YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT DR. RHINE REVIEWS HER RECORD AFTER FOUR YEARS

By R. Oliphant

Saturday, February 25th, 2023

Long list of accomplishments in so short a time is notable

Dr. Lisa Rhine

Dr. Lisa Rhine, President of Yavapai Community College, reflected on her achievements during her first four years in office at the District Governing Board workshop on Friday, February 24. Her presentation was impressive as she shared many of her notable accomplishments with the Board. That portion of her presentation that focused on her accomplishments may be viewed by clicking here.

For those interested in her complete presentation, the video of the entire meeting will be available on the District Governing Board website when it is posted.

Some highlights of her achievements include:

Broke ground for Verde Campus Career Technical Trade Center.
Began renovation of Building “L” on the Verde Campus.
Made athletics and Division of Student Affairs responsible to Vice President Jenkins.
Created a true enrollment management unit under Vice President Jenkins.
Restructured the Academic Division and realigned the deans.
Moved Human Resources unit to be a direct report to the President.
Increased annual Associate Degree completion rates by 58% since 2019.
Increased completion of annual Arizona General Education certificates being awarded by 84%.
Improved first to second year retention rates by 5 percent.
Increases Hispanic student enrollment by 24 percent.
Increased Foundation invested assets by 37%.
Increased Foundation scholarships by 35%.
Decreased student default rate on loans from 25.5 percent down to 3.7 percent.
Re-accredited nursing program and just completed HLC re-accreditation of the Community College as a whole with no monitoring, which is rare.
Added Community College Promise program.
Selected as finalist for prestigious national Bellwether award for developing the Promise program.
Added Early College program.
Expanded Advisor support and support for first generation students and connections to community support.
Added three new athletic teams along with support staff.
Created College Council.
Received an award for budget reporting.
Received permission to offer the first four-year Bachelor’s degree in business.
Nominated for national award for student success initiative by the American Association of Community Colleges organization.

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YAVAPAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT DR. RHINE REVIEWS HER RECORD AFTER FOUR YEARS

Long list of accomplishments in so short a time is notable

For those interested in her complete presentation, the video of the entire meeting will be available on the District Governing Board website when it is posted.

Some highlights of her achievements include:

Broke ground for Verde Campus Career Technical Trade Center.

Began renovation of Building “L” on the Verde Campus.

Made athletics and Division of Student Affairs responsible to Vice President Jenkins.

Created a true enrollment management unit under Vice President Jenkins.

Restructured the Academic Division and realigned the deans.

Moved Human Resources unit to be a direct report to the President.

Increased annual Associate Degree completion rates by 58% since 2019.

Increased completion of annual Arizona General Education certificates being awarded by 84%.

Improved first to second year retention rates by 5 percent.

Increases Hispanic student enrollment by 24 percent.

Increased Foundation invested assets by 37%.

Increased Foundation scholarships by 35%.

Decreased student default rate on loans from 25.5 percent down to 3.7 percent.

Re-accredited nursing program and just completed HLC re-accreditation of the Community College as a whole with no monitoring, which is rare.

Added Community College Promise program.

Selected as finalist for prestigious national Bellwether award for developing the Promise program.

Added Early College program.

Expanded Advisor support and support for first generation students and connections to community support.

Added three new athletic teams along with support staff.

Created College Council.

Received an award for budget reporting.

Received permission to offer the first four-year Bachelor’s degree in business.

Nominated for national award for student success initiative by the American Association of Community Colleges organization.

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