Richard Crosby

Trinity Valley Community College's 2025-2030 Strategic Plan is a roadmap designed to achieve growth rooted in tradition, educating and inspiring future generations. It reaffirms the college's mission to prioritize student learning by providing affordable, accessible, and high-quality educational experiences. The plan outlines four main goals: maximizing student success, ensuring institutional improvement, developing employee excellence, and providing community enrichment and services, with a vision to be a leader in quality education, innovative programs, and purpose for its students, employees, and communities.

The 2020-2025 Strategic Plan for Trinity Valley Community College focuses on maximizing student success, developing employee excellence, providing community enrichment and service, and ensuring institutional improvement. The plan is designed to align with the statewide strategic plan for colleges and universities, known as 60x30TX, and is guided by the college's vision, mission, values, core curriculum, and general education philosophy. Key strategies involve engagement, encouragement, empowerment, collaboration, innovation, and action to achieve desired action area outcomes and organizational improvement.

The 2020-2025 Strategic Plan focuses on maximizing student success through improved access, affordability, completion rates, and engagement. It aims to develop employee excellence by enhancing engagement and fostering a culture of performance improvement. The plan also prioritizes providing community enrichment and service through engagement, strategic recruiting, and resource allocation. Additionally, it ensures institutional improvement by strengthening communication, implementing innovative programs, and maintaining compliance with accreditation standards.

The board meeting included updates on student successes, including athletic achievements and awards, and the introduction of new teams. Financial reports showed increases in enrollment (11.29% increase in FTE, with a headcount of 6,261), exceeding the previous year's numbers. Discussion included the success of the Ranch Management sale, exceeding $106,000, and updates on the Cardinal Sports Network, which had over 15,000 views for the season. Financial statements were reviewed, noting decreases in tuition and bookstore revenue, but increases in other areas like housing and food service. The impact of the new FAST funding was discussed, along with the timeline for receiving those funds and its effect on the audit. Payroll and expenses were also reviewed, showing positive results. Finally, the investment report was discussed, including the capital reserve and interest earnings.

The board meeting included updates on a trip to the National Community College Conference, enrollment numbers, and various program updates. Discussion included the approval of a Bachelor of Applied Science in Elementary Education, updates on a prison education program, curriculum updates in computer science and business, and new Memoranda of Understanding with UT Tyler for pharmacy and concurrent enrollment programs. Financial reports showed revenue exceeding budget, payroll expenses under budget, and plans to transfer funds to capital reserve. Emergency repairs to the welding building were also approved.