{"id":223296,"date":"2015-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/cuyamaca-college-president-mark-zacovic-will-retire\/"},"modified":"2015-03-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T07:00:00","slug":"cuyamaca-college-president-mark-zacovic-will-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/cuyamaca-college-president-mark-zacovic-will-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuyamaca College president Mark Zacovic will retire"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a career spanning three decades in the California community college system, Cuyamaca College President Mark J. Zacovic has announced his retirement, effective June 30.<\/p>\n

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Mark Zacovic (Courtesy Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zacovic has served as president of Cuyamaca College, with about 9,000 students in Rancho San Diego, since July 2011. He led the college through some of the toughest budgetary challenges in the institution\u2019s 37-year history, ensuring that students continued to receive a quality education while dealing with dramatic spending cuts from Sacramento.<\/p>\n

\u201cCuyamaca College will always hold a very special place near and dear to my heart,\u201d Zacovic said. \u201cFor 37 years, the college has done great work and that work will continue and thrive in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

An interim president will be chosen to lead the college during the 2015-16 academic year while an extensive national search is conducted for a permanent replacement. The new president is expected to begin in July 2016.<\/p>\n

Cuyamaca College offers 81 degree and 66 certificate programs, and is particularly renowned for its innovative programs in ornamental horticulture, auto technology and music industry studies. The 165-acre campus is also home to the Water Conservation Garden and the Heritage of the Americas Museum.<\/p>\n

As president of Cuyamaca College, Zacovic promoted a heightened focus on student success based on yearly themes such as \u201cLearn Today-Lead Tomorrow\u201d or \u201cGraduation Starts Today.\u201d Last June, the college awarded a record number of more than 900 degrees and certificates, the result of student success measures.<\/p>\n

The college has also been recognized as a leader in sustainable landscaping and green career training. In 2012, Cuyamaca College was selected as one of three community colleges in the state to be honored by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors for promoting sustainable landscaping on its campus. The college also created a sustainable urban landscape degree and certificate program, and hosts the annual Sustainable Turf and Landscape Seminar for water and landscaping professionals.<\/p>\n

Last year, the college received the welcome news that its accreditation had been reaffirmed for another six years by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.<\/p>\n

The accreditation evaluation team particularly praised Cuyamaca College\u2019s student-centered focus and its high level of student engagement in the decision-making process. The team also lauded the college\u2019s facilities, many of them made possible by the 2002 passage of Proposition R, a $207 million bond measure.<\/p>\n

Cindy L. Miles, chancellor of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District, thanked Zacovic for his service to Cuyamaca College.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough some of the most trying times in the history of the college, Dr. Zacovic has been an energetic ambassador for Cuyamaca and the college district,\u201d Miles said. \u201cAlways a gracious host, he is recognized for his magnanimity and going above and beyond to assist a student or employee in need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before coming to Cuyamaca College, Zacovic had served as an administrator at eight community colleges and districts throughout California. He previously served as president of the board of directors of the Association for Chief Business Officials for California Community Colleges and was statewide recipient of the association\u2019s 2006 Outstanding CBO Award.<\/p>\n

He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and received a master\u2019s in business administration from Whittier College. He received his doctorate in educational leadership in higher education from the University of Nevada, Reno.<\/p>\n

\u2014This article was submitted by the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District. <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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