Dawn Career Institute Announces New Directors of Admissions

WILMINGTON, DEL. (July 22, 2010) – Dawn Career Institute (DCI) is pleased to announce two employee updates. Newly hired Matt Penrod is DCI’s Director of Admissions, and Eddie Barksdale has been promoted from Online Admissions Advisor to Director of Online Admissions. “We’re thrilled to have both Matt and Eddie on our admissions team,” Dawn Career Institute CEO Cheryl Zapata said. “Their collective experience and enthusiasm are sure to bring a new level of excellence to our efforts.”

Matthew Penrod, who is very familiar with the challenges that employees need to overcome, brings years of experience in executive recruitment and admissions to his new role. He was brought on to work with Dawn’s faculty and admissions staff to ensure that the Institute’s current and future students receive the attention and high-quality services they need to succeed in their educations and careers.

“Dawn Career Institute has a tradition of recruiting and enrolling the best students in the Wilmington area, and I hope to cont to help this institute to meet its admissions goals, as well as the career goals of its students,” Penrod said.

Prior to joining Dawn Career Institute, Penrod worked as an executive recruiter with a third-party recruitment firm where he worked with everything from small to Fortune 500 companies – both nationally and internationally – to help them meet their staffing needs. He also served as an admissions representative at Florida Technical College in Jacksonville, Florida, where he was an instrumental part of a team that increased enrollment rate by 75 percent from the previous year’s statistics and developed many community outreach programs. Penrod was also a General Manager of Terraplan Development Inc., where he was responsible for 30 direct reports and provided services to over 500 clients.

Eddie Barksdale brings leadership and analytical support to students through exceptional problem solving, communication, organizational and customer service skills. Barksdale has spent the past XX YEARS in the position of admissions representative at Dawn Career Institute, where he exceeded expectations and provided the utmost in customer services to each and every prospective student. In his new role as Director of Online Admissions, he and his team provide the same exceptional services to reach prospective student and motivate them to change their lives through the institution’s stellar educational programs.

“I’ve gained such a respect for what we do here at Dawn Career Institute over the past XX TIME,” Barksdale said. “Through my new position, I’ll have the chance to bring my knowledge of DCI and ideas for enhancement to our online programs.”

Barksdale is a graduate of Wilmington University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing. His sales career began in the insurance industry, where he advanced to become a senior account representative, mentoring, monitoring and training new and existing staff.  He also worked in real estate as a buyer and listing agent where he created and implemented a variety of sales techniques which enabled him to obtain many high industry-standard awards. In the continuing development of his career, Barksdale transitioned his success and experience into the rental service industry as a management assistant at Enterprise Rent-A-Car. During his tenure with the organization, Barksdale was responsible for creating new corporate accounts, retrieving overdue accounts balances and supervising administrative staff.

About Dawn Career Institute
Dawn Career Institute is a career education institution based in Wilmington, Del, with online program options also available. Dawn Career Institute offers programs in some of the nation’s fastest-growing career fields: healthcare, wellness and business. Dawn Career Institute is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). For more information, visit www.DawnCareerInstitute.edu.