Dr. R. Scott Ralls is the fourth president of

Wake Technical Community College Wake Technical Community College (Wake Tech) is a public community college in Raleigh, North Carolina. Its first location, Southern Wake Campus, opened in 1963. Wake Tech now operates multiple campuses throughout Wake County. The largest communit ...

.Dr. Scott Ralls Selected as Next Wake Tech President , waketech.edu
/ref> He was selected on December 6, 2007 as president of the

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, serving from 2008-2015. In 2015, Dr. Ralls became president of

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. Ralls was born in

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, the son of a

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minister. He obtained a B.S. in Industrial Relations and Psychology from the

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and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a Master of Arts, Industrial /Organizational Psychology, both from the

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. Ralls served as president of

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from 2002 through 2008. Prior to becoming the president of

, he was the vice president for Economic and Workforce Development at the NC Community College System Office, director of Economic Development at the System Office, and a director at the

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References

Wake Technical Community College websiteNCCCS websiteWRAL: A Brief Look at Community College President-elect Scott Ralls
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