Outgoing EGCC president will remain active in education

YOUNGSTOWN — Laura Meeks plans to spend her first weekday as a retiree modestly.

“I’m going to do some spring house cleaning before I have any fun,” Meeks, who retired Friday after 16 years as president of Eastern Gateway Community College. “I’m Swedish and that’s a Swedish tradition.”

Before coming to EGCC, Meeks served as a community college president in Kansas.

Jimmie Bruce is EGCC’s new president.

“I feel really, really good,” Meeks said. “I’ve had my arms around the college and now I’m letting go. The new president, Jimmie Bruce is here and I really like him. He’s a community college leader. I have 100 percent confidence that he’s going to take the college to even greater places and help students.”

Once the house is clean, Meeks said she plans a trip to Boston and a return to Kansas to see her sons and three grandchildren, ages 1, 4 and 5.

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