STATE OF THE SCHOOLS
CONFERENCE
The college hosted a State of the Schools discussion featuring Brevard County education leaders in K-12 and higher education that was streamed on the EFSC website .
THE PANEL MEMBERS WERE :
• Dr . Mark Rendell , Superintendent , Brevard Public Schools
• Dr . John Nicklow , President , Florida Institute of Technology
• Dr . Randy Fletcher , Vice President , Academic and Student Affairs , Eastern Florida State College
• Dr . Pam Cavanaugh , Associate Vice Provost , University of Central Florida
• Dr . Fletcher talked about how “ post-pandemic students come to us very different ” than before COVID and how the college is meeting those needs through services such as advising
• He also spoke on EFSC ’ s strong focus on high-tech workforce programs and new facilities to support them including the Center for Innovative Technology Education on the Melbourne Campus , Advanced Technologies Center on the Cocoa Campus and the Aerospace Center of Excellence on the Titusville Campus
• Furthermore , he emphasized how the college is “ recruiting our own students ” into Bachelor Degree tracks as they near completion of the Associate Degrees
• The event was sponsored by the Cocoa Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce and Community Credit Union