Dennis Taylor delivered remarks to West Virginia University at Parkersburg faculty earlier today at the school’s Faculty Appreciation Luncheon. His address, titled Our Changing World and the Faculty Member’s Frantic Efforts to Keep Up, focused on changes in the characteristics of students entering higher education and the needs of the modern workforce. He urged faculty to strive to better understand their students, to serve their communities, and to change the lives of students.
Congratulations to the West Virginia Community and Technical College System for winning a prestigious $635,000 U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) grant with assistance from DCT Advisors LLC.
Given to organizations pursuing promising higher education innovations, the FIPSE grant will support the System’s Integrated Pathways for Adult Student Success (I-PASS) initiative aimed at addressing the need to expand high-need enrollment, particularly among adults; strengthening Adult Basic Education and Developmental Education; and improving persistence and completion rates.
Major initiatives focus on educational pipeline expansion and leakage reduction, with resources being devoted to an accelerated I-BEST exploratory curriculum involving early career planning, expanded learning support center services, and counselor/ coaches as primary points of contact for adult students, as well as improved recruitment strategies.
Governor Joe Manchin has appointed Dennis Taylor to the West Virginia Library Commission. The Library Commission is the state coordinating agency for public libraries.
8 July 2009
At its meeting on Tuesday, July 7, the Board of Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic – West Virginia elected Dennis Taylor as one of its newest members. RFB&D-WV makes audiobooks available to students with visual impairment, dyslexia and other disabilities.
At its meeting on Friday, May 8, 2009, the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education approved a resolution honoring Dennis C. Taylor for his service to the Council as Vice Chancellor for Administration from 2004 to 2009. The Council recognized Mr. Taylor for his dedication to the advancement of community and technical college education and his invaluable assistance to the Chancellor, the Council and all community and technical colleges.
