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American International College carrying out new strategic plan

Hubert Benitez, the 12th president of American International College
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Hubert Benitez, the 12th president of American International College

College President Hubert Benitez marks one-year anniversary

It has been a busy first year on the job for American International College President Hubert Benitez.

Since taking over leadership of the small college in Springfield, Massachusetts last April, Benitez led the creation of a five-year strategic plan, signed new international partnerships, and introduced new academic offerings among other initiatives.

Recently, he sat down for an interview with WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.