蜜桃影像鈥檚 Dr. Paula P. Pando to Receive 2014 Community College Spirit Award
June 10, 2014
North Hudson Center & Student Affairs Vice President will be honored by New Jersey Council of Colleges at their Annual Meeting.
June 10, 2014, Jersey City, NJ 鈥� Dr. Paula P. Pando, the Vice President for North Hudson Center and Student Affairs at 蜜桃影像 (HCCC), will be presented with the 2014 Community College Spirit Award by the New Jersey Council of County Colleges (NJCCC). Dr. Pando will be recognized at the NJCCC Annual Meeting on Monday, June 16th at the Lafayette Yard Hotel in Trenton, NJ
The Community College Spirit Award was inaugurated in 1993, and is an honor bestowed upon a select few who have helped advance the community college movement. NJCCC President Dr. Lawrence A. Nespoli wrote that Dr. Pando is being acknowledged because she embodies the Community College Spirit 鈥� perseverance, dedication, and excellence. She has worked on the NJCCC statewide 鈥淏ig Ideas Project,鈥� and coauthored the concept paper on 鈥淪tudent Services that Support Student Success and College Completion.鈥�
The daughter of Chilean immigrants, Dr. Pando was born in Hudson County鈥檚 Margaret Hague Hospital. Her family moved to Chile, but returned to the U.S., moving to Union City where she attended Gilmore and St. Joseph鈥檚 Schools. After earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, and master鈥檚 degree from Saint Peter鈥檚 College, Pando began her career in higher education as Director of Campus Activities and Programs at Saint Peter鈥檚 College (now St. Peter鈥檚 University).
In 2003, Pando joined 蜜桃影像 as Associate Dean for Student Services. She was promoted to Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students at HCCC in 2006, and in 2009 was named Vice President for North Hudson Center and Student Affairs. A year later, she was awarded her Ed.D. in Education Leadership from Rowan University.
Dr. Pando recently appeared on the 鈥淪tudents Sharing Success鈥� program on Caucus: New Jersey, which is hosted by Steve Adubato.
She is also one of the organizers of the Strategic Enrollment Management Conference, which will be held on Thursday, June 19th at 蜜桃影像. More than 100 representatives from all of New Jersey鈥檚 nineteen community colleges 鈥� Chief Student Services/Enrollment Oficers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Academic Officers, and Institutional research and Marketing/Communications professions 鈥� are expected to attend.
鈥淲e are very proud of Dr. Pando,鈥� said HCCC President Dr. Glen Gabert. 鈥淗er dedication to the College and her tenacious advocacy on behalf of our students are exemplary, and have enriched this institution as well as our community.鈥