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Cerritos College News Release - September 2008

Cerritos College Announces Dr. Marilyn Brock as New Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2008

Media Contact: Aya Abelon, Public Affairs; (562) 860-2451 ext.2287

Photo of Marilyn BrockNORWALK, Calif. - September 5, 2008 - The Cerritos College Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Marilyn Brock to serve as the Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs for Cerritos College.  She will begin her assignment at the college on Wednesday, October 1.  Dr. Brock takes over for Bill Farmer who is currently serving as the Acting President/Superintendent for the College. Dr. Brock will serve until Farmer returns to his original position after an Interim President is selected.

Dr. Brock served as Dean of Health Occupations at the college from 1994 to 1997.  Following her tenure at Cerritos, she served as Vice President of Academic Affairs at Long Beach City College (LBCC). After that she became President of Mendocino College in Ukiah, California, and served for three years before retiring in 2004.  Since retirement she has taken on several interim vice presidencies including assignments with Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, Rio Hondo College and currently at LBCC.

She received a Doctorate in Institutional Management from Pepperdine University, graduating with Honors, and a BA and MA from California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Brock is a native of Vancouver, Canada.

 

Cerritos College serves as a comprehensive community college for southeastern Los Angeles County. Communities within the college's district include Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, La Mirada, Norwalk, and portions of Bell Gardens, Lakewood, Long Beach, Santa Fe Springs and South Gate. Cerritos College offers degrees and certificates in more than 200 areas of study in nine divisions. Annually, more than 1,200 students successfully complete their course of studies, and enrollment currently surpasses 20,000 students. Visit Cerritos College online at www.cerritos.edu.

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