Dr. Donald Weasenforth
May 27, 2020 – Dr. Donald Weasenforth, vice president/provost of the Frisco Campus (Preston Ridge), will retire at the end of May after 17 years of service to Collin College. Dr. Jon Hardesty, vice president of academic affairs, has been appointed interim vice president/provost.
Weasenforth has served the college in a number of capacities as it grew throughout the years, including overseeing campus operations, planning, and academic affairs as vice president/provost at the Frisco Campus.
“Many of the lasting university partnerships that we enjoy today are the result of Dr. Weasenforth’s leadership,” said Dr. Neil Matkin, Collin College district president. “As the college continued to grow, so too did Dr. Weasenforth. As vice president/provost of the Frisco Campus, he has worked diligently to forge lasting partnerships and mutually beneficial relationships with the community, local school districts, and universities seeking to serve Collin students. Don is the epitome of professionalism, and we are sad to see him leave Collin College.”
Weasenforth came to Collin in January 2003 as a professor of English as a Second Language (ESL) and later served as a professor of English Composition. Simultaneously, he was also a Collin student, playing violin in the string ensemble.
In 2011, he served as the dean of academic affairs for the Developmental Education Department and then as dean of academic affairs for the Plano Campus from 2013-2017. In 2017, he assumed the role of associate provost of instruction for Collin College, and in 2018 became the vice president/provost of the Frisco Campus.
“I am profoundly grateful to Collin College for the many opportunities for growth that I have experienced,” Weasenforth said. “I will continue to cherish the memories of all the wonderful people with whom I have worked at Collin over the last 17-plus years. I cannot think of a more satisfying way to live life than to promote the education/training of thousands of students and support faculty and staff in that effort.”
Appointed interim vice president/provost of the Frisco Campus, Dr. Jon Hardesty has previously served as the vice president/provost of the McKinney Campus and dean of science, technology, engineering, and math at the Frisco Campus.
Collin College serves more than 59,000 credit and continuing education students annually and offers more than 100 degrees and certificates, including new Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Bachelor of Applied Technology (BAT) in Cybersecurity degrees. The only public college based in Collin County, Collin College is a partner to business, government and industry, providing customized training and workforce development. In addition, the college operates the Collin Higher Education Center, which has an enrollment of more than 3,300 each year in partnership with The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas Woman’s University, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas Tech University and the University of North Texas. For more information, visit www.collin.edu.