Earlier this month, the Allan Hancock College board of trustees appointed Luis P. Sanchez as the new associate superintendent and vice president of academic affairs.
Holding this office beginning July 1, Sanchez will be the college’s chief instructional officer and oversee instruction of all credit, noncredit, and community education programs.
Sanchez will also be integral to leadership and oversight for policy development, strategic planning, and curriculum development.
He comes to Hancock with 20 years of experience as a professor and dean at Sierra College in Rocklin, Calif. There, Sanchez served as the dean of business, applied academics, and physical education; the associate dean of business and technology; and director of equal employment opportunity. He was a professor of business law. Sanchez was also recognized twice as outstanding teacher of the year.
Beyond being an educator, Sanchez implemented many special programs at Sierra College, including a pedagogy class for part-time instructors; a dean’s scholarship; an environmentally friendly policies and practices program “Seventh Generation;” an Equal Employment Opportunity training guide; and an Alumni Association.
“I plan to start my time at Hancock by immersing myself in the culture and people and understanding how I can best help Allan Hancock College move forward,” Sanchez said in a press release. “My approach is to be innovative. I’m not daunted by the statement that ‘we’ve always done it that way.’”
The educator holds a juris doctorate and master of laws from both the University of the Pacific and the McGeorge School of Law. Sanchez also obtained a bachelor of arts in psychology from California State University, Los Angeles.
Sanchez chose Hancock College for many reasons, he said in the release, but among the top two are the opportunity to live on the Central Coast and the diversity of the student body.
This article appears in Jun 23-30, 2011.