{"id":161,"date":"2017-06-22T19:45:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T19:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2026-09-10T10:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:39:15","slug":"president","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/president\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of the President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-one-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:20%;width:calc(20% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.2 ) );margin-right: 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class=\"menu-text\">Speaking Requests<\/span><\/a><\/li><li  id=\"menu-item-945\"  class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-945 awb-menu__li awb-menu__main-li awb-menu__main-li_regular\"  data-item-id=\"945\"><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-default awb-menu__main-background-default_fade\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-active awb-menu__main-background-active_fade\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/strategicplan\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Strategic Plan<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-three-fifth\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:60%;width:calc(60% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.6 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-font-size:28px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:28;line-height:1.5;\">Welcome<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3>Dr. Lenny Klaver<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1484 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/09\/DrLennyKlaver.png\" alt=\"Dr Lenny Klaver\" width=\"320\" height=\"288\" 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He has led the development of three consecutive comprehensive strategic plans. Under Dr. Klaver\u2019s leadership, NCMC has expanded its academic and athletic program arrays and increased community engagement. In August 2023, the college opened a state-of-the-art satellite campus in Savannah, MO and in January of 2026, NCMC opened a new student center. Cumulative enrollment has increased 24% in the past 5 years and 17% during his tenure at the college during which time NCMC also graduated its four largest classes in history. Under his leadership and expertise, NCMC recently completed a successful capital campaign exceeding the original goal as set forth in the feasibility study. Dr. Klaver has served as a Vice President\/Vice Chancellor at universities in Michigan and Wisconsin, respectively. In addition, he was a tenured faculty member at Wayne State College and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Klaver earned his doctorate in Educational Administration from the University of Northern Colorado in 1994 where his dissertation on Transformative Leadership received the prestigious Graduate Dean\u2019s Citation for Excellence award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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