As the search continues for the next president of Haywood Community College, the Presidential Search Committee is narrowing down applicants for the position.

In a meeting scheduled for Monday, April 30, committee chairman Bob Morris said the goal is to trim applicants down to 12 people. From there, each applicant will be asked to submit a video of themselves on DVD, which will be reviewed by the committee to help further narrow the field.

Applicants are “from all over,” Morris said, adding at this point in the process the committee cannot give any specifics about potential candidates.

What he can say is that the committee is looking for a variety of traits and characteristics that will help HCC move forward as an institution. When the process first began in February, the search committee ...