DR. JIM RICHEY, PRESIDENT | 2012 LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS
August 2012
• Led an extensive community-wide and college-wide outreach effort to gather information on
perceptions about the College and solicit ideas for a new College name as part of BCC’s transformation
into a state college. (Student Enrollment, Public Awareness, Community Relations, Trustee Relations)
• Successfully hosted Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos and leading state
aerospace officials at the Simpkins Center on the Cocoa Campus for a roundtable discussion on Florida’s
defense industry. (Public Awareness, Community Relations, Trustee Relations)
• Met with Gov. Scott prior to the roundtable to discuss BCC and higher education issues in Florida. (Public
Awareness, Trustee Relations)
• B
egan a series on major infrastructure improvements to sports facilities that continued throughout
the year and included a new basketball court floor, new baseball clubhouse and new soccer field. Also
unveiled the new “Mr. Titan” mascot for athletic programs. (Student Enrollment, Financial Management)
September 2012
• Successfully hosted a series of six televised candidate forums in partnership with Florida Today that
focused on Brevard County races at the Simpkins Center on the Cocoa campus and Palm Bay Campus
that draw large audiences. (Public Awareness, Community Relations)
• Successfully managed a difficult local, state and national news media story that could have led to
extensive negative publicity to the college, with effort continuing into 2013. (Public Awareness,
Community Relations)
October 2012
• The college received clean audit reports for FY 2011-12 from the State of Florida Auditor General,
finding no deficiencies in financial statements, internal control over financial reporting or instances of
noncompliance. (Financial Management)
• Chronicle of Higher Education analysis of U.S. colleges and universities showed BCC has the second
highest graduation rate in the Florida College System at 44.6 percent, and ranks third in Florida for the
number of graduates per Full Time Enrollment (FTE). (Student Enrollment, Public Awareness)
• Chronicle of Higher Education analysis also placed BCC’s graduation rate in the 93rd percentile nationally.
(Student Enrollment, Public Awareness)
• Chronicle of Higher Education analysis further showed the number of BCC graduates per FTE is 10
percent higher than at the 27 remaining FCS institutions, and 35 percent higher than the U.S. average for
similar two-year public colleges. (Student Enrollment, Public Awareness)
• Led initiative that resulted in a 100 percent increase in grant funding this year, an increase of more than
$2 million. The initiative is ongoing. (Financial Management)