Tim Bowen honored with Tri-County’s Presidential Staff Medallion
August 26, 2019
Tim Bowen earned the highest award given to staff at Tri-County Technical College at an annual fall convocation.
Bowen, who has served as director of Tri-County Technical College’s Anderson Campus since 2009, received the Presidential Medallion for Staff Excellence. President Galen DeHay presented him the medallion.
“I am so appreciative of this award, but the recognition really is a team award. I want to thank my Anderson Campus family for their support. I am reminded every day this is not a job, but a calling,” said the Seneca native.
“I have always admired Tim’s ability to bring a team together and work through various issues systematically to yield an outcome that is best for the student. He is always willing to do what is best for our students,” said Dr. Brian Swords, senior director of community campuses and training centers, in his nomination letter.
Dr. Swords referenced several examples where Bowen has gone above and beyond his day-to day-duties.
He added that Bowen has served as a “consensus builder” in establishing synchronous video courses, known as Polycom.
Last summer class scheduling opened up with the use of class meetings through PolyCom videoconferencing that allows instructors to teach synchronously across the network.
“The use of the video conferencing systems allows us to maximize the use of our teaching resources, while combining low enrollment sections that we may not have been able to offer at our community campuses as individual, stand-alone courses,” said Dr. Swords. Using Skype software and PolyCom videoconferencing allows students at all of our community campuses to engage live with an instructor on any campus,” he said.
Over the last two years, Bowen took the lead on gathering officials from Anderson School Districts 3, 4 and 5 and Tri-County officials to discuss the new Anderson Institute of Technology (AIT) /Career Center that opened August 11. Over the past 18 months, he led a work group to identify opportunities for students and possible ways that Tri-County could partner with AIT to prevent replication of services, while also attempting to serve and provide more opportunities for students.
Bowen is active in the Anderson community. He is a founding director of the Anderson Area Business and Education Alliance (AABEA) which formed as an outcome of his participation in Leadership Anderson in 2010. He continues to work with AABEA to bring together Anderson area businesses, industry and education to ensure a world class workforce.
He also is a member of the Anderson Rotary Club and works regularly with the Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development offices on various initiatives.
Prior to joining Tri-County Bowen spent 12 years at Clemson University, his last position being executive director of organizational effectiveness for Clemson Computing and Information Technology (CCIT).
Bowen has more than 24 years of professional experience in multiple areas of higher education, communications, public relations and ministry. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Winthrop University and a Master of Divinity degree from Erskine Theological Seminary. Prior to working for Clemson’s CCIT Division, he was associate director for University Housing.
Bowen also has served as minister of music and education for First Baptist Church in Westminster and in corporate communications for Duke Power Company in Charlotte, NC.
Bowen and his wife, Pam, live in Seneca.
