Dr. Rick Cothran, dean of the division, accepted the award on behalf of his staff at the NCCET 50th Anniversary Conference held in Orlando, Florida, December 10-13, 2019.  NCCET identified outstanding programs from across the country that directly aligned with the three-tiered mission of the organization. Winners must either provide new and innovative staff development capability, or introduce new curriculum for an evolving workforce, or provide a new source of revenue for the school. 

Richardson held a kickoff event for the organization, the Sales Institute of Southwest Florida, at Keiser University’s Fort Myers campus May 16, where he tasked audience members to engage in an object lesson to prove his theory. Searching Indeed for open accounting positions in Fort Myers resulted in 207 jobs and 258 in engineering. Then a search for open sales positions showed more than 1,700 unfilled jobs and customer service more than 2,100.

Weatherford College announces a new program designed to provide training to local businesses and organizations in Weatherford, Texas and surrounding communities.  Weatherford is an hour west of Dallas-Ft. Worth, and primarily services its district of five counties:  Parker, Palo Pinto, Hood, Jack and Wise.

Eric Richardson, CEO of Growth Development Associates (GDA) was presented with American Honda’s distinguished Premier Partner Award for providing sales and management training to Honda and Acura. GDA was one of 15 award recipients selected from a pool of more than 1,000 eligible suppliers.