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Sunday, August 31, 2008
You Know You Are From SJ If…..
SJC Alumnus Nicole Paggett asked me to post You Know You Are From SJ if….. Written by Erin Keenan. Since I liked it and thought much of it rang true for past students, faculty and staff I figured I’d post something fun here for a change.
Both Nicole and Erin also send there best to all.
You Know You Are From SJ If…..
1. Your Professor ever canceled class because it was sunny.
2. You have ever volunteered to spawn salmon.
3. Class was canceled to watch the herring run.
4. You were ever afraid to stand in front of David Sweetland's portrait.
5. Celebrated the day they took it down.
6. You know who David Sweetland was.
7. You know ghost stories about him and the cafeteria.
8. Sundays equaled waffles.
9. You could recognize every single state trooper while in uniform.
10. Once a month you wondered when the Whitworth students had arrived, then realized they were the troopers in civilian dress
11. As a freshmen in DSH you could name all the students and where they were from.
12. You lived in NPH or Whitmore and had no clue who the freshmen were and did not care.
13. Ate more food off campus then on.
14. You ate Pizza Express at least once a week.
15. You knew what the phrase "the troopers are coming" meant.
16. You could run from the Raz to DSH in 10 seconds.
17. You weighed 250 and could make it in the same amount of time.
18. You could do it in flip flops.
19. Your shoes of choice were Extra Tuffs, flip flops or sandals.
20. Everyone would notice if your boot were not Extra Tuffs
21. You could wear long johns, two pair of pants, rain pants, a tee shirt, long sleeve shirt, sweat shirt, a hoodie, a polar fleece, down jacket, two pairs of gloves, and a stocking cap and still have to use the blanket you brought with you to stay warm in class.
22. You have slept in the above mentioned outfit and were still cold.
23. Classes were canceled because it was warmer outside then in.
24. You took a cab or the school van to the bank, but would walk over a mile to Lakeside for groceries and carried them back.
25. You know the difference between "Big C" and "Little C"
26. You have to think about the real name of "Little C"
27. You know what donkey meat (or seagull, eagle, raven, crow) was and looked forward to eating it.
28. You have eaten pork for ever meal for two weeks in a row.
29. You now know all the possible culinary uses of pineapple.
30. Some days not even the kitchen staff knew what was in the lasagna.
31. The vegetarian enchiladas were stuffed with chicken.
32. Just a glance at the menu would cause you to eat a $12 bowl of lucky charms.
33. Some times you had to resort to eating a $12 peanut butter and jelly sandwich, because the milk was bad and so was the lunch meat.
34. You gained 40lbs in one semester on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
35. There were days when even the gravy ran away from the mashed potatoes.
36. Fried chicken was on the menu you would get a shriveled up wing because anything bigger would be frozen solid on the inside.
37. Some days the potatoes would make great snowballs that never lost their shape.
38. You have ever been asked by a trooper for meal advice.
39. You have ever stood in the middle of the trooper line, and waved to all your friends.
40. You have seen troopers do push ups in the snow.
41. You have seen troopers do push ups in the main lounge.
42. You have felt bad for that trooper still in the bathroom when the others have already left.
43. You are female and have had a trooper open the door for you and call you Miss.
44. You are female and remember Sgt Spitzer.
45. You have ever been serenaded by troopers on your birthday.
46. You have ever been afraid that people would find out about you birthday.
47. You know what the flume is.
48. You have been thrown in the flume.
49. You have ever jumped in the flume.
50. You have ever seen someone physically dragged from their room kicking and screaming in the middle of the night and taken outside in winter with snow on the ground, surrounded by a mob of people and no one questions it.
