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FTCC President Dr. J. Larry Keen is the focus of a feature in Business North Carolina magazine. The feature recounts much of Keen’s career as he approaches retirement, effective Jan. 1.

From the article:

Larry Keen is retiring as president of Fayetteville Tech, the state’s third-largest community college, effective Jan. 1. A search has started for his successor.

Keen, 75, has run the school since 2007, a long time in college-president years. In the state’s 58-school community college system, 36 presidents have been in their current job for around five years or less.

But what is also remarkable is how closely Keen’s story has paralleled the journey of the thousands of students at Fayetteville Tech. Community college students typically hold full-time and part-time jobs. They balance classes, work and family.