Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students, I cannot tell you how grateful I am that TSC and our service district escaped the worst of Hurricane Helene last week. Unfortunately, our neighboring counties to the east have not been so lucky. They have been hit with three hurricanes in just thirteen months – Idalia in August 2023, Debby in August 2024, and now Helene. Many of you have no doubt seen the pictures and video of the devastation left by this most…
Our District Board of Trustees at their June meeting approved this year’s operational budget with an amount set aside to allow us to accomplish two things. As you know I ask every year whether we can afford pay raises for faculty and staff. This year, we were not able to answer that question until we received sufficient information from the compensation study in order to identify the total cost to implement the findings. The good news is that we are…
I am pleased to announce that Jason Fowler has been selected as our new Vice President for Information Technology, effective immediately. Jason has served as Interim Vice President for the past three months, and during this time, he has demonstrated exceptional leadership and a deep commitment to our college’s technological advancement. Before stepping into the interim role, Jason served as Director of Information Technology Infrastructure. In this capacity, he played a key role in enhancing our IT systems, ensuring the…
I am pleased to report that at their June meeting, our District Board of Trustees unanimously approved the 2024-25 fiscal year operating budget for Tallahassee State College. Thanks to stable appropriation from the Legislature and a second year of positive enrollment projections, the budget is balanced with no tuition increase for students for the thirteenth straight year. Beyond completing the implementation of our rebrand and continuing to expand our academic and workforce offerings – including eight new Associate of Science…
Last August at our Eagles RISE welcome back event, I shared that the College was undertaking a new project to assess the need for a change to our name. With three new bachelor’s degrees and the majority of our students now coming to us now from outside of our service district, we wanted to ensure that our brand adequately reflected our institutional status and broadening impact in the state. Eight short months later, at their April meeting our District Board…
I am excited to report that Tallahassee Community College has set a new institutional record for one of our most important student success metrics – graduation. As of our most recent student cohort, TCC’s three-year graduation rate now stands at a historic 42 percent. This represents a staggering five percent increase over the prior year and a full 15 percentage points above the average of our peers nationally. In addition, graduation rates for nearly all student subgroups have increased, and…
What a banner year it’s been for Tallahassee Community College! In twelve short months, we became the first Florida College System institution to be approved by the Florida Department of Education to sponsor public charter schools. We then became the sponsor for Tallahassee Collegiate Academy, our community’s first STEM-focused public charter high school where students have the opportunity to earn an Associate of Science degree in a STEM field simultaneously with their high school diploma. We added new bachelor’s degrees…
Dear Graduates, On behalf of the District Board of Trustees, administration, faculty, and staff of Tallahassee Community College, I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you, the Class of 2023. We are so glad to be celebrating with you! You have worked so hard to get here. You should be proud, as should your family, friends, and anyone who helped you along your educational journey. I share your pride and excitement and am confident that the experience and skills you gained while here with us at TCC will serve…
As we here at Tallahassee Community College prepare for the start of the fall semester, I am so excited to welcome our faculty, staff, and especially our students to the start of what will be a great new academic year. The state of our College has never been stronger. Over the past few years, we have worked hard to improve student success, expanding access to higher education in new markets, implementing strategic support initiatives that move the needle, and building…
It is my privilege to announce that Shelly Bell has agreed to join TCC as Vice President for Workforce Innovation effective July 24. Shelly comes to us with more than 20 years of experience in education, the last six of which have been spent as Director of Lively Technical College where she oversaw Career, Technical, and Adult Education throughout Leon County Schools. Prior to that she served in numerous leadership roles at LCS including as Principal of Godby High School….