Kimura will oversee the branch campus in Fulton, as well as college-wide responsibility for the Offices of Assessment, Institutional Research, Library, and Center for Academic Success. She brings a “strong background” in academic affairs holding various administrative and teaching positions in the United States, Japan, and Chile, the college said in a news release.
“We are excited to have someone with Dr. Kimura’s experience oversee the Fulton campus and serve as our lead representative in Oswego County,” Brian Durant, president of Cayuga Community College, said in the release.
Kimura was most recently dean of language arts at San Jose City College in California. Before that, she was associate dean and later, dean of academic enrichment & language studies at William Rainey Harper College in Illinois.
Kimura holds a doctorate degree in adult and higher education from Northern Illinois University, a master’s in teaching English to speakers of other languages from Teacher’s College, Columbia University, and a bachelor’s degree in biology from McGill University.
Founded in 1953, Cayuga Community College is one of 64 accredited institutions that make up the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Cayuga has campuses in Auburn and Fulton and offers courses online.
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