The Des Moines Area Community College board of directors announced Tuesday it has postponed on-campus interviews with the finalist candidates for its presidential search after two of the three candidates withdrew from consideration. The board will discuss the status of the search and its next steps with its search consultant, Iowa State University education professor Larry Ebbers, at its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Oct. 13. The board will also consider its options for a potential interim presidency following President Rob Denson’s retirement on Dec. 30. “We feel very good about the quality of our third candidate, but we also have reservations about bringing only one finalist to campus,” said Kevin Halterman, president of the DMACC board of directors and chair of the presidential search committee. “We believe that for a job as complex and desirable as this one, our community deserves to hear from multiple candidates about their vision and leadership styles. While this is a disappointing development for our search, we are committed to getting the right candidate, even if it takes longer than we’d originally planned.”