Dr. Rodney Smith, the current Vice President of Administrative Services at Hampton University, is named the new President of The College of The Bahamas, according to the College Council. Smith takes the top position at the COB for the second time.
Hampton U. Student Government Association President Lawrence Rigby said that Smith has played an important role in Hampton’s recent recognition as the ‘2014 Historically Black College and University (HBCU) of The Year’:
“Dr. Smith’s administrative record at Hampton has been stellar,” Rigby said. “Hampton University has benefited tremendously from his contribution, and sentiments personally expressed to me by members of the student body, faculty, staff and his colleagues, have supported this claim.
“We are indeed pleased with the decision that has been made and the acceptance of the proposal that Dr. Smith be president…I think there is a very bright future for the University of The Bahamas,” said Mr. Marcus Laing, President of The College’s Alumni Society, College Council member and Vice-Chair of the Advisory Search Committee.
