The Collegian — Published May 3, 2019

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Spring 2019 Graduation Events

Endgame review without spoilers

The Collegian NEWS, PAGE 12

Issue 12 • Friday, May 3, 2019 •

ENTERTAINMENT, PAGE 8

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Search to replace Hart goes into summer BY CATLAN NGUYEN & VIVIENNE AGUILAR Editors In Chief

Come fall semester, Delta may know who its next president will be. Delta President Dr. Kathy Hart announced earlier this semester she will be retiring Sept. 30. The Board of Trustees is currently in the process of looking for her replacement. “We want to get someone there before school starts,”

said Delta Board of Trustees Member Steve Castellanos. The deadline for applicants was April 15 and, according to Dr. Jim Riggs whose company, PPL Inc. Pros, was hired for the hiring process, Delta received 34 applicants. Of those, 27 met minimum qualifications, Riggs said during the April 23 board

meeting. According to Delta Board of Trustees President Catherine Mathis, the hiring committee of HART about 12 people is composed of representatives of different constituent groups at the school and one

member of the community. The hiring committee completed its review and anticipates about 10 to 12 people for first-level interviews, Riggs said. First-level interviews will be held May 13 through 15. The interviews will be off-campus to maintain confidentiality. Four to six finalists will be forwarded to the board at that point.

SHOWCASING STUDENTS

Delta students are showing off the work they’ve completed during the spring semester at a series of end-of-semester events. Food Tent Wars, a Pop-Up Market: Student Entrepreneur Expo, the Student Art Exhibition, and other student-led events have taken place on campus over the last few weeks. Read more about the Pop-Up Market, featuring student products (bottom left) on Page 2. Get the inside dish on Food Tent Wars (top) on Page 6. See highlights from the Student Art Exhibition in a photo gallery on Page 9. View photos from the Design on Display (bottom right) event at deltacollegian.net.

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Two days of final interviews and on-campus open forums are to be held the week of June 3. All students, faculty and members of community are welcome to attend the forums. On May 11, the board will have a retreat meeting to finalize the process for selection.

See PRESIDENT, page 2

Early retirements aim to save district money over time BY CATLAN NGUYEN Editor in Chief

For the last two years, the Supplemental Retirement Program (SRP) has been offered to Delta staff. It affords employees who have been working for awhile to retire earlier without losing a lot of what they earned and gives Delta a way to save money. When SRP was offered last year, Danner Hall’s hot grill was shutdown as a result of staff loss, leaving students to find hot food elsewhere. Position replacement isn’t guaranteed. According to Delta Vice President of Administrative Services Chris Nguyen, Delta College’s revenue and expenses have been unbalanced for at least a couple years, with expenses being higher than revenue by one percent. “The expectation is that we work out a plan to ensure that we don’t overspend or spend more than what’s in our budget,” said Nguyen. “Our expenses are expected to increase faster than what we are getting from the state every year and it’s going to eat into our reserve and we’re going to burn through our reserve within four years.” Because of this imbalance, the Delta Board of Trustees have been looking for a way to close the gap using the SRP program. “This is an opportunity to basically lower our expenses with either not filling that position because we may not need to or, if we do fill it, we fill it with new employees so one, it’s less expensive and two, we have new employees that can come in and be a part of the institution,” said Nguyen. “The bottom line is that our expenses are growing faster than our revenue.” Nguyen described the operational impact and how it will vary depending on who retires and what job they have. If it was a professor who taught in a subject with five other professors, the impact of them taking the SRP may be small. If it was a professor who was the only one

See RETIREMENTS, page 2

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