October 2018 College Accomplishments
October 2018
Record Student Internships
A record number of students completed internships
through the Career Planning and Development
Center, gaining valuable experience and employment
opportunities as they prepare to enter the workforce.
(Student Enrollment, Diversity Initiatives, Financial
Management, Community Awareness)
Highlights:
• Nearly 200 students completed internships, a 32
percent increase over 2017.
• The companies and governmental entities providing
internships included Harris Corp., Health First, Biotest
Plasma Center, City of Cocoa, Florida Department of
Health and Circles of Care.
• A series of job fairs also drew 360 students with 60
companies represented, connecting students with
excellent employment opportunities.
• The companies included Lockheed Martin, Embraer,
Disney, Space Coast Credit Union and Walmart.
• In all, 69,300 students have received Career Center
services since the program was started in 2011 in
one of the first official acts of then-Interim college
President Dr. Jim Richey.
Student Recruitment Success
The Student Recruitment Office accelerated its work to
enroll students at EFSC with a range of efforts targeting
everyone from teenagers in high school to middle-age
professionals in the workforce. (Student Enrollment,
Diversity Initiatives, Financial Management, Community
Awareness)
• Strategically targeted recruitment efforts resulted in
record-breaking responses and attendance for many
academic programs.
• The programs included RN to BSN information
sessions targeting prior EFSC graduates; Law
Enforcement Officer’s “Commitment Day”; Aviation
Center Open House at Melbourne International
Airport; and a Bachelor’s Degree Expo targeting prior
EFSC graduates.
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Held eight Open House events with nearly 500
prospective students and their guests across four
campuses featuring programs such as Engineering
Technology, Computer Technologies, Earth
Sciences, Health Sciences and the Public Safety
Institute.
• Implemented a “college navigation” program to work
with high schools to set up one-on-one sessions for
seniors that have indicated an interest in enrolling in
EFSC.
• Hosted five Parent Preview Nights sessions for
parents interested in dual enrollment for their
students with nearly 600 people attending.
• More than 1,000 students and guests attended
57 regularly scheduled campus tours, including 22
large field trip tours that consisted of multiple high
schools.
• Held three Dare to Finish workshops to recruit former
EFSC students to the classroom by providing hands-
on application and financial aid help.
Highlights:
• Go Higher, Get Accepted, the College’s outreach
campaign to Brevard County high schools, reached a
new record in visiting 19 schools that resulted in 772
student applications received.
• Created an improved admissions application
experience that is more user friendly, interactive and
personalized.
• The 3rd annual College for a Day event gave high
school seniors the opportunity to get up close and
personal with their local EFSC campus, with 360
seniors from 19 schools attending.
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