New VP of Students
LAUREN MARRETT | THE HARBINGER
EAST PEORIA — Students once again have an executive-level representative within the Illinois Central College administration after being without one since November.
During spring break, the college officially made its decision to hire Tracy Morris to fill the vacant position of ICC vice president of student services.
Guy Goodman, the last person to hold the position, left the position on Oct. 31 of last year, and ICC had been searching for the best replacement since.
After initially receiving dozens of applicants, some of which were from current ICC employees, the administration narrowed the field down to three candidates for the position by January according to Marti Bloodsaw, vice president of human resources at ICC.
Morris is coming to ICC after spending the last decade about 50 miles northeast of ICC as an administrator at Illinois Valley Community Colleges. It was during her time at IVCC that she first became acquainted with ICC.
“Being two nearby contiguous districts, really gave IVCC and ICC the opportunity to know a lot about what each other does,“ said Morris. “So when this position came open, that was one of the things that really interested me because I’d seen the great things that ICC does.”
Morris highly values the benefits she received from community college as a student years ago, and now she wants to repay that same benefit to current students at ICC.
“The most important thing for me is for students to know that student services, whether they’re academic services or student support services, we are all here to make them successful at ICC. I have absolutely no doubt about that – that everybody here is on board and dedicated to student success – I’ve seen that already,” said Morris. “I just want to be apart of that team and I don’t want students to be afraid to come up and say ‘hello.’”
ICC’s department vice presidents are the highest tier of ICC’s administrators. Of this influential group, the vice president of student services is the only direct liaison for students. Morris’s office is L221A.
Dr. Morris, welcome to the ICC family.