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Rockey is Appointed New Dean of Continuing Education at SAC

For Immediate Release
August 17, 2005
Contact: John Hammond, Director of Public Relations, San Antonio College
210/733-2147
jhammond@accd.edu

At their regular August meeting, the Alamo Community College District Board of Trustees unanimously approved the appointment of Timothy L. Rockey as the new Dean of Continuing Education at San Antonio College. Former Dean Ruben Torres recently retired.

For the past eight years, Rockey has served as Information/Advisement Specialist primarily responsible for conducting operations for Continuing Education.

"I am very pleased that Tim Rockey has been approved as the new dean of Continuing Education," said Dr. Robert E. Zeigler, President.

He added, "Mr. Rockey has outstanding credentials, having done excellent work in all aspects of continuing education, as an instructor, recruiter, and administrator. We are very fortunate to have such an accomplished person to lead this important division, which is the largest continuing education operation in San Antonio and among the largest in the nation."

"Rockey's work in continuing education is impressive," said Zeigler. This includes establishing systems for retrieval and analysis of registration and revenue data, program development, facilitating state reporting, establishing a direct mail database, web site design and development, design and publication of semester bulletins, and conducting community needs assessments, among other things.

In response to the Levi plant closure, Rockey designed and conducted a needs assessment, from which he developed four customized training programs. He recruited 152 former Levi employees into these programs and generated revenue of more than $1.4 million in tuition and fees for San Antonio College.

Previously, he was a program coordinator for Pos Abilities, Inc. in San Antonio and an instructor at St. Philip's College, where he developed the initial course syllabus for GED classes. As a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army for 22 years, Rockey served as installation retention officer, operations officer, instructor, career counselor, recruiter and tank commander.

Rockey has also served on college, district, and state committees and professional associations. He is President of the Texas Administrators of Continuing Education for Community and Junior Colleges, serves on the Texas State Leadership Consortium for Curriculum Development, Texas Association of Community Colleges' Distance Learning Advisory Committee and was Vice President of Administration of the San Antonio Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development. He also chaired the Legislative Committee of the Texas Administrators of Continuing Education for Community and Junior Colleges.

He earned his B.A. degree from Coker College in South Carolina and his M.A. in Adult and Community Education from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind.

For more information, contact Mr. Rockey at 733-2652 or President Zeigler at 733-2190.