Reception for Nooks is Thursday, June 7

The community is invited to meet Dr. Kirk Nooks, the new Gordon State College President, during a drop-in reception on Thursday, June 7.The reception is 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Barnesville Lamar County Library.’We want to make sure the community has an opportunity to meet Dr. Nooks and welcome him to the area,’ said Tamara Boatwright, GSC public information officer.Nooks comes to GSC from Metropolitan Community College (MCC)-Longview in Lee’s Summit, Mo. Before joining MCC-Longview, Nooks served as both campus dean and executive liaison for diversity at Georgia Highlands College.An engineer by training, Nooks holds a doctorate in higher education administration from George Washington University, along with an MBA in marketing and a bachelor of science in industrial management from Mercer University.