DR. JIM RICHEY, PRESIDENT | 2015 LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS
• Held first of two Emergency Response Drills – one on Cocoa campus, other on the Titusville campus
- to test emergency preparedness for Security Office, Communications and Information Technologies
departments and faculty. (Employee Relations)
May 2015
• Some 2,000 students received their diplomas at Spring Commencement, including the second class of
Bachelor Degree graduates in the college’s history with 35 students completing their baccalaureate
studies. (Student Enrollment, Diversity Initiatives, Employee Relations, Trustee Relations, Public
Awareness)
• Spring Commencement televised live on WEFS-TV for the first time in college history to further market
college brand with all future graduations televised live as well. (Public Awareness)
• U.S. Department of Education study finds that EFSC is among the most affordable colleges and
universities in the nation, ranking 21st lowest in tuition and 39th lowest in net costs. (Student
Enrollment, Diversity Initiatives, Employee Relations, Financial Management, Trustee Relations, Public
Awareness)
• EFSC Foundation raises $84,000 for student scholarships in the “Build Your Future-A Celebration of
Scholarship” fundraising event on the Melbourne campus. (Financial Management, Student Enrollment,
Employee Relations, Trustee Relations, Diversity Initiatives, Community Relations, Public Awareness)
• H
onored 4,500 students who served nearly 200,000 community service hours during the academic
year in the college’s Service Learning Program, which made the prestigious President’s Higher Education
Community Service Honor Roll for the ninth year in a row. (Student Enrollment, Diversity Initiatives,
Community Relations)
• Made software and hardware upgrades to improve the user friendliness of Banner, a key online system
that is used college-wide for a wide range of important functions by students, faculty and staff. (Student
Enrollment, Employee Relations)
• E xpanded the Office of Undergraduate Research in its second year with more students conducting
research and opening a Melbourne campus office to better prepare students for our Bachelor Degree
programs and transfers to universities. (Student Enrollment, Employee Relations)
• Athletics ends its 2014-15 season with three teams participating in national tournaments, seven teams
qualifying for the postseason and five teams winning conference, regional or district championships.
Five athletes also earned first-team All-American recognition. (Student Enrollment, Diversity Initiatives,
Public Awareness)
June 2015
• Crafted fiscally strong $75 million spending plan for the 2015-16 fiscal year that did not raise tuition for
the fourth straight year and increased faculty and staff pay. (Financial Management, Student Enrollment,
Diversity Initiatives, Employee Relations, Trustee Relations, Public Awareness)