Committee Looking to Fill Three spots on GTC Board

Three seats are open on the Gateway Technical College District Board of Trustees and a Board Appointment Committee has begun accepting applications from district residents.

The deadline to apply for the appointment is noon, March 11.

Those holding the seats up for reappointment are Ram Bhatia, Neville Simpson and Pamela Zenner-Richards. The three-year appointments begin July 1, 2011, and end June 30, 2014.

Vacancies for three-year terms are one Kenosha County seat and two Racine County seats:

• One position must be an elected official member. In general, this is someone who also is a member of a school board, county board, town board, city council, village board, common council, the Legislature or is a sheriff or town clerk.
• Two positions are additional member seats, in which all district residents are eligible to apply.

Applications must be notarized, include two letters of reference, and applicants must be present at the April 20 meeting of the appointment committee at the Burlington Center, 496 McCanna Parkway. Chairpersons of the Kenosha County, Walworth County and Racine County boards of supervisors make up the interview committee.

Those interested in applying can obtain the application/affidavit packet:

• online at www.gtc.edu
• at county clerks’ offices in Kenosha and Racine counties
•  Gateway’s Kenosha Campus, Academic Affairs Office Room A110, 3520-30th Ave.
• Gateway’s Racine Campus, Main Building Room 201, 1001 S. Main St.
• Gateway’s Burlington Center, 496 McCanna Parkway