Mercer County Community College Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Dr. Eun-Woo Chang, as Mercer’s next vice president for Academic Affairs.
Chang comes to MCCC from Montgomery College in Rockville, Md., where he served as instructional dean of science, engineering, and mathematics.
Prior to his appointment at Montgomery College, Chang served as program director in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation. He also served as a chemistry professor at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nev., for 17 years, where he was chair of the Physical Science Department, Faculty Senate chair, and member of several college-wide and statewide leadership committees.
In 2004, he spent a year at College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas as a member of the 2004-05 class of ACE Fellows, a prestigious leadership cohort selected by the American Council on Education. In addition, he served as interim dean of mathematics and sciences at CSN during the 2005-06 academic year.
Chang earned a bachelors degree in chemistry from Yeungnam University in South Korea, a masters in chemistry from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and a doctorate in chemistry from the University of California at Los Angeles. After receiving his doctorate, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Chemistry at Harvard University. In 2010, he was named an American Chemical Society Fellow.
Chang is set to join the MCCC staff on Aug. 14. He replaces Dr. Donald Generals, who has accepted an appointment as president of Community College of Philadelphia.
More information is online at mccc.edu.
