East Georgia State College (EGSC) will officially install Dr. David Schecter as its sixth president in an Investiture Ceremony on Friday, October 13. The ceremony is open to the public and will begin at 11:00 a.m. Guests in attendance are asked to be seated by 10:45 a.m. in the auditorium of the Luck Flanders Gambrell Building on EGSC’s Swainsboro campus.
An Investiture Ceremony is counted among the oldest traditions of academia. It is formal and academic occasion to celebrate a new president’s official installation. Distinguished guests, elected officials, and higher education leaders from around the region will gather with students, employees, alumni, and community partners to show support for the start of Dr. Schecter’s leadership tenure.
Dr. David L. Schecter, a Florida native, holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Florida and both a master’s degree in political science and a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies and history from Florida State University. He also holds an MBA from Fresno State.
Prior to joining East Georgia State College, Dr. Schecter served as provost and senior vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, S.C. Dr. Schecter also served as associate vice president for faculty affairs and then vice provost at California State University, Bakersfield. He provided oversight for the university’s Office of Research and Grants as well as the Kegley Institute of Ethics. Before joining the administration at CSU Bakersfield, Dr. Schecter was chair of the Department of Political Science at California State University, Fresno where he was granted tenure as a full professor and earned the Provost’s Award for Faculty Service. He also previously taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
When not working, Dr. Schecter enjoys seeing concerts by his favorite 80s bands, traveling, watching documentaries, and spending time at the beach with friends and family.
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia named Dr. Schecter the sixth president of East Georgia State College on January 3, 2022.
For more information about the Investiture ceremony, visit www.ega.edu/investiture.
