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LOS ANGELES, CA (August 13, 2010) -- Longtime community college administrator Rose Marie Joyce has been named Interim President of West Los Angeles College by the Board of Trustees for the Los Angeles Community College District.

Dr. Joyce, who will begin her tenure at West Los Angeles College on August 25, had been superintendent/president of Rio Hondo Community College from 2002-2007. She also had served as superintendent/president at Gavilan Community College in Gilroy, vice president of instruction at Gavilan Community College, director of educational services for the State Center Community College District in Fresno and director of grants and foundation at State Center Community College District.

Dr. Joyce earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at Immaculate Heart College. She has two master's degrees: one in curriculum and instruction from California State University, Dominguez Hills and the other in educational administration from California State University, Los Angeles. She also earned a doctorate in leadership and human behavior from United States International University.

She now serves as president of the board of Rotaplast International, a humanitarian organization that provides cleft lip and palate surgeries for poor children worldwide.

Dr. Joyce, 68, will serve as Interim President of West Los Angeles College for about a year while a formal search is conducted for a permanent president.

Betsy Regalado, Vice President of Student Services at West Los Angeles, had served as the college's Acting President since July, when West's former president, Dr. Mark W. Rocha, became Superintendent / President of Pasadena City College.

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