Thomas Enders, associate vice president of Enrollment Services at Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) was recently presented with the Visionary Leadership Award from the Education Advisory Board (EAB), CSULB officials announced.
The award honors Enders’ efforts to provide advising staff with technology that easily identify which students are struggling and creates interventions with at-risk students.
“At Cal State Long Beach we are all committed to student success. What Tom Enders has done to help improve graduation and retention rates is outstanding. We are proud that he and the university have received this national recognition for our growing success in this very important effort,” said David Dowell, CSULB provost, in a statement.
Ender has been with CSULB since 1996 and oversees enrollment management, including admissions, student records and graduation evaluations.
“By transforming the use of data at Cal State Long Beach, Tom is having a real impact on student success,” said Scott Schirmeier, executive vice president at EAB, in a statement. “He is an advocate for advisors and a leader among his peers. He continues to make sure advisors have the tools they need to keep more students in school and he consistently shares best practices with other members of the Student Success Collaborative so they can learn from his success. We are excited to honor him with a Visionary Leadership Award – it is a well-deserved recognition.”