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February 24, 2010

Students Thriving – Thanks to Jill Landesberg-Boyle

At FKCC, Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle needed to increase student enrollment and student retention.   Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle put a number of initiatives in place including a number of student services.

Students now have

  • FKCC’s first Student Government Association
  • Increasing instructional resources
  • A new tutoring center
  • New expert faculty with doctoral degrees and scholarly publications
  • Improved access to classes
  • A new marine technology building in the architectural stage
  • Plans for a new Upper Keys Campus
  • More robust classrooms with classmates now coming from as far away as California because of the programmatic changes that have been made
  • Plans for FKCC’s first residence hall

Dr Jill Landesberg-Boyle is known as the student’s president, now you know why….

February 21, 2010

Comment from Keys Friend on Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle

Filed under: Information Technology — Tags: — Admin @ 6:46 pm

I saw this comment on Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle, posted on the COA site and thought it was telling….

Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle has been an inspiration to a college that had previously been in decline for a number of years. Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle has not only been a change agent but one who has literally transformed this institution from a sleepy backwater school to one that is in the forefront of new and exciting ventures characterized significantly increases in enrollment, new programs, initiatives, buildings and a federal earmark that has brought this school into the big leagues.

Having known Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boylefor over 7 years, I can truly attest to the fact that Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle has been the difference between status quo and dynamic achievement in every place she has been. Dr. Landesberg-Boyle has dramatically improved every aspect of our previously struggling institution, and all in the face of a continued state funding decline.
If you are looking for someone who is extremely capable in every facet of higher education who can take your institution to the next level, Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle is the one.

February 10, 2010

Google Sites

Filed under: Random — Tags: , — Admin @ 9:41 pm

Created my first Google site today.   It took me a little bit to understand how to edit it and I did not find it nearly as intuitive as wordpress, but it much better than website tonight from GoDaddy.   Google does have some nice features that none of the other tools seem to have.  You can create forms that connect to Google docs and there are other formats that allow for featured listings.   I’m going to give Google sites a A-, they just need to work a little more on usability.

February 5, 2010

Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle and Comcast Newsmakers

Jill Landesberg-Boyle and CNN

Jill Landesberg-Boyle and Spero Canton

Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle was filmed for the Comcast Newsmakers show with host Spero Canton. Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle shared with Canton and future views the fantastic growth at FKCC and other accomplishments of her presidency.  Top among them is the fact that FKCC was the fastest growing college in Florida at the time of the filming.   Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle’s early strategic initiatives included re-branding, targeted recruitment efforts, crating a center of excellence in the Marine Sciences and solving the housing dilemma for students by building dorms at the main campus.

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