Tony D. Hawkins was named president of Broome Community College in Binghamton, a campus of the State University of New York System. He will take office on July 1.
Broome Community College enrolls just over 4,700 students, according to the most recent data available from the U.S. Department of Education. African Americans make up 10 percent of the student body.
Dr. Hawkins has served for the past eight years as the provost and executive vice president of academic affairs, continuing education, and workforce development at Frederick Community College in Maryland. Prior to this role, he was the college-wide dean of humanities at Montgomery College in Maryland with oversight of a division that included course offerings in history, political science, world languages, philosophy, American Sign Language, and women’s and gender studies, along with two learning centers. Earlier in his career, Dr. Hawkins was associate professor of speech communication and theater at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland.
Dr. Hawkins earned a bachelor’s degree from Towson University in Maryland. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. in educational leadership from New York University.
