CTC CHANCELLOR INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME

Dr. James Anderson, chancellor of Central Texas College (CTC) was recently inducted to the International Adult and Continuing Education (IACE) Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in Norfolk , VA. Dr. Anderson was honored for his contributions in the field of adult learning and his leadership in providing continuing education opportunities.

Dr. Anderson was appointed CTC chancellor in 1988 and has since led the community college in expanding its involvement in military voluntary education while branching out into innovative programs using the newest technologies to deliver education services. His leadership and achievements earned him the William Kennedy Award of the Council of College and Military Educators in 2001.

Under his guidance, CTC established dedicated classroom facilities at Fort Hood in 1989. In 2001 the new CTC Fort Hood Administration Building was dedicated on Fort Hood , thus becoming the first college-owned building on a military installation. Dr. Anderson was also instrumental in CTC being awarded the first-ever FORSCOM foreign language contract in 2002 and two Worldwide Army Educational Support subcontracts in 2006.

CTC's adult education and continuing education programs have flourished with Dr. Anderson at the helm. Adults are able to obtain their high school GED and partake in reading, writing and math courses through adult basic education classes. The program also offers adult literacy courses, English-as-a-Second Language and citizenship classes. The Continuing Education program provides opportunities for personal enrichment, professional development, workforce enhancement and physical activity through non-credit courses. The number of courses offered has grown to more than 100 classes each semester.

The IACE Hall of Fame was officially established in 1993 at the University of Oklahoma 's College of Continuing Education . It was designed as a mechanism to recognize and honor living and deceased adult and continuing educators who had distinguished themselves as scholars and practitioners in perpetuity. Since the inaugural induction in 1996, IACE Hall of Fame membership now includes more than 170 living and 45 deceased members with such notables as former first lady Barbara Bush and Channing Rice Dooley.