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Pete Belk

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Pete Belk has served as the Director of Admission and Recruitment Johnson County Community College, in Overland Park, KS, since 2003. He also has several years of experience in student life. Pete pushes the status quo, and is often called an “innovator,” and a “creative thinker.” To increase equity, Pete has led initiatives that counter the norm in higher education. JCCC no longer requires prior college transcripts from degree-seeking students and accepts transfer work from non-regionally accredited colleges. 

Pete also championed the establishment of a reduced tuition rate for students on the Missouri side of the Kansas City metro, supported a guaranteed scholarship for local high school students, launched the college’s foray in to Guided Pathways, and developed an admission portal to provide applicants up to the second status requirements. 

Pete has a passion for process improvement. His ideas have led to the transformation of the boards of Kansas ACRAO and his Rotary club. Seeing the need for change to JCCC’s Concurrent Enrollment process, JCCC became one of the first colleges to require students to enroll themselves. 

In addition to enrollment management related work, Pete taught Career/Life Planning for nearly ten years. He has also served on numerous civic committees.

Pete holds a B.A. degree in marketing and management from Missouri Southern State University and a M.A. degree in higher education administration from University of Missouri at Kansas City.