MHC president Henning retires

By Peggy Revell on March 2, 2018.

The president of Medicine Hat College will be retiring as of March 16.

MHC board of governor’s chair Graham Kelly said that they and president Denise Henning had been discussing her future with the college for multiple months.

Henning’s final day with the college will be March 16.

“She’s going to make a public statement either today or tomorrow,” said Kelly.

Henning joined MHC as its president in May 2014.

Prior to this, she had been president and CEO of Northwest Community College in B.C.’s northwest region and with nine campuses to serve 34 communities.

Prior to her time at NWCC, Henning served as president and vice-chancellor of University College of the North, as well as other positions such as executive director of international student success at the University of Regina and vice-president of academics and research at the First Nations University of Canada.

“In the next few days the board of governors will meet with the executive team to plan the transition,” said Kelly. “So I’ve asked them for their input as to what we should be doing going forward, and then the board of governors will set in motion the process to hire a full-time president.”

One possibility put forward by the executive committee is one of them steps in as acting president until a new person is put in place, said Kelly.

“I think that will be satisfactory, let’s put it that way. I think that’s going to be the best solution going forward.

“The college is running fine, and the education programs that our students are taking are still first rate, everybody’s doing their job.”

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