The Lake Michigan College Board of Trustees is likely to select the next college president at its December 16 meeting.
LMC Board Trustee and search committee chair John Grover tells us the board is looking at Dr. Ken Flowers, the current executive vice president, for the role. Trustees met this week, but Grover says the committee wasn’t quite ready yet to make the official recommendation.
“We are in the process of dotting our Is and crossing our Ts and gathering the data that we need to make our final decision whether to offer him that position outright or whether we would go for a national search,” Grover said. “Honestly, I believe it’s leaning toward making the effort to Ken.”
Grover says the college has been working with a consulting firm to vet Flowers after determining an in-house promotion might be best.
“Ken is a known quantity. He’s been at the college for 25 years. We know him, we know his work, and we felt that we would not get stronger candidates if we opened up the search to a national level search.”
Grover says he fully expects the board to make a decision at its December 16 meeting, and that it will likely be Flowers. Once that decision is made, he says it’s possible current LMC President Trevor Kubatzke will move into a president emeritus-like role to help Flowers prepare for the job.
Kubatzke is slated to retire at the end of next year. Grover says Flowers has already been performing some presidential-type duties as the board reviews his candidacy.
