Palm Beach State wins National Bellwether Award

Palm Beach State's "Career Pathway" model was selected as the best of more than 60 nominations nationwide of "outstanding programs or activities designed and successfully implemented to foster or support teaching and learning in the community college."

As a national finalist, Palm Beach State presented the model at the Community College Futures Assembly in Orlando. The presentation detailed the College's realignment of its curriculum to allow students to seamlessly progress through career pathways, with exit points to employment with recognized certificates along the way. Presenters were Dr. Dennis Gallon, president; Dr. Sharon Sass, vice president, academic affairs; Dr. Ginger Pedersen, dean, curriculum planning and research; Dr. Grace Truman, director, college relations and marketing; and David H. Talley, chair of the District Board of Trustees.

The bulleted items above will download the original submission describing the program and a PDF version of the PowerPoint presentation, and photographs of the event.

The Assembly and the Bellwether Awards are sponsored by the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Florida and co-sponsored by the National Council of Instructional Administrators, Council for Resource Development, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, National Council of State Directors of Community Colleges, League for Innovation and Florida Association of Community Colleges.

Dr. Linda Hagedorn of the University of Florida, second from left, and Johnnie Simpson of the National Council of Instructional Administrators, second from right, present the Bellwether Award to the Palm Beach State presentation team: from left, Board of Trustees Chair David H. Talley; Dr. Dennis P. Gallon, president; Dr. Ginger Pedersen, dean of curriculum, planning and research; Dr. Grace Truman, director of college relations and marketing; and Dr. Sharon Sass, vice president of academic affairs.