Julie Fickas

Julie Fickas, Ed.D., was selected as campus president and chief academic officer by the Board of Trustees in July 2019. Her career includes leadership roles as dean of STEM and business at Forest Park; interim dean of business and communications, as well as science, math and health at STLCC-Meramec; and biology department chair at STLCC-Florissant Valley, which included teaching anatomy and physiology. She first joined STLCC to teach biology as an adjunct faculty instructor in 1990. She became a full-time faculty member in 2009. Dr. Fickas earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in biology from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. She has a doctorate in interdisciplinary leadership from Creighton University.