Thomas Isekenegbe Named President of Bronx Community College

tIsekenegbeThe board of trustees of the City University of New York has named Thomas A. Isekenegbe as president of Bronx Community College. The two-year college enrolls more than 11,000 students. Blacks and Hispanics make up 93 percent of the student body. Almost all students at the college receive federal financial aid grants.

Dr. Isekenegbe has been serving as president of Cumberland County College in Vineland, New Jersey. He joined the staff at the college in 2002. Earlier in his career, Dr. Isekenegbe held administrative posts at Sussex County Community College in Newton, New Jersey, and Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina.

Dr. Isekenegbe is a graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he majored in biology. He holds two master’s degrees and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from Indiana State University in Terre Haute.

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