Jacqueline A. Vietti (born July 24, 1948) is an American retired educator, most notably serving as
Butler Community College
Butler Community College (BCC) is a public community college in El Dorado, Kansas.
Campus
There are a number of branch campuses throughout the area, in Andover, Council Grove, Marion, McConnell, Rose Hill, and a number of distance-learning ...
's president in
El Dorado, Kansas
El Dorado ( ) is city and county seat of Butler County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Walnut River in the central part of Butler County and located in south-central Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city ...
for nearly two decades. Besides serving as president of Butler, Vietti served as Dean of Instruction at
Labette Community College
Labette Community College (LCC) is a public community college in Parsons, Kansas, United States. LCC's main campus is situated in Parsons and satellite campuses are located in Cherokee, Oswego and Pittsburg. The mascot of the school is Chris t ...
in Kansas,
Emporia State University
Emporia State University (Emporia State or ESU) is a public university in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Established in March 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia State is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. Em ...
's interim president from June to December 2015, and was
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) is a public two year community college in Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a commission of the North Central Association and the Ka ...
's acting president from July 2017 to June 2018.
Biography
Early life and education
Vietti was born on July 24, 1948 in
Eureka, Kansas
Eureka is a city in and the county seat of Greenwood County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,332.
History
The first settlement at Eureka was in 1857. The first post office in Eureka was establis ...
. After graduating high school, Vietti graduated from
Kansas State University
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...
as a biology major in 1970, Emporia State University in 1971 with her secondary teaching certificate, and completed her master's of science at
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg State University (Pitt State or PSU) is a public university in Pittsburg, Kansas. It enrolls approximately 7,400 students (6,000 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students) and is a member of the Kansas Board of Regents.
History
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in 1982. In 1991, she finished her doctorate from Kansas State. Following graduation, she worked at Labette County Community College until 1995.
Career
Butler Community College presidency
In October 1995, Vietti became Butler Community College's fourth president, as well as its first woman president. During her time as president, Vietti increased enrollment between 1995 and 2010 when the college had reached a total of 10,116 students, an increase of 21%, making it one of the largest public community colleges in Kansas.
During her tenure, Vietti was responsible for the construction of a $12 million sports complex in partnership with the El Dorado Public Schools and city of El Dorado. Vietti also created a partnership that involves nearly 20 higher education institutions in the Midwest in hopes of increasing certificate/degree completion rates. Vietti retired on December 31, 2012.
Retirement
Since Vietti retired in 2012, she has served as a lecturer, a Higher Learning Commission evaluator, as well as serving on local boards.
Emporia State University interim presidency
In May 2015, the
Kansas Board of Regents
The Kansas Board of Regents is a body consisting of nine members that governs six state universities in the U.S. state of Kansas. In addition to these six universities, it also supervises and coordinates nineteen community colleges, five technic ...
named Vietti as Emporia State University's interim president, a position she held from June 1 to December 31, 2015. During Vietti's term, she retaliated against two African-American faculty after an assistant professor from the School of Library and Information Management found a racial note along with the office ransacked in April 2015. In September 2015, Vietti released a statement saying two internal investigations concluded that no hate crime occurred; and, as a result, the assistant professor filed a federal lawsuit against the university and its officials in October 2015. The federal court found Emporia State University guilty of retaliation towards the Hales under Title VII, making it the first self-represented litigant to defeat a public university.
Vietti also formed a relationship between the university and
Lyon County and
City of Emporia governments with both governments donating a $375,000 each year for the next five years.
Kansas City Kansas Community College
On July 19, 2017, the Board of Trustees for
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) is a public two year community college in Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a commission of the North Central Association and the Ka ...
announced they had hired Vietti as the acting president while their current president was originally on administrative leave before being fired. Vietti's tenure at KCKCC will end on June 30, 2018, when the incoming president takes office.
Vietti's last day was June 30, 2018.
Personal life
Vietti and her late-husband Ray have five children:Dana Vietti MD, Angela Vietti O'Kane, Mike Vietti, James Vietti Esq., and Christopher Vietti.
References
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Presidents of Emporia State University
Pittsburg State University alumni
Emporia State University alumni
Kansas State University alumni
1948 births
Living people
People from Eureka, Kansas