Metropolitan Community College - Sunburst Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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MJC Welcomes a New President On July l, TQ65, Dr. Kenneth H. Freeman, a personality of multiple talents and interests, be- came the President of Metropolitan Junior College. Leaving his post as President of Christian Col- lege in Columbia, Missouri, Dr. Freeman brought to MJC the very qualities of leadership necessary for a progressive community college. Thoroughly familiar with the countless problems faced by both public and private junior colleges of the nation, the President holds valuable experience as the T964 President of the American Association of Junior Colleges and also as past Dean and Presi- dent of State University College in New YorkState and author of numerous educational publications. In our midst, however, is not only an experi- enced and educated administrator but also a man interested in the life and people around him. Here is the educational leader who met the Kansas City community during the welcoming re- ception at Kirkwood Hall of the Nelson Gallery last summer, here is the President who shook hands and conversed with hundreds of students at the President's Reception at MJC in October, here is the man who confronted his student body with the critical questions of life as another untrodden year lay ahead at the all-school convocation. Time for personal interests and leisure-time ac- tivities, though, proves almost non-existent for the new President. As President of Christian College before his appointment at MJC, Dr. Freeman di- rectly felt the interests of his students as he placed himself in the midst of their own activities, this direct contact regretfully had to be given second place when the administrator assumed his duties in Kansas City for a growing Junior College. Pro- fessional societies and organizations, such as Missouri State Teachers Association and National Education Association, vie for available hours, leaving only minutes for the man's personal pleasures in reading, for Rotary work, for United Funds support, for service as elder of the First Christian Church of Columbia, Missouri, and for his two devoted grandchildren. Here is an avid sports enthusiast, especially in the world of foot- ball as he attends all possible games of the Uni- versity of Missouri, his alma mater. His team affection is firm: l'm a Tiger, not a Jayhawker, and l have been so since l938! This is the President-an administrator, educator, community leader, sports fan, family man, and friend. Metropolitan Junior College welcomes Dr. Kenneth H. Freeman.

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The Vice President Howard N. As Vice President and Director ot Educational Affairs, Howard N. Monnett's job in administra- tion is to help keep the educational house in order . . . He believes that the administration must give its closest attention to the educational mission ot the institution and work over-time on the academic sector ot that mission. Mr. l'vionnett's range ot duties tncludes the man- agement and supervision ot the entire educational program at MJC. Our Vice President is now in- volved in planning the forthcoming summer school schedules and the new College curriculum tor the tall semester, l9o6. He is responsible tor hir- ing instructional statt members and tor overseeing the school budget. As Director ot Educational Monnett Attairs, he is daily working with taculty members, academic departments, the deans, the architects, the board ot trustees, and the College president in the planning ot new buildings and facilities tor the tuture MJC campus. A journalism major, Mr. Monnett earned his degrees at the University ot Kansas and the Uni- versity ot Colorado, and was once a reporter tor the Kansas City Star. Before becoming a member ot the administration, Mr. Monnett served as an instructor ot English at MJC tor over ten years. Much ot his leisure time is spent in the scholarly study ot the history ot the Civil War, a subject on which he has written extensively.