{"id":16392,"date":"2019-07-23T21:15:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T01:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=16392"},"modified":"2021-03-10T14:57:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T19:57:46","slug":"college-provost-makes-her-pitch-to-be-next-mdc-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/college-provost-makes-her-pitch-to-be-next-mdc-president\/","title":{"rendered":"College Provost Makes Her Pitch To Be Next MDC President"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lenore Rodicio<\/strong> wants to be Miami Dade College\u2019s storyteller.<\/p>\n

The lone internal candidate vying to replace sitting president Eduardo J. Padr\u00f3n made her pitch to a room full of her colleagues on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be a president who will honor our story,\u201d Rodicio said. \u201cI will be a president who will help you create a new story for our future. But, more importantly, I will be your institution\u2019s storyteller.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rodicio reminded the audience\u2014who, minutes later, would give her a standing ovation\u2014that she was born and raised in Miami, save for the four years she pursued her graduate degree at Louisiana State University, and is deeply ingrained in the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI currently live in Little Havana, go to church in Little Haiti,\u201d Rodicio said. \u201cI love this community. I\u2019ve grown up in it, seen it evolve and change over the last 40 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodicio, who began at the College in 2002 as a chemistry professor, believes the community’s potential is intertwined with that of the College\u2019s students. She started her speech on Tuesday recanting the story of Stephanie, a former student and Haitian immigrant, who confided in her that she was struggling to grasp the English language while taking Rodicio\u2019s class.<\/p>\n

Despite the language struggles, Stephanie passed the course with an A.<\/p>\n

\u201cYears later, I received a letter in the mail, a note from Stephanie with her picture,\u201d Rodicio said. \u201cIn her picture, she was wearing her MDC regalia, had graduated Phi Theta Kappa with Honors in chemistry, and went on to complete her baccalaureate degree at Florida International University. That is the story that we need to tell, and it\u2019s important because the story of Stephanie could be the story of any student at this institution. It could be the story of every student at this institution. Just like I can tell you the story of Stephanie, I can tell you the story of Sally, Sahili, Jessica, Collins, Guidien and his sister Emma and Ally, who’s graduation I\u2019m attending at UF on August 10,\u201d Rodicio said, as tears welled up in her eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are the reason I come to work every day. People have asked me why I want to be president of this institution. For me, it\u2019s not about a job, or a promotion. To me, this institution is a vocation, and a calling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rodicio\u2019s presentation was the finale of a two-day open forum that featured the four finalist<\/span><\/a> auditioning to be the next MDC president. Paul Broadie II, president of Housatonic Community College and Gateway Community College in Connecticut<\/span>, presented earlier on Tuesday. His presentation focused on reducing socioeconomic gaps for students, the importance of finding outside funding for student programs and how the president of an academic institution has to be part of the fabric of the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will build on [Eduardo J. Padr\u00f3n\u2019s] success,\u201d Broadie said. \u201cWe will bring new opportunities and ensure we have the most robust academic systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Paul
The Final Countdown: Paul Broadie II, president of Housatonic Community College and Gateway Community College, presented his vision for MDC\u2019s future to the College\u2019s faculty and staff during the MDC Open Forum on July 23. HEIDI PEREZ-MORENO\/THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He began his presentation by saying that he was impressed with several facilities at the College including The Idea Center, MAGIC and the Miami Culinary Institute after he toured them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to the cybersecurity lab. I talked to a student, and it reminded me why I\u2019m in the field of higher education,\u201d Broadie said. \u201cIt reminded me why I\u2019m standing before you here today. It\u2019s for one singular reason\u2014to touch lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Divina Grossman<\/strong>, president of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, Reagan Romali<\/strong>, president-superintendent of Long Beach Community College District, began the forum with presentations on Monday.<\/p>\n

Romali did not address a story by the Miami Herald last week that questioned whether she had settled disputes between three rival gangs while president at Harry S. Truman College, as she stated during her presidential search committee interview. She only alluded to what she called \u201ca huge violence problem, a gun violence problem\u201d in Chicago, providing screenshots of crime alerts posted by The Uptown Exchange, the student newspaper at Harry S. Truman College, via Twitter.<\/p>\n

Grossman spoke about her experience in the local community. She emigrated to Miami from the Philippines in 1977, and worked at Florida International University in various capacities for more than 20 years. During her speech, she was greeted by two of her former nursing students including Marie Etienne, currently a nursing professor at Medical Campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I would bring that commitment, passion, entrepreneurial spirit, the collaborative spirit,\u201d Grossman said during her closing remarks. \u201cI would bring my tenacity. I don\u2019t give up. If I did, I wouldn\u2019t be standing here in front of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the College\u2019s Board of Trustees will interview each of the four candidates throughout the day. The proceedings are open to the public at Wolfson Campus, 300 N.E 2nd Ave., Room 2106. You can also watch a livestream of the events at: www.mdc.edu\/livestream\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The schedule will be as follows:<\/p>\n

Reagan Romali<\/strong> at 8 a.m.<\/p>\n

Paul Broadie II<\/strong> at 9:45 a.m.<\/p>\n

Divina Grossman<\/strong> at 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Lenore Rodicio<\/strong> at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

The BOT is expected to select a new president by 3:45 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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