Bristol swears in Sedgwick Harris, it's fifth president since 1965

Sedgwick L. Harris was officially inaugurated as Bristol Community College's president on Sept. 26.

He is the fifth president to take the school's helm since its inception in 1965.

Harris promised a new student- and community-centered vision for the school.

FALL RIVER — Sedgwick L. Harris is officially Bristol Community College ’s fifth president since its founding in 1965.

On Friday, Sept. 26, Harris took to the stage in the Margaret L. Jackson Arts Center Theater flanked by Massachusetts Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler, the state’s Commissioner of Higher Education Noe Ortega, and Bristol’s Board of Trustees Chairwoman Joan M. Medeiros.

Bristol’s faculty, students, community members, alumni, and color guard attended the live-streamed inauguration ceremony, and looked on