DeRionne Pollard, president of Montgomery College, Maryland, is scheduled to present “Liberated from Fear: Living and Thriving While Being ‘Out’ on a College Campus” on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 9 a.m. in the Memorial Union Century Theater. Pollard will speak about her experiences being out as a student and college president as part of NDSU’s President’s Diversity Series. The event is free and open to the public.

Pollard serves as president of Montgomery College, a three-campus community college in Montgomery County, Maryland. She oversees the education and student services for 60,000 students. Pollard earned a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies in higher education from Loyola University in Chicago and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in English from Iowa State University.

In addition to the President’s Diversity Series, Pollard will speak at a faculty-only pedagogical luncheon while on campus.

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.