San Bernardino Valley College President Diana Z. Rodriguez has been appointed to the position of San Bernardino Community College District chancellor.
The college district’s board of trustees chose Rodriguez, a former instructor who was vice president of student services and interim vice president of academic services at Las Positas College and vice president of student services at Palo Verde College before becoming president at San Bernardino Valley College (SBVC), as the 15th chancellor at SBVC. She is to replace SBVC Interim Chancellor Jose F. Torres, will return to his position as the executive vice chancellor for the district.
Founded in 1926, the San Bernardino Community College District administers Crafton Hills College, San Bernardino Valley College, a workforce training facility and Empire KVCR 91.9 FM and TV Channel 24, and serves more than 20,000 students from the communities of Big Bear and Big Bear Lake, Bloomington, Calimesa, Colton, Grand Terrace, Highland, Lake Arrowhead, Loma Linda, Redlands, Rialto, San Bernardino, and Yucaipa.
The district has an annual budget of $200 million and just under 1,000 faculty and staff members.