 The Board of Trustees of Leech Lake Tribal College has named Raymond Burns as the college's new president. Burns succeeds the interim president, Dr. Pat Broker, who served as the college's interim LLTC president for the past year. According to a press release, the Board of Trustees decision to select Burns was based on his overall track record of 25 years commitment to the higher education of Native American students. Fifteen of those years were spent working with tribal colleges. Burns will take office on May 14th. Leech Lake Tribal College is a two-year degree granting institution open to the public, but mainly serving the population of the Leech Lake Reservation. You enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News. Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.