More than 100 members of the MCC Faculty Senate gathered to hear presentations this afternoon on the two finalists the Senate's search committee 
recommended to the MCC Board of Trustees: Lawrence Spraggs and Kenneth Ender.
 
Spraggs is Broome Community College president in Binghamton. He earned his Ph.D. and master's in biology, and he has nearly 40 years of education experience, including substantial senior level management experience at the  college level.
 
Ender, president of Cumberland Community College in New Jersey, is a Yale graduate with clear management experience in higher education.
 
By contrast, the two last-minute candidates added by the MCC Board of Trustees have little relevant college management experience.
 
Local businessman Dennis Kessler and attorney and former Monroe County Legislator Bill Smith, faculty members said, have so little relevant experience that Senate members intended to forward their concerns directly to the SUNY Board of Trustees in writing.
 
A yellow flyer was handed out at the meeting with instructions to contact all state and county legislators, voicing their concerns. It included a sample letter of what to say: "These candidates do not have required credentials and were not placed on the list of finalists by any of the search committees," it reads.