dr. 马尔尚 also talks about the students who have been served by 在线电子游戏网赌. "Having that ability to meet those students and to see all of them and to watch them succeed has been probably the greatest privilege of my life,他说.

Mr. 在线电子游戏网赌校董会主席菲尔波特博士表示. 作为中交所的总裁，马尔尚的工作非常出色. Mr. 菲尔波特指出. 马尔尚 oversaw the creation of the Central Carolina Works Program and the Central Carolina Promise Program available in Lee, 查塔姆和哈尼特县. "To house these programs and improve educational programs and services to the students and 在线电子游戏网赌's service area, 许多新的和翻新的设施在Dr. 军火商的领导, including new Health Science Buildings in Lee and 哈尼特 counties and one under construction in Chatham County, 李县新建的紧急服务培训大楼, 在哈尼特县翻新的邓恩中心, 还有Dennis a的新成员. 柳条公民 & 李县的会议中心。. 菲尔波特. "Dr. 马尔尚 has led 在线电子游戏网赌 into becoming the largest non-urban community college in the North Carolina system and one of the most respected community colleges in the country. 我们感谢博士. 马尔尚 for his outstanding leadership as 在线电子游戏网赌's president since his arrival in 2008 and the legacy of excellence he is leaving."

在博士. 马尔尚的退休公告, the 在线电子游戏网赌 Board of Trustees approved a resolution to "formally express our gratitude to Dr. 马尔尚, recognize him for his decade of outstanding service to 中央卡罗莱纳社区学院 and designate him as a '中央卡罗莱纳社区学院 Cougar for Life.'"

在中央卡罗莱纳社区学院取得的成就. 马尚的领导非常重要. 在他的指导下，学院:

• 发起中卡罗莱纳工程, the state's first effort to embed full-time college career advisors in each service area high school to facilitate dual enrollment.
• initiated an innovative high school industrial apprenticeship program in welding and machine tool, in partnership with service area high schools and local industry partners.
• 发起了中卡罗莱纳承诺计划, which offers free tuition to qualifying 2019 high school graduates in Chatham, 哈尼特, 和李县.
• opened various new facilities in the 在线电子游戏网赌 three-county service area - including Health Science Buildings in Lee and 哈尼特 counties, with a Health Science Building currently under construction in Chatham County.
• received the highest possible marks from its SACSCOC decennial accreditation On-Site visit. SACSCOC董事会再次确认在线电子游戏网赌的认证.
• 被判9美元.200万美元的世界首创基金.S. 教育部. 这项为期四年的资助是该学院历史上最大的一笔.
• 在各个领域发起新的劳动力计划.
• 发起了一个Phi Theta Kappa荣誉社团.
• saw continued growth in enrollment during his tenure and the increase in nationally recognized programs, 比如在线电子游戏网赌在李县的兽医医学技术项目, 哈内特县的激光和光子学项目, 以及查塔姆县的可持续农业项目.
• began various articulation agreements with four-year colleges and universities.
• 透过基金会及奖助金计划，持续成长.
• became the fifth school and first community college in the Campbell University ROTC Battalion.
• 在学院建立了六个新的三重奏项目.
• was named in 2010 as one of the Top 50 community colleges in the nation by Washington Monthly magazine.
• became the first North Carolina community college to be a signatory to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's Sustainability Tracking, 评估 & 评级制度(STARS).
• became the first community college in the nation to establish a Confucius Classroom.
• launched the 4CNC-TV station in conjunction with county governments to serve the area and provide hands-on experience to broadcasting students.
• opened a Firefighter Academy at 在线电子游戏网赌's Emergency 服务 Training Center.

在他的职业生涯中. 马尚获得了许多荣誉, including the 2019 Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce Dedicated Service Award, 2013年《在线电子游戏网赌》年度公民, 2008年克林顿年度公民, S.C. (由《在线电子游戏网赌》命名), South Carolina Technical Education Association 2005 Administrator of the Year; Phi Theta Kappa 2003 Distinguished 大学 Administrator of The Carolinas Region; Union County, N.C., Chamber of Commerce 2003 Volunteer of the Year; and the Charleston, S.C.，会议及旅游发展局一九九八年旅游发展奖. 此外，Dr。. 马尔尚 is one of seven retiring college presidents and chancellors who are being honored by the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society with the Michael Bennett Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr. 马尚说这所学院的状况很好. "It really is poised to make even better and more significant contributions to our three county region, 致国家, 甚至对国家也是如此,”医生说。. 马尔尚.

Dr. 马尚特计划回到他的家乡南卡罗来纳州. “我要经常来这里，”他说. "My family is there and I'm going to be involved in a number of projects in South Carolina. 我期待着能够回来."

To learn more about 中央卡罗莱纳社区学院 and its programs, visit www.预备.edu.