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VOