The Fort Scott Community College administration used the community forums that they initiated last spring to tell interested community members about the upcoming reaffirmation visit this fall for the college’s accreditation, give departmental updates, and have open conversations, said FSCC Interim President Sara Sutton.

“During the open conversation, we gathered that the community would like the college to look into new career technical education programs and athletic programs and they voiced their appreciation for the communication we have been giving over the college as a whole. We plan on continuing these for the spring semester and dates will be released soon,” she said.

Classes Begin On January 21

The campus opened on Monday, January 6, but students won’t return in full force for the spring semester until classes start on Tuesday, January 21. After classes begin, the school will get a full count of the students, Sutton said. There are currently 25 teachers at the community college.

“Due to game schedules, many student-athletes, including men’s and women’s basketball and indoor track students, are back on campus already,” Sutton said.

Trustees and Admin Winter Retreat and Inservice

The FSCC Board of Trustees and the Executive team held a winter board retreat on Monday, January 13, to review the college’s strategic plan, set goals and objectives, and discuss board etiquette and higher education funding training opportunities.

“The board had their retreat yesterday,” Sutton said. “The strategic plan was reviewed, and nothing was changed or modified. We discussed the process for reviewing and revising when that time comes.”

One can view  the FSCC Strategic Plan: https://fortscott.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/FSCC-Strategic-Plan-2022_1.pdf

Five objectives listed in the strategic plan are  1) foster relationships with the communities they serve, 2) cultivate quality enhancements for education and learning, 3) promote student success, 4) develop fiscal responsibility, and 5) promote strategies for employee success.

“An in-service was held today, January 14th. Various topics were on the agenda, including leadership updates, accreditation training/conversation, ALICE training, CPR training, AI workshop, staff evaluation workshop, and other pertinent updates. FSCC has a reaffirmation visit for our accreditation in October of this year, and employees have been working diligently on this to prepare for our peer review visit.”

Leaders

The leadership team at FSCC is: Sonia Gugnani – Vice President of Academic Affairs, Missy Scott – Vice President of Finance and Operations, Vanessa Poyner – Dean of Students, Juley McDaniel – Human Resource Director, Liza Erwin – Athletic Director

Members of the trustee board: Bryan Holt (Chair), Doug Ropp (Vice Chair), John Bartelsmeyer, Jim Fewins, Ronda Bailey, and Chad McKinnis.