Hawks Black Student Union Speaks candidly with President VanWagoner, Ph.D.

Featuring Black Student members: 

• Nazere
• Timah
• Ebony
• Nellie
• Simba
• Tibi
• Shay
• Shemika
• Hicky
• Ben
• Josh
• Najee
• Lequela
• Nick
• Kofi
• #SparkPlenty 

Randall J. “Randy” VanWagoner, Ph.D., serves as the fifth president of Mohawk Valley Community College – a position he has held since July 1, 2007. In 2015 he was elected to chair the New York Community Colleges Association of Presidents.

Dr. VanWagoner came to MVCC after serving as the chief academic officer at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska and the chief student affairs officer at Red Rocks Community College in Golden, Colorado. He is a national leader in the community college movement and has been instrumental in the development of the national Strategic Horizons Network of colleges. 

He received his graduate degrees from the Higher Education program at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor; his B.A. in communications from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan; and was a two–sport athlete at Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan. He and his wife Jennifer live with their two daughters in New Hartford.