House Plans: Rouge Community College

Rouge Community College

As the chancellor of St. Louis Community College, Myrtle E.B. Dorsey serves as the chief executive officer of a multi-campus college system consisting of four campuses offering more than 100 career and transfer academic programs. STLCC serves more than 81,000 students annually with an operating budget of $165.8 million.

Prior to joining STLCC in June 2011, Dorsey served as chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College for nearly nine years. Under her leadership, Baton Rouge Community College obtained accreditation and reaffirmation of accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Dorsey is the immediate past chair of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Board of Directors, after serving as chair for 2011-12. She serves on the AACC's 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges. Dorsey represented the organization at the first White House Summit on Community Colleges in October 2010. She also is a member of the executive board for the State Networks of the American Council on Education's Office of Women in Higher Education.

Locally, Dorsey serves on the board of the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, the United Way of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association. She also is a member of the Mayor's Commission on Children, Youth & Families.

Honors Dorsey has received include the Baton Rouge Brotherhood Sisterhood Award, the NAACP Freedom Fund Community Service Award and the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development's Master Teacher Award.

Prior to her serving as chancellor at Baton Rouge Community College, Dorsey held leadership positions at Baltimore City Community College, Georgia Perimeter College, and Cincinnati State Technical and Community College.

Dorsey earned her doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin and holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Morgan State University.