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Welcome from your Campus President

Dear Ybor City Campus:

Welcome Back! The 2011-2012 academic year is expected to be as busy as last year. We are not expecting the double digit enrollment growth that we have seen over the last few years. However, the slowdown in growth will not stop our efforts to improve the student learning experience at the Ybor City Campus. I fully expect that student success at the campus will continue to improve as faculty look new and exciting ways to reach out to students in addition to focusing on the tried and true. By the end of the Fall Term, you will see the completion of many campus remodeling and renovation projects that will include an Academic Success Center that consolidates our tutorial services, a Fitness Center to help relieve stress and improve your health, enhanced Career Center and Student Government/Club suites to better meet non-academic student needs, and a Faculty Resource Center that gives instructors a campus location for in-service training and office space to meet with students. Additionally, we will be opening the new Radio Station.

To help manage the enrollment, implement positive changes, and improve student learning, the Campus Learning Council and Campus Planning Council will be working diligently to implement the plans developed through our Visioning Plans and our Courageous Conversations. If you are interested in learning more about the Councils or campus committees, don’t be shy – we can always use more ideas.

Meet Dr. Shawn H. Robinson, Ybor City Campus President

This year, we will continue to connect administrators, faculty, staff, and students with the community through community service, community forums, campus events , and discussions over the mission and vision of HCC as we go into the next 10 years. Our campus, the second largest in the college, will continue to succeed in serving a widely diverse student population through caring, creativity, listening, and partnerships.

On the campus, there will be many opportunities for students and employees to show their campus and college spirit as well as to interact in meaningful ways. Our Spirit Days remains strong at the Ybor City Campus where everyone is encouraged to wear HCC clothes each Thursday. Please visit the Bookstore on Thursdays to receive 20% discounts on HCC apparel and extra discounts weekly by using your HawkCard Student ID. Student Government will be active throughout the year with great programming focused at developing the student outside of the classroom and to keep them connected to the college. Don’t forget about the HCC Olympics in the Spring which is co-sponsored by the Campus Advisory Council and Student Government. To further the co-curricular theme, the Student Success Seminar Series will continue to diversify its programming to include more issues of importance to students and their success in the classroom and life. For our campus employees, we will be holding a series of Faculty and Staff Success Seminars to develop future campus and college leaders.

As we continue to grow and meet the needs of our students and the community, look for that information to be online at the Ybor City Campus homepage and through the campus news link. If you can’t find your department or news about something on campus, let me know --- I want you to stay connected.

Please remember that the Ybor City Campus is one of several locations where Hillsborough Community College touches the lives of many in and around Hillsborough County. We are part of ONE HCC and WE ARE HCC! Keep this in mind as a filter for all that happens on the campus as initiatives are undertaken to support Dr. Atwater's three main initiatives: Leading through Innovation, Building Collaborative Partnerships, and Improving the overall Student Experience.

I will close as I have done before. Never settle for less than excellence. I look forward to a great year in which a focus on student learning, student empowerment, teaching excellence, campus and college pride, and camaraderie is what will take the Ybor City Campus to the next level.

Welcome Back!

Dr. Shawn H. Robinson
Ybor City Campus President