51. You were there when it happened to Bryner. (I was, it was great. Erin)
52. You knew when the salmon came in due to the smell of death.
53. You could name every mountain whether you climbed them or not.
54. You walked through Totem Park because you were bored.
55. You could hear the ocean from your dorm room.
56. Though you could see it, you rarely ever walked the beach.
57. You have been told not to walk around campus at night because of bear sightings.
58. You got excited when you saw a deer on campus.
59. You got really excited when you saw a deer behind the cafeteria.
60. You either know him, or know someone who knows that guy that saw a deer behind the cafeteria ran to his room and shot the deer with a bow and arrow out his window.
61. You know the handbook has a rule about not cleaning game or fish in the bathrooms or bedrooms.
62. You know people who have broken that rule.
63. You are one of the people who broke that rule.
64. You don't know where the designated cleaning place is.
65. You are, or know, a hippy tree hugging vegetarian who hates bald eagles and wishes they would all die because they perch on boats and crap everywhere.
66. You know what a bear stick is.
67. You have threatened to hit your best friend with one if the need should arise.
68. You know what the "Gloria" is and still wonder who owns her.
69. You know the location of Superman's phone booth is.
70. You know where the Raz is, but not the Rasmuson building.
71. You and your teachers wore Extra Tuffs to graduation.
72. You have referred to Whitmore as a cult and as a group distrust them.
73. You got excited when the new staircase in NPH and Whitmore were built.
74. You watched the crack in the smoke stack of the laundry room get bigger.
75. You have ever wondered when the Allen building was every going to be finished.
76. You have ever failed a class because the server was down.
77. You can recognize the sound of rage when the internet goes down.
78. You know who Gizmo was.
79. You could recognize a certain person’s whistle and take a different path.
80. You have seen an ice ax, a sleeping bag, and a math book strapped to the same bag.
81. You have worn hip waders and brought your fishing pool to class.
82. You did that after fishing.
83. You have had a beer with a professor.
84. You have been given a hug by Duna.
85. You know which teachers to refer to as Dr. and which go by their first name and to this day still refer to them as that.
86. You have ever been hunting or fishing with a professor, staff member, or VIM.
87. You know what VIM stands for.
88. You had a favorite VIM.
89. You had a VIM you hated with a passion.
90. You know Marcel and speak of him always with high praise whether you knew him or not.
91. You think Pat is pretty much the coolest guy ever.
92. You know who Martin was, even if you have never met him.
93. You have ever been sea sick on a teacher’s boat.
94. Two words. Sock Wars.
95. You know for a fact that in the end, sock wars always turns out to be a battle of the sexes.
96. You have ever been one of the body guards to the last two sock war members.
97. You have ever had Pat Shehan try to set you up on a date.
98. You have ever dated your ex's present partners ex.
99. You realize that the couple that broke up has only been together for two weeks (not two months like you thought) and are now on their forth or fifth girlfriend/boyfriend.
100. The first week or two of classes girls wear makeup, cute clothes, and high heels, then stop due to weather conditions and the fact that no one cares if they are cute or not, but weather or not they will have sex in the woods.
101. You understood what "she is going to Juneau" meant.
102. You remember Cohabitation.
103. You remember when Cohabitation was defined as vaginal sex.
104. You remember when that changed.
105. You laughed your ass off when they thought it would make a difference.
106. You know people who justified having sex during the day, then saying that as long as they were out of the room by curfew they were not breaking any rules.
107. You were one of those people.
108. You did not care and had sex whenever you wanted.
109. You fantasized about Sgt. Spitzer.
110. The smallest rule to break was watching a DVD in one of the lounges.
111. You would hide the DVD and swear it was a movie on TV.
112. You would search for movies that said "Public viewing rights included" just to piss people off.
113. You have ever stood in the snow at night in a towel and wet hair because the fire alarm went off.
114. You have ever had the misfortune of the happening while the troopers were there.
115. You have ever been excited about a trooper saying something, anything, to you.
116. After all this time you still keep track of SJ by reading Bryner's blog.
117. The name Brian Chamberlain causes intense anger and uncontrollable rage.
118. You love Louis Driver.
119. You knew the other mail box es that your mail box key opened.
And last but not least, and I am sure there are many, many more great things that made SJ such a great place...
