Brunswick Tri-C’s Cameron Redden: Supporting Students With a Smile
By Paige Vercuski, BEAT reporter
BRUNSWICK, OH- A new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) at the Tri-C Brunswick University Campus has recently been introduced to the community—Ed.D. Cameron Redden. With his experience and goals, Tri-C is guaranteed to advance both its outreach and educational opportunities.
Redden has lived in Cleveland nearly all of his life. After attending Hampton University in Virginia for his Bachelor’s Degree, Redden returned to Ohio to get his Master’s Degree from Baldwin Wallace before completing a doctoral program at Kansas State University.
Apart from Redden’s extensive academic background, he has experience in many different educational careers. Before becoming the CAO at Tri-C’s Brunswick University Campus, he began his career teaching in high schools. From there, he relocated to the TRIO Student Support Services program. This program aids first-generation and low-income students in pursuing post-secondary school. After involvement with TRIO, Redden became the executive director of Ohio Options, also referred to as Project: LEARN. This program focuses on helping adults gain an education, specifically helping in adult literacy. Prior to his current job, Redden worked in Dr. Michael Baston’s office—the president of Tri-C. As the executive director of management and presidential initiatives, he learned and excelled in all of the skills needed for his current job.
Transitioning into his new role, Redden has many plans for what he hopes to accomplish as CAO. After discussing with superintendents, the Tri-C president, and other accomplished educators, he decided one of his main goals would be to expand academic access. By incorporating programs like Encore for students who are above the age of 55 and supporting Medina County’s Ukrainian population in learning English. Many do not want to move far away for college, so advancing Tri-C to the best it can be is important to provide ample education opportunities for those individuals. By collaborating with people from Medina County and arranging a board of Medina County ambassadors to act as a voice for the county and show what Tri-C is doing. “These are the different types of aspects of my position that I love to do on a daily basis, and I certainly love to give back to the community of Medina County and meet with the officials and other individuals who allow me to be able to do that,” Redden noted.
As Redden settles as the CAO of Tri-C’s Brunswick University Campus, he hopes to give back to the community and see it advance into an educational haven. “My fondest memory is when I played high school sports, and we would play your team; we would play Brunswick. And to see the growth of the city from then until now, it's just, it's really remarkable,” Redden explained.
Paige Vercuski, Brunswick High School, is one of over fifty student “backpack journalists” (grades 6-12) in the award-winning BEAT Video Program. The program, celebrating its 25th year, is sponsored by Donut Land, Plum Creek Assisted Living Community, MODA Gifts, Scripps Howard Foundation and the Brunswick Rotary Club. Go to https://www.bcsoh.org/community/new-beat-site to learn more about the Program, or visit https://thebeat.viebit.com/?folder=ALL to view videos produced by the students.
PHOTOS: Redden with Brunswick City Schools officials; Redden in Tri-C Brunswick University Campus; Redden headshot; Redden by painted wall for Brunswick; Redden as part of Northern Medina County magazine.