Replacing Dr. Rhodes...

Interesting development I've been hearing about and I am still working on gathering more details. It looks like there is a faction of the El Paso Community College Board that is already on the search to recruit a replacement for Dr. Rhodes, who will be leaving the EPCC next week to head another community college system.

Rhodes has been there a long time, so one would assume that there would be a more methodical search for a new President, but apparently one faction has taken it upon themselves to do some independent recruitment.

If my information is correct, the word on the street is that they are looking to recruit former Senator Eliot Shapleigh to replace Dr. Rhodes. Shapleigh has been rumored to be interested in running for everything in town except District Clerk, but there has been chatter in the past in some education circles that Shapleigh would one day like to replace Dr. Natalicio at UTEP.

Though I imagine Natalicio will be as old as Dr. Uxer before she decides to leave her current job.

Stay tuned on this one, I still have some more digging to do...