Community College is College: Destigmatizing the Option for High Achieving Learners

About Amanda O. LatzM. Beth BorstSamantha LopezSonina Hernández MikkelsenSuahil R. Housholder

M. Beth Borst is Founding Dean of the Ivy Tech Community College Honors College Indiana where she is also a professor specializing in Leadership.Brenda Geib-Swanson is a full-time instructor in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department at Butler University Indiana. She earned an EdD in Higher Education with a cognate in Community College Leadership at Ball State University.Suahil R. Housholder is the Vice President for Finance at Anderson University Indiana. She is pursuing an EdD in Higher Education with a cognate in Community College Leadership at Ball State University.Amanda O. Latz is a Professor of Higher Education and Community College Leadership at Ball State University Indiana.Samantha Lopez is the Associate Director of Student Involvement and Leadership at Duke University North Carolina. She is pursuing an EdD in Higher Education with a cognate in Community College Leadership at Ball State University.Sonina Hernández Mikkelsen is a talent acquisition specialist for Disney Programs. She has a decades worth of student affairs experience including work as a dual enrollment advisor pre-health academic advisor career educator and international recruiter with institutions such as Purdue University Utah State University and Lake-Sumter State College.