Inauguration ceremony for new MCC president is Sept. 22
September 11, 2009
McLennan Community College will have an inauguration ceremony for its new president, Dr. Johnette Edwards McKown, at 7 p.m. Sept. 22 at the MCC Conference Center, 4601 N. 19th St. The event, hosted by the MCC Foundation, is free and open to the public.
Following the ceremony, there will be a reception in the fountain plaza near the Conference Center.
The inauguration ceremony will include a presidential address by McKown and a speech by the Honorable Lyndon Olson Jr., former Ambassador to Sweden.
McKown is only the third president of MCC since it opened in 1966 and is the first female president. She began her presidency on Sept. 1, after serving for 20 years as a vice president at MCC.
For more information about the event, contact the MCC Foundation at 299-8604.