The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) and Diverse: Issues In Higher Education (Diverse) has recognized Garden City Community College as one of the 2024 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges.
The annual award recognizes community and technical colleges committed to diversity through best-in-class student and staff recruitment and retention practices, inclusive learning and working environments, and meaningful community service and engagement opportunities.
The national study employs a web-based survey approach to obtain information from NISOD member institutions. A multipart, weighted algorithm is used to classify the responding institutions.
Garden City Community College is the only Kansas institution ranked among the 2024 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges list, and one of 18 community colleges nationally. GCCC also won the award in 2019, 2020, and 2023.
“I am immensely proud of Garden City Community College’s continued recognition as one of the Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges,” GCCC President Dr. Ryan Ruda said. “This honor underscores the dedication and effort of our exceptional faculty, staff, administration, and Board of Trustees.”
The award-winning institutions will be recognized during NISOD’s International Conference of Teaching and Leadership Excellence, May 25-28, in Austin, Texas.
Additionally, award recipients receive a specially-designed logo that can be used to promote the institution’s commitment to diversity during student and staff recruitment efforts, as well as during other times when they want to highlight their commitment to inclusiveness.
The awarded colleges are also featured in Diverse’s newsmagazine, the only bi-weekly national publication focusing on matters of access and opportunity for all in higher education.
If you want to join one of the Most Promising Places to Work, visit the open employment
opportunities at GCCC.
To learn more about the Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges awards, visit nisod.org/mppwcc.
For questions about the survey or NISOD’s 2024 conference, contact Edward J. Leach at [email protected] or (512) 232-1430.
About NISOD
The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) empowers faculty, staff, and administrators at community and technical colleges to support the needs of diverse students in the face of ever-present resource constraints. High-quality, easy-to-access professional development resources connect staff and faculty with applicable knowledge to grow their careers and improve instruction. Meaningful recognition programs can augment the reputation of individual students, employees, and institutions. But perhaps most valuable are the connections NISOD helps build among community and technical colleges to share ideas, strengths, and solutions.
About Diverse
Since 1984, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education has been the nation’s premier publication covering the issues pertaining to underrepresented minorities in American higher education. Reaching more than 200,000 readers biweekly, Diverse has been recognized for its in-depth news coverage, provocative commentary, insightful special reports, and original research.
About Garden City Community College
Founded in 1919, Garden City Community College (GCCC) has served the public longer than any other community college in Kansas. GCCC is the senior leader in community college education for Kansas, with a tradition of preparing people of all ages from diverse backgrounds for success in their lives and careers. The mission of GCCC is to help each student become a positive contributor to the economic and social well-being of society. GCCC offers opportunities for every individual through our shared vision of becoming the premier educational nexus to progress and world-class learning in a dynamic environment. From here, you can go anywhere.