120. You still know the address to SJC.
Both Nicole and Erin also send there best to all.
You Know You Are From SJ If…..
1. Your Professor ever canceled class because it was sunny.
2. You have ever volunteered to spawn salmon.
3. Class was canceled to watch the herring run.
4. You were ever afraid to stand in front of David Sweetland's portrait.
5. Celebrated the day they took it down.
6. You know who David Sweetland was.
7. You know ghost stories about him and the cafeteria.
8. Sundays equaled waffles.
9. You could recognize every single state trooper while in uniform.
10. Once a month you wondered when the Whitworth students had arrived, then realized they were the troopers in civilian dress
11. As a freshmen in DSH you could name all the students and where they were from.
12. You lived in NPH or Whitmore and had no clue who the freshmen were and did not care.
13. Ate more food off campus then on.
14. You ate Pizza Express at least once a week.
15. You knew what the phrase "the troopers are coming" meant.
16. You could run from the Raz to DSH in 10 seconds.
17. You weighed 250 and could make it in the same amount of time.
18. You could do it in flip flops.
19. Your shoes of choice were Extra Tuffs, flip flops or sandals.
20. Everyone would notice if your boot were not Extra Tuffs
21. You could wear long johns, two pair of pants, rain pants, a tee shirt, long sleeve shirt, sweat shirt, a hoodie, a polar fleece, down jacket, two pairs of gloves, and a stocking cap and still have to use the blanket you brought with you to stay warm in class.
22. You have slept in the above mentioned outfit and were still cold.
23. Classes were canceled because it was warmer outside then in.
24. You took a cab or the school van to the bank, but would walk over a mile to Lakeside for groceries and carried them back.
25. You know the difference between "Big C" and "Little C"
26. You have to think about the real name of "Little C"
27. You know what donkey meat (or seagull, eagle, raven, crow) was and looked forward to eating it.
28. You have eaten pork for ever meal for two weeks in a row.
29. You now know all the possible culinary uses of pineapple.
30. Some days not even the kitchen staff knew what was in the lasagna.
31. The vegetarian enchiladas were stuffed with chicken.
32. Just a glance at the menu would cause you to eat a $12 bowl of lucky charms.
33. Some times you had to resort to eating a $12 peanut butter and jelly sandwich, because the milk was bad and so was the lunch meat.
34. You gained 40lbs in one semester on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
35. There were days when even the gravy ran away from the mashed potatoes.
36. Fried chicken was on the menu you would get a shriveled up wing because anything bigger would be frozen solid on the inside.
37. Some days the potatoes would make great snowballs that never lost their shape.
38. You have ever been asked by a trooper for meal advice.
39. You have ever stood in the middle of the trooper line, and waved to all your friends.
40. You have seen troopers do push ups in the snow.
41. You have seen troopers do push ups in the main lounge.
42. You have felt bad for that trooper still in the bathroom when the others have already left.
43. You are female and have had a trooper open the door for you and call you Miss.
44. You are female and remember Sgt Spitzer.
45. You have ever been serenaded by troopers on your birthday.
46. You have ever been afraid that people would find out about you birthday.
47. You know what the flume is.
48. You have been thrown in the flume.
49. You have ever jumped in the flume.
50. You have ever seen someone physically dragged from their room kicking and screaming in the middle of the night and taken outside in winter with snow on the ground, surrounded by a mob of people and no one questions it.
51. You were there when it happened to Bryner. (I was, it was great. Erin)
52. You knew when the salmon came in due to the smell of death.
53. You could name every mountain whether you climbed them or not.
54. You walked through Totem Park because you were bored.
55. You could hear the ocean from your dorm room.
56. Though you could see it, you rarely ever walked the beach.
57. You have been told not to walk around campus at night because of bear sightings.
58. You got excited when you saw a deer on campus.
59. You got really excited when you saw a deer behind the cafeteria.
60. You either know him, or know someone who knows that guy that saw a deer behind the cafeteria ran to his room and shot the deer with a bow and arrow out his window.
