Keynote speaker for Day 1:

Dr. Tony Hawkins

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Continuing Education and Workforce Development; Frederick Community College

Keynote Address:
Exploring the Global Learning Opportunities at Community Colleges”

Tony D. Hawkins, Ph.D. has diverse and varied educational experiences as an administrator, a faculty member, and a student.  He is currently the Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, Continuing Education, and Workforce Development at Frederick Community College in Maryland.  Prior to assuming this assignment he was the college-wide dean of humanities at Montgomery College (MD) and performed other administrative duties at the Takoma Park/Silver Spring and Germantown campuses of Montgomery College and Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, NJ.  Dr. Hawkins held the faculty rank of Associate Professor of Speech Communication and Theater at Prince George’s Community College (MD), teaching courses in Human Communication, Theater, and Radio, Television, and Film production.

Born and raised in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Dr. Hawkins earned his Bachelor’s degree from Towson State University, Master’s from University of Georgia, Certificate of Advanced Study from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, and Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from New York University. 

His research interests include exploring the relationships between community colleges and their secondary school partners, issues of access and equity, and the impact of education policy on urban community colleges.  He has presented on the achievement gap, the connection between student and academic affairs, and classroom assessment techniques.  He is also a certified workshop leader in Facilitative Leadership by Interactive Associates.

This is going to be so interesting – can’t wait to see you there!