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Regents to consider candidates for presidents of 2 schools

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor Flora Tydings speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the McMinn Higher Education Center on Sept. 27, 2019 in Athens, Tenn.
Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor Flora Tydings speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the McMinn Higher Education Center on Sept. 27, 2019 in Athens, Tenn. Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor Flora Tydings speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the McMinn Higher Education Center on Sept. 27, 2019 in Athens, Tenn.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Board of Regents says it may appoint the next presidents of Cleveland State Community College and the College of Applied Technology at Elizabethton at its next meeting.

The board is scheduled to receive Chancellor Flora W. Tydings’ recommendations for the two positions at a meeting scheduled for Wednesday.

Tydings has recommended that Ty A. Stone serve as the next president of Cleveland State, the board said. Stone is currently president of Jefferson Community College in Watertown, New York. She would succeed Bill Seymour, who is retiring.

The board said Tydings has also recommended David J. Hicks as the next president of TCAT Elizabethton. He is currently superintendent of Bremen City Schools in Bremen, Georgia. He would succeed Dean Blevins, who also is retiring.

The Board of Regents oversees Tennessee’s colleges of applied technology and community colleges.