61. You know the handbook has a rule about not cleaning game or fish in the bathrooms or bedrooms.
62. You know people who have broken that rule.
63. You are one of the people who broke that rule.
64. You don't know where the designated cleaning place is.
65. You are, or know, a hippy tree hugging vegetarian who hates bald eagles and wishes they would all die because they perch on boats and crap everywhere.
66. You know what a bear stick is.
67. You have threatened to hit your best friend with one if the need should arise.
68. You know what the "Gloria" is and still wonder who owns her.
69. You know the location of Superman's phone booth is.
70. You know where the Raz is, but not the Rasmuson building.
71. You and your teachers wore Extra Tuffs to graduation.
72. You have referred to Whitmore as a cult and as a group distrust them.
73. You got excited when the new staircase in NPH and Whitmore were built.
74. You watched the crack in the smoke stack of the laundry room get bigger.
75. You have ever wondered when the Allen building was every going to be finished.
76. You have ever failed a class because the server was down.
77. You can recognize the sound of rage when the internet goes down.
78. You know who Gizmo was.
79. You could recognize a certain person’s whistle and take a different path.
80. You have seen an ice ax, a sleeping bag, and a math book strapped to the same bag.
81. You have worn hip waders and brought your fishing pool to class.
82. You did that after fishing.
83. You have had a beer with a professor.
84. You have been given a hug by Duna.
85. You know which teachers to refer to as Dr. and which go by their first name and to this day still refer to them as that.
86. You have ever been hunting or fishing with a professor, staff member, or VIM.
87. You know what VIM stands for.
88. You had a favorite VIM.
89. You had a VIM you hated with a passion.
90. You know Marcel and speak of him always with high praise whether you knew him or not.
91. You think Pat is pretty much the coolest guy ever.
92. You know who Martin was, even if you have never met him.
93. You have ever been sea sick on a teacher’s boat.
94. Two words. Sock Wars.
95. You know for a fact that in the end, sock wars always turns out to be a battle of the sexes.
96. You have ever been one of the body guards to the last two sock war members.
97. You have ever had Pat Shehan try to set you up on a date.
98. You have ever dated your ex's present partners ex.
99. You realize that the couple that broke up has only been together for two weeks (not two months like you thought) and are now on their forth or fifth girlfriend/boyfriend.
100. The first week or two of classes girls wear makeup, cute clothes, and high heels, then stop due to weather conditions and the fact that no one cares if they are cute or not, but weather or not they will have sex in the woods.
101. You understood what "she is going to Juneau" meant.
102. You remember Cohabitation.
103. You remember when Cohabitation was defined as vaginal sex.
104. You remember when that changed.
105. You laughed your ass off when they thought it would make a difference.
106. You know people who justified having sex during the day, then saying that as long as they were out of the room by curfew they were not breaking any rules.
107. You were one of those people.
108. You did not care and had sex whenever you wanted.
109. You fantasized about Sgt. Spitzer.
110. The smallest rule to break was watching a DVD in one of the lounges.
111. You would hide the DVD and swear it was a movie on TV.
112. You would search for movies that said "Public viewing rights included" just to piss people off.
113. You have ever stood in the snow at night in a towel and wet hair because the fire alarm went off.
114. You have ever had the misfortune of the happening while the troopers were there.
115. You have ever been excited about a trooper saying something, anything, to you.
116. After all this time you still keep track of SJ by reading Bryner's blog.
117. The name Brian Chamberlain causes intense anger and uncontrollable rage.
118. You love Louis Driver.
119. You knew the other mail box es that your mail box key opened.
And last but not least, and I am sure there are many, many more great things that made SJ such a great place...
