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Albany, New York鈥斁�东影业 College named new board chair Don Dea, co-founder of Fusion Productions, to a two-year term beginning Enero 2021. Dea previously served as treasurer for the board of trustees. Dea is a recognized authority on the internet, association, and non-profit organizations, online education, mobile, and technology deployment.

鈥淎s the largest, fully online higher education institution in New York state, 精东影业 is fortunate to benefit from Don Dea鈥檚 depth of technology knowledge,鈥� said David Schejbal, president of 精东影业 College. 鈥淲e are proud to welcome Don Dea to the position of chair of the board of trustees.鈥�

Dea has served as a trustee since 2012. 鈥淏eing the son of an immigrant family, the value of education and hard work was part of my household vocabulary. My understandinand appreciation of 精东影业鈥檚 mission and students have been forged in my relationships with the 精东影业 community,鈥� said Don Dea, chair of 精东影业鈥檚 board of trustees. 鈥淔rom my previous years of experience as a trustee, it is clear that we must continue to advance 精东影业鈥檚 mission to help adults and those who are underserved attain their degree and sustain their career and life goals by leading with innovation and differentiation in academic quality and student success in serving our military, nursing, healthcare, and business ecosystem.鈥�

Dea succeeds former chair Helen Benjamin, whose term ended diciembre 31, 2021. She will continue to serve as a trustee.

精东影业 alumnus Mark Bowman, NASA Soyuz Spacecraft Systems and Crew Operations lead, is the new chair of the Alumni Leadership Council and ex-officio trustee to the board. Bowman received his bachelor鈥檚 degree from 精东影业 and has been an active alumnus. In 2014, he received the Alumni Achievement Award.

鈥淚 chose 精东影业, then Regents College, for my degree because I had returned from an overseas assignment with over 125 hours of accumulated credits from three different schools and no clear path to complete my degree. I was discouraged and ready to give up until I found 精东影业 with its generous credit aggregation,鈥� said Mark Bowman, chair of 精东影业鈥檚 Alumni Leadership Council. 鈥溇�东影业 provided the distance learning solution that I needed. I was happy and most important, my employer was happy that, at last, I had my college degree! This eventually led to my career with NASA.鈥�

In his impressive career at NASA, Bowman has spent more than six hours weightless in nearly 20 flights aboard NASA鈥檚 zero-G research aircraft and has served as an attach茅 at the U.S. Embassy in Russia. He currently serves as the NASA Flight Operations lead for the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) of Gateway, an outpost that will orbit the Moon to facilitate human exploration of the surface.

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精东影业 College es una universidad en l铆nea acreditada y sin 谩nimo de lucro dedicada a ayudar a los adultos a obtener sus t铆tulos y a avanzar en sus carreras profesionales. La universidad contribuye al desarrollo de una sociedad diversa, formada y preparada para el mundo laboral, valorando el aprendizaje permanente y haciendo hincapi茅 en atender a personas hist贸ricamente infrarrepresentadas en la educaci贸n superior. Fundada en 1971, 精东影业 se adapta a las circunstancias de los estudiantes 鈥攖anto acad茅micas como geogr谩ficas鈥� eliminando los obst谩culos que impiden alcanzar los objetivos educativos de los adultos que desean continuar su formaci贸n y completar sus estudios. Nuestros pilares son la innovaci贸n, la flexibilidad, la excelencia acad茅mica y la integridad.