THE FIVE PILLARS Student Success

} Expanded opportunities for student engagement with faculty and staff to provide a seamless, well-rounded, learning experience with the following areas:

• Adaptive Services

• First-Year Experience & Retention

• University Recreation & Wellness Center

• Student and Community Counseling Center

• Student Care Services

• Center for Career and Exploratory Advising

• Enrollment Services Center

• University Admissions Office

} Created strategies that provide support to remove financial barriers and increase degree progression and completion

• Improved financial services to better assist students by moving financial aid and scholarship services to remote, online call services, and appointments

• Implemented BOT (robot) and AI (artificial intelligence) technology to assist students

I currently attend Boston University School of Law on a full tuition merit scholarship and will graduate with my J.D in May. I have accepted a position as a corporate attorney at a big law firm in Miami.

I interned at the Education for Peace in Iraq Center through the Washington Center and then with the U.S. Department of State at the U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana (both in 2019). Through the support of the Honors College and the PAGES Program, I was able to secure these internships and receive funding to cover some costs. During both internships, I was given the opportunity to research, write, contribute to staff meetings, and much more. These professional experiences not only bolstered my resume, but they also helped me build confidence and learn how to communicate professionally.

The experiential learning experiences I had while at FGCU have been the foundation for my legal career.

– Chisara Ibezim 2020, Political Science