EDUCATION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020
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BMCC cuts administrator position
By JADE MCDOWELL
STAFF WRITER
Blue Mountain Com-
munity College has elimi-
nated the position of vice
president of college rela-
tions as the college contin-
ues to work to balance its
budget.
The position was held
by Casey White-Zollman,
who confi rmed her last day
is July 9, said the move
had come as a surprise to
her when she was notifi ed
on June 12.
Bailey-
Fougnier
“I’m dis-
appointed,
because I
really
do
love BMCC
and
the
work that
they
do,
and I will
miss
it,”
she said.
BMCC President Den-
nis Bailey-Fougnier said
the decision to eliminate
one of the college’s admin-
istrative positions was
made to help fi ll the col-
lege’s budget shortfall that
preceded the pandemic.
The college announced
in April it needed to cut
$2.8 million, and Bai-
ley-Fougnier said the
cut “puts us right at $2.7
million.”
BMCC had previously
announced on May 27
that it was eliminating 23
positions from its 2020-21
budget, including 11 lay-
offs and 12 vacant posi-
tions that would not be
fi lled.
Bailey-Fougnier
said the vice presi-
dent decision came later
because he wanted to dis-
cuss it with members of
BMCC’s board.
Many of White-Zoll-
man’s previous duties,
including public rela-
tions and supervising posi-
tions overseeing mar-
keting and the college’s
foundation, will move to
Bailey-Fougnier.
He said the college
will now “take a pause”
on more cuts while they
wait to receive word from
the state on what legisla-
tive funding for commu-
nity colleges will look like
next year. They also won’t
have a good idea of enroll-
ment numbers until after
August.
Colleges and univer-
sities received guidance
from the state on June 12
for how they will need to
conduct in-person classes
in the fall. The rules are
similar to what the state
had already given K-12
administrators,
includ-
ing spacing students 6 feet
apart, with no more than
25 people to a room for
Phase 1 counties and 50
people during Phase 2.
Bailey-Fougnier said
now that the college has
that guidance, admin-
istrators will be putting
together plans to reopen
some things on campus.
He said the biggest chal-
lenge will be fi guring out
how to safely provide
career technical education
classes.
“It’s easier to have a
sociology class remotely
than welding,” he said.
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