Fred Keating will step down as president of Rowan College of South Jersey after 15 years of service on June 30.
Keating leaves as the longest serving president in the 59-year history of the college. He will assume a leadership position as president emeritus at Rowan University beginning July 2025.
“Education is servant leadership, and I’ve been proud to serve RCSJ students and the Gloucester and Cumberland County communities,” says Keating.
During his tenure at RCSJ, Keating helped guide the college through a pandemic, earned recognition as a nationally ranked community college from The Aspen Institute, and supported a nationally recognized athletic program achieving the Learfield Directors Cup twice. The cup is awarded annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to universities and colleges in various divisions with the most success in collegiate athletics.
While at RCSJ, Keating was involved in designing programs for first-generation students while achieving recognition as a gold-level military-friendly college. With Keating at the helm, RCSJ also established the Academy for Neurodiversity as well as expanded the Collegiate High School program that included parochial schools.
“Fred Keating led the transformation of the college into something larger than we all imagined,” said RCSJ Board of Trustees Chair Gene J. Concordia.
Rowan College of South Jersey was greeted by the merger of Rowan College at Gloucester County and Cumberland County College in 1966. About 4,000 full-time students attend the school.
