Exhilarating New Year Takes Flight as IRSC Welcomes New and Returning Faculty
Exhilarating New Year Takes Flight as IRSC Welcomes New and Returning Faculty
August 11, 2023 Robert Lane
FORT PIERCE, FL—Indian River State College (IRSC) faculty, staff and administrators gathered at the McAlpin Fine Arts Center on the Massey Camus in Fort Pierce Thursday, August 10 for the Endowed Teaching Chair Awards to kick-off the 2023–2024 academic year, welcome new faculty and introduce new faculty mentors while recognizing eight outstanding faculty peers as an exhilarating new academic year takes its flight at the IRSC.
Photos by James Crocco IRSC Staff Photographer
Following a welcome back breakfast and opportunity for faculty to reconnect with their colleagues among numerous greetings to wish a ‘happy new year,’ Dr. Heather Belmont, IRSC Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs and CAO opened the occasion in the McAlpin Fine Arts Theatre, welcoming the audience and an incoming group of 31 new faculty.
“This group is incredible. They are inspiring,” Belmont declared as she welcomed IRSC’s newest faculty into the Pioneer family. “We have grads of IRSC, we have people that share this is their dream job—they feel like they hit the lottery. I’m going to tell you, (new faculty) I hit the lottery, IRSC hit the lottery, we are so happy you’re here!”
At the ceremony, six exceptional IRSC faculty members were honored with Endowed Teaching Chairs awarded though the Indian River State College Foundation (IRSCF). The endowed chairs recognize outstanding work by faculty members at IRSC and support new initiatives to benefit students and the community. The Anne R. Snyder Department Chair Excellence Award and Harriett Kirk Crago Faculty of the Year Award recipients were also recognized at the event.
Dr. Timothy Moore, IRSC President addressed the audience at the occasion. “This is the highlight of my year,” he proclaimed. “This group of professionals all together to do one thing—take a student that doesn’t believe in themselves and transform them into someone who is out there changing the world.”
