SACAD Board Members
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Dr. Vincent R. Solis is a life-long educator with almost three decades of service in higher education. He previously served as the President for Western Nevada College located in the state capital of Nevada. More than half of the years he has in higher education have been in senior or executive roles. He has served as Chief Academic Officer, Chief Enrollment Officer, and Chief Student Success Officer. During his tenures in various roles, Dr. Solis has had the privilege of providing leadership for many other essential campus operations such as community outreach services, athletics, dual enrollment initiatives, auxiliary business services, special projects, construction, facilities management, and student success/engagement/graduation programs.
Dr. Solis began his post-secondary education at Chemeketa Community College and later transitioned to Texas A&M-Kingsville where he received his Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and Sociology (graduated with honors), his Master of Science in Psychology, and his Doctorate in Bilingual Education. The units he has helped lead over the last three decades have received numerous achievement awards that include the Commitment to Excellence Award, the Innovation Award in Student Success, and the Team Effort Award. Dr. Solis is a recipient of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Award, and in 2014 he was selected to participate in and successfully completed the State of Texas Governors Executive Development Program (Class XXXIII). At that time, he was only one of a handful of community college representatives to complete this prestigious leadership development program in the State of Texas. Dr. Solis also served as co-chair when working with the Foundations of Excellence Institute which was a campus wide student success program. Dr. Solis was selected to participate as one of 30 chief academic officers from across the country in the Digital Fellows Program sponsored by the Association of Chief Academic Officers. Dr. Solis is not only committed to his professional endeavors in higher education, he has also served his local communities in various service roles including the serving as Vice President and later President of the Community Boxing Club of Brownsville, Vice President of the Police Athletic League of Brownsville, volunteer instructor for Sexual Assault Prevention, Chair of the United Way State Employee Campaign, and has served as proud member of Rotary International where he was has received the distinctions of having been awarded the Paul Harris award, selected as Rotarian of the month twice, and was selected as the 2016 Ignite Member of the Year for his work in outreach for Rotary. He also serves as a mentor in with the Big Brother/Sister organization in Reno, Nevada. He also enjoys teaching and serves a volunteer adjunct psychology instructor for the Latino Leadership Academic at Western Nevada College. Dr. Solis frequently has roles as keynote speakers for various events. Some of these include the Department of Education on the Impact of Executive Leadership on Student Success. He also served as the keynote speaker for South Texas Hispanic Male Leadership Summit, guest speaker for the 2016 regional Rotary Conference, and keynote speaker on Student Services for Latino Millennial Students with the National Community College Hispanic Council. He has also served as a keynote speaker and pod cast presenter for Workforce Solutions of South Texas. Dr. Solis has also been honored to share his own experiences and educational journey with many different audiences. As the youngest of eleven children of migrant workers and a high school dropout, Dr. Solis shares his story of the transformative power that education can have on an individual. He has been privileged to share his story and experience with different audiences that include the 2019 Graduating class |