'All A's' for Smcc's Outgoing President ; James Ortiz, Who Will Retire in July, Is Credited with Overseeing a Period of Great Expansion.
Portland Press Herald › January 10, 2011
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James Ortiz was a senior at the High School of Commerce in New York City when his social studies teacher issued a directive that changed his life.
"She pulled me aside and said, 'You're going to college,'" Ortiz recalled. "I hadn't really considered it. My parents' goal was for me to finish high school and take a job, and that's what I was going to do."See the full content of this document
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'All A's' for Smcc's Outgoing President ; James Ortiz, Who Will Retire in July, Is Credited with Overseeing a Period of Great Expansion.
Ortiz enrolled the next year at Queensborough Community College, setting himself on a diverse and meandering career path that led to his current position as president of Southern Maine Community College.
Ortiz, who announced his retirement Friday, will leave SMCC at the end of July. Since taking the helm in February 2002, he is credited with turning around th...See the full content of this document
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