Pam Eddinger is the seventh president of the

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, United States. Eddinger is the first Chinese-American President in the Massachusetts Community College System.

Early life

Eddinger was born as MoKit Yue in

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. Eddinger's ancestry is Chinese. At age 11, Eddinger emigrated to

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, Florida. Eddinger's mother was a seamstress. Eddinger's father was a waiter. Eddinger has a sister and a brother. Eddinger attended Miami Edison Senior High School.

Education

Eddinger earned a BA degree in English from

Barnard College Barnard College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a grou ...

in New York City in 1982. She then earned a MA and a

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in modern Japanese literature from

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Career

Eddinger has served community colleges since 1993 in various leadership roles, including instruction, student services, marketing, institutional advancement and legislative relations. She also served as adjunct lecturer at

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

in modern Japanese literature. In 2002, Eddinger became the vice president of academic affairs and the dean of the faculty at

Massachusetts Bay Community College Massachusetts Bay Community College (MassBay) is a public community college in Norfolk and Middlesex Counties. Founded in 1961, MassBay currently serves more than 4,400 full-time and part-time students on its three locations: Wellesley, Ashla ...

, a position that she held until 2004. She served as the executive vice president from 2004 until 2005. Eddinger became the executive vice president of

Moorpark College Moorpark College is a Public college, public community college in Moorpark, California. It was established in 1967 with enrollment of 2,500 students and enrolled 14,254 students in 2014. History The board of the Ventura County Community Col ...

in Moorpark, California. She served as the president of the community college from 2008 to 2013. On July 1, 2013, Eddinger became the 7th president of

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, Massachusetts. Eddinger succeeded Mary L. Fifield, who had retired after 16 years in post. Eddinger is also the first Chinese-American President of the Massachusetts Community College System. Eddinger was honored in 2016 by the Obama White House as a Champion of Change.

Personal life

Eddinger's husband was James Eddinger.

References

External links

Pam Eddinger at Bloomberg.com

Pam Eddinger at forum-network.org

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