NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Board of Regents has named Willie Huffman president of the Colleges of Applied Technology in Paris and McKenzie.
The board that oversees Tennessee's 13 community colleges and 27 colleges of applied technology appointed Huffman at its meeting Thursday.
Huffman has been vice president of the applied technology college in Paris since 2007, and a staff member at its sister school in McKenzie since 1988, the board said in a news release. The schools share a president.
Huffman will succeed Bradley White, who is retiring March 31. White has been president of the colleges since 2006.
During the meeting, regents also approved new programs at eight applied technology colleges, including pre-practical nursing dual enrollment programs for high school students at colleges in Athens, Knoxville, Livingston and Shelbyville.