“I am eager to help [the American University of Bahrain] establish and scale the types of accomplishments we have achieved together here at Snow College, particularly strategies around student growth and success,” Cook said to students and faculty.
; a permanent replacement for him has not yet been named.
In academics, Cook aimed to transfer how the small, rural school operated. Under his leadership, enrollment grew substantially,He also increased graduation rates and directed more funding to underserved students. And Cook created a technical college division at the school. Snow, a traditionally two-year college with campuses in Ephraim and Richfield, now offers two bachelor’s degrees, as well as several new online programs.
Cook said in his letter that he wants to take what he learned at Snow College and take the “innovative, collaborative approaches” to students across the Middle East.
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