120. You still know the address to SJC.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
One Year After the Ax Fell
One week from today the 29th of June will be the 1st anniversary of the closing of SJ. I was recently asked by another former employee if I was over the closing yet. I had to truthfully answer that I was not and might not ever get over it. How about the rest of you out there? Past students, faculty and staff, how are you all doing one year after the ax fell? I know I’m interested in hearing and I bet others are too. Please post a comment on how things have turned out. Maybe you could list a few good things along with the bad.
Here is my list:
The Bad:
I miss the fine people from students to employees, but most especially all the wonderful volunteers.
I still feel the school could have been saved with proper management and I’m still heart sick that such a historic and important institution closed after 130 years of operations.
I worry what will happen to the historic buildings.
The Good:
I’ve had more time to spend with my family, most especially my grandsons.
I have not missed the middle of the night calls about something being broken.
I had lots of time to work on my house and to find out what partial retirement is all about.
I don’t wake up in the middle of the night worrying about what’s going to break next and I can tell you there has been a lot less stress in my life.
So, as much as I miss SJ maybe the good has out weighed the bad. How about you?
Here is my list:
The Bad:
I miss the fine people from students to employees, but most especially all the wonderful volunteers.
I still feel the school could have been saved with proper management and I’m still heart sick that such a historic and important institution closed after 130 years of operations.
I worry what will happen to the historic buildings.
The Good:
I’ve had more time to spend with my family, most especially my grandsons.
I have not missed the middle of the night calls about something being broken.
I had lots of time to work on my house and to find out what partial retirement is all about.
I don’t wake up in the middle of the night worrying about what’s going to break next and I can tell you there has been a lot less stress in my life.
So, as much as I miss SJ maybe the good has out weighed the bad. How about you?
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Setting a double standard
SJ(C?) recently sent all student accounts in default to a collection agency, Northern Credit Services. While an argument can be made that SJ is owed the funds, their recent action is nonetheless particularly harsh. Students were often allowed to carry over debt from semester to semester, and payment plans were reasonable. Sending students to collections changes all that by opening them up to finance charges and poor credit ratings.
Speaking of poor credit ratings, while SJ goes after students in arrears, it remains in debt to several entities, including former employees. Let's send them to collections!
How many phone calls during dinner and letters in the mail with big red "PAST DUE" stamps will it take to receive compensation?
Speaking of poor credit ratings, while SJ goes after students in arrears, it remains in debt to several entities, including former employees. Let's send them to collections!
How many phone calls during dinner and letters in the mail with big red "PAST DUE" stamps will it take to receive compensation?
Friday, October 5, 2007
Student records on the move
The Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education (ACPE) is on campus this week to take control over student records. Both electronic data and paper copies have been collected and will be sent to Juneau. Students requesting transcripts can still call the Registrar at this time, but it is uncertain for how long. ACPE can be contacted through their website, for more information.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
A bright spot.
The US Department of Commerce has awarded the College $1.2 million for a new roe processing training facility. Raven Radio produced the following related story.
With the suspension of academic programs, it appears that training will not be linked to an accredited degree program. This may have been the case even if the College was fully operating this fall.
Dr. Dobler is quoted as saying that this is "the first step in the development of a comprehensive seafood processing program." It certainly doesn't answer the larger questions of SJ's future, but may provide some breathing room for the hatchery program and college. It is a small step, hopefully in the right direction, and I wish the College well.
With the suspension of academic programs, it appears that training will not be linked to an accredited degree program. This may have been the case even if the College was fully operating this fall.
Dr. Dobler is quoted as saying that this is "the first step in the development of a comprehensive seafood processing program." It certainly doesn't answer the larger questions of SJ's future, but may provide some breathing room for the hatchery program and college. It is a small step, hopefully in the right direction, and I wish the College well.
