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SNAPSHOT — AACC President and CEO DeRionne Pollard visited Michigan's Grand Rapids Community College on Friday, where she spent time with the college's strategic leadership team and later attended the investiture of GRCC President Kathryn Rogalski. (Photo: GRCC)

Dr. Pollard visited Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, toured A-B Tech's campus and enjoyed presentations from the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Department and Advanced Manufacturing Center.

AACC President and CEO DeRionne Pollard opens last week's AACC Presidents Academy Summer Institute in Asheville, North Carolina. (Photo: Daniel Gale)
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