Bristol Community College officially has a new president after the state Board of Higher Education unanimously confirmed Sedgwick Harris to the position Tuesday. 

“You just don’t know my level of excitement at this point,” Harris said in an interview shortly after his approval. 

Harris is the school’s fifth president since its founding in 1965; he succeeds Laura Douglas, who retired after serving as the school’s president since 2017. 

He has most recently been the vice president of administrative affairs at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and previously served in administrative positions at community colleges in Illinois and Michigan, with more than a quarter-century of experience.