DR. MADELYN ISAACS, COUNSELING CHAIR & PROFESSOR, REFLECTS ON CAREER AT FGCU

What year did you start at FGCU?

I began as the Director of Student Affairs with USF in Fort Myers in 1987 and became a faculty member in late 1990. I had the opportunity to watch then Governor Chiles sign the bill into legislation on the Lee County courthouse steps in 1991. From there it was being part of the selection of a site and a name, driving down a dirt road that became Treeline and then Ben Hill Griffin Road for a groundbreaking and hiring colleagues in 1994 -96 to get to opening day. We moved into trailers initially, which has now been converted into Ben Hill Griffin Hall in 1997, as part of the School of Education where I was the founding Assistant Director. Two years later we were an independent college of Education and I was Associate Dean.

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