MCC Daily Tribune

Dr. Margaret Semmer appointed as MCC's first Provost and Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs

Dear MCC Faculty, Staff and Students,

We are pleased to announce that candidate Dr. Margaret Semmer has accepted the appointment of Monroe Community College’s Provost and Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs effective on February 1, 2023.

Dr. Semmer recently served as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, Lake County Campus.

Dr. Semmer has extensive experience as a higher education administrator, with a commitment to collaboration, creativity and partnership. She brings to MCC prior leadership experience in other multi-location, comprehensive community college environments including another League for Innovation in the Community College member institution. Dr. Semmer’s expert and committed experience to championing student success, innovation, and organizational change has been instrumental in advancing institutional priorities. Her leadership experience in union and non-union environments, including those with faculty tenure, make her an ideal candidate to preserve MCC’s longstanding history of teaching, scholarship and service equally balanced with elevation of the expert work of MCC’s student affairs professionals. She is a vigorous advocate of diversity equity and inclusion, and shared governance.

Dr. Semmer holds a Doctor of Education, Adult, Continuing and Higher Education Administration from Northern Illinois University; a Master of Arts (Department of Communication, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences) from the University of Illinois at Chicago; and, a Bachelor of Science (Department of Communication, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences) from Northern Illinois University. The President is working with Dr. Semmer to prioritize Vision2027 strategic plan directions and the full implementation of organizational structuring in Academic and Student Affairs by Fall 2023, inclusive of engagement opportunities with direct and indirect reports, students, other college employees, and members of the community throughout Dr. Semmer’s first 90 days.

We hope you will join us in welcoming this dynamic higher education leader to the Monroe Community College as she fully transitions to Rochester over the coming weeks to commence her duties by February 1.

Our appreciation goes out to search co-chairs Dr. Robin Cole Jr. and Becky Babcock and the Provost/Vice-President ASA Search Committee, as well as everyone involved in this search. The collegewide feedback collected during finalist interviews was invaluable in President Burt-Nanna’s comprehensive review and vetting of each finalist.

Kristin Lowe
Human Resources
01/03/2023