Bill Farmer accomplished a great deal of achievements while in his term of acting president.

Despite going into the role without any knowledge of how great the responsibilities were, and just how essential and critical his decisions would be, he managed to pull through and take on the president position with patience and determination.

His greatest accomplishment was one that Cerritos College could never be ungrateful for.

After being put on a warning status by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Committee last June, accreditation became the most important issue on Farmer’s to-do list.

By the time the accreditation team came back, Cerritos College had addressed the recommendations that were given to it.

Not only did Farmer have to take the heat for the school not obtaining accreditation, but he also had to configure a way to address the recommendations in the amount of time the school was given.

He sent out weekly memos and accreditation updates to the faculty and staff as a means to establish a form of communication.

He also held several meetings that specifically attained to discussing the accreditation status and what was being done to take Cerritos off of warning.

When Cerritos was in desperate need of someone to take reign of the responsibilities and duties that the former president failed to do responsibly, Farmer came to the rescue.

Cerritos thanks Farmer for everything he did.

Not only did he establish a better form of communication with the faculty and staff, but he also took their concerns and suggestions into consideration for the college’s accrediting problem.

Without Farmer, Cerritos would not have gone off the accreditation warning status it was on, or it would have probably taken it even longer.

Farmer did an outstanding job as acting president.