In a special called meeting Thursday night in the Ray and Pat Smith Conference Room at the Gerald Fisher Campus Center, the National Park College Board of Trustees voted unanimously to hire Wade Derden as the college s fifth president.
Wade Derden, one of three finalists for the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College chancellor position, came into his own as an educator while teaching at the school from 2001-2011 because he encountered students he never had before.
The University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College chancellor search has narrowed to three finalists: an internal candidate, a vice president for academic affairs at another Arkansas public community college, and a provost from a university in West Virginia.