Dept. chairs demand action

President to be given list of complaints and deadline to make changes

BY ARIELLE ZOLEZZI

After Tuesdays special meeting by the Academic Policy Committee (APC) regarding a vote of no confidence on Pierce College’s three vice presidents, a call of action for President Alexis Montevirgen has been drafted.

Department chairs came to a consensus that there isn’t much confidence in Sheri Berger, Rolf Schleicher and Earic Dixon-Peters, but there wasn’t an agreement on how to handle the matter.

Led by First Vice President of Academic Policy Michael Gend, the APC voted to refocus on developing a plan that addresses the concerns of the APC members.

“We are working on making campus a place where you can disagree with your administration in a collegiate way and not face retaliation as some have,” Gend said.

Due to time constraints, the only vice president that was reviewed in the meeting was Berger. The room was divided between those who didn’t believe it was their place to decide whether or not someone loses their job and those who said they want action now.

The general agreement in the meeting was that the concerns of faculty and students needs to be addressed.

“The biggest thing that I would like to see is an open communication between administration and faculty for our students because we are here to work for our students,”

Math Department Chair Edouard Tchertchian said. “It is important that everyone is on the same page during these tough times.”

The members at the meeting concluded that they need to come together as faculty leaders to put pressure on administration to make the changes they want to see in the vice presidents via Montevirgen, and if their concerns are not addressed they will take further action.