Friday, September 14, 2007
SJC license suspended
The State of Alaska suspended the College's license to operate effective September 11th, 2007 according to a letter posted on the ACPE website. Scroll down to the September 11th update to open the letter in .pdf format. You'll need Adobe Reader to view it.
The reason for the suspension seems to be due to the loss of the surety bond, and failure to secure a new one. License can be reinstated if a new bond is secured.
If SJ does not secure a new bond, what then?
The reason for the suspension seems to be due to the loss of the surety bond, and failure to secure a new one. License can be reinstated if a new bond is secured.
If SJ does not secure a new bond, what then?
Monday, September 10, 2007
SJ "will not reopen in the near future"
The above quote is from Dr. Shirley Holloway, Board President of Sheldon Jackson College, taken from the September 10th Daily Sitka Sentinel. It's perhaps an expected moment, yet still hits hard for me. It's hard to imagine that just months ago many of us were preparing for a new semester.
The article also stated that food service will cease operations in November, once the contract with the safety academy ends, and Hames and the Childcare Center will close October 10th if new management isn't found. In addition, the article confirmed what I'd heard earlier: staff was reduced from 35 to six. Those remaining are President Dobler, his assistant Christina Gillenwater, Jim Sharpe, CFO, Debby Pucket, Account Manager, and Hatchery folks Dan Goodness and James Shewmake. The school will hire a property management firm to maintain the physical plant.
Here's what's troubling: The additional layoffs were part of an agreement with Alaska Growth Capital, in order to preserve the school's assets. What does this mean? My guess is that Alaska Growth said, "If don't want us to call in the loan, quit running up huge debt." I can't be sure, since this part of the Trustees' meeting was closed to the public.
More troubling still is the news that the College is $11 million in debt, not $6 million as reported by the College in the June 29th announcement of suspended operations. Where did this additional $5 million come from in just over 60 days?
The most troubling news of all: Board President Holloway stated the following: "the board of trustees will oversee the liquidation of as much property as is necessary to give us the time to establish programs here on the campus meet those needs (marine biology, teacher training, hospitality) while being financially sustainable."
This is unacceptable to me. As a 501c(3) non profit organization, the law requires the College's assets be transfered to another non profit or to the state if the organization were to dissolve. Dissolution of Sheldon Jackson College today would still require the loss of $11 million in assets (1/3 of all assets), with no guarantee that the College will finally find success or financial stability. The Board of Trustees has not met its fiduciary responsibiliies, there is no reason to believe that a massive liquidation of property will solve anything; in fact it suggests the opposite.
And what will become of the land and property sold? What was once Sheldon Jackson College is at grave risk of being squandered away by a Board of Trustees seemingly unaware of its own limitations. It's time for a change.
The article also stated that food service will cease operations in November, once the contract with the safety academy ends, and Hames and the Childcare Center will close October 10th if new management isn't found. In addition, the article confirmed what I'd heard earlier: staff was reduced from 35 to six. Those remaining are President Dobler, his assistant Christina Gillenwater, Jim Sharpe, CFO, Debby Pucket, Account Manager, and Hatchery folks Dan Goodness and James Shewmake. The school will hire a property management firm to maintain the physical plant.
Here's what's troubling: The additional layoffs were part of an agreement with Alaska Growth Capital, in order to preserve the school's assets. What does this mean? My guess is that Alaska Growth said, "If don't want us to call in the loan, quit running up huge debt." I can't be sure, since this part of the Trustees' meeting was closed to the public.
More troubling still is the news that the College is $11 million in debt, not $6 million as reported by the College in the June 29th announcement of suspended operations. Where did this additional $5 million come from in just over 60 days?
The most troubling news of all: Board President Holloway stated the following: "the board of trustees will oversee the liquidation of as much property as is necessary to give us the time to establish programs here on the campus meet those needs (marine biology, teacher training, hospitality) while being financially sustainable."
This is unacceptable to me. As a 501c(3) non profit organization, the law requires the College's assets be transfered to another non profit or to the state if the organization were to dissolve. Dissolution of Sheldon Jackson College today would still require the loss of $11 million in assets (1/3 of all assets), with no guarantee that the College will finally find success or financial stability. The Board of Trustees has not met its fiduciary responsibiliies, there is no reason to believe that a massive liquidation of property will solve anything; in fact it suggests the opposite.
And what will become of the land and property sold? What was once Sheldon Jackson College is at grave risk of being squandered away by a Board of Trustees seemingly unaware of its own limitations. It's time for a change.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Student: ask for your founder's day awards
Students, (specifically those in the teach out) make sure that you ask that SJ honor your Founder's Day awards if you received one this past spring. Because you are part of a teach-out, you are an SJ student. As a result, you are entitled to the award. During the audio conference, President Dobler stated that any award that was made from a restricted fund could be used by the student. Virtually ALL Founder's Day awards are restricted funds. So get what's coming to you.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Students Moving on...
When SJ closed the doors so abruptly, students were left with very little time to respond. UAS has been good to many of them, and Sitka is fortunate to keep some students in town. Others have found new institutions across the country, and I wish them well.
Katie Tyler - Lakeland College (WI)
Victoria Spencer - Hofstra University (NY)
Angie Neilson - Marylhurst University (OR)
Nate Eakland - Pacific University (OR)
Let me know of others...I'll post them here.
Katie Tyler - Lakeland College (WI)
Victoria Spencer - Hofstra University (NY)
Angie Neilson - Marylhurst University (OR)
Nate Eakland - Pacific University (OR)
Let me know of others...I'll post them here.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Sheldon Jackson College suspends academic programs
From the official press release, June 29, 2007: The Board of Trustees of historic Sheldon Jackson College has decided to suspend academic operations for one year while school officials consult with government, community and educational leaders in Alaska to determine a financially viable future for the 130-year-old school.
The news must have been a shock for many, though more shocking to me (an employee) was the fact that I (and all 100+ employees, and 100+ students) were given absolutely NO notice. As of this post (July 9, 2007) students have yet to receive any notice in writing, and have less than six weeks to find, apply for, and relocate to a new institution. Staff and faculty were told on a Friday afternoon that that was their LAST DAY. Health insurance benefits were terminated AT THAT MOMENT, and campus housing rates are being increased to "full market value" September 1st.
Unconscionable.
So what is to become of SJC? In the coming months, we're likely to see college real estate sold off, with the periphery of the campus going first. I'll bet my unemployment check that the SMC duplexes, Jeff Davis houses, Family Housing Apartments, and Lincoln Street lots are at the top of the list.
I sincerely hope that I am wrong.
However, the College owes approximately $6,000,000.00 to its debtors, and the ENTIRE campus is held as collateral. What's an out-of-business institution to do? I've created this blog to track the movements of the College and Trustees. Stay tuned...
The news must have been a shock for many, though more shocking to me (an employee) was the fact that I (and all 100+ employees, and 100+ students) were given absolutely NO notice. As of this post (July 9, 2007) students have yet to receive any notice in writing, and have less than six weeks to find, apply for, and relocate to a new institution. Staff and faculty were told on a Friday afternoon that that was their LAST DAY. Health insurance benefits were terminated AT THAT MOMENT, and campus housing rates are being increased to "full market value" September 1st.
Unconscionable.
So what is to become of SJC? In the coming months, we're likely to see college real estate sold off, with the periphery of the campus going first. I'll bet my unemployment check that the SMC duplexes, Jeff Davis houses, Family Housing Apartments, and Lincoln Street lots are at the top of the list.
I sincerely hope that I am wrong.
However, the College owes approximately $6,000,000.00 to its debtors, and the ENTIRE campus is held as collateral. What's an out-of-business institution to do? I've created this blog to track the movements of the College and Trustees. Stay tuned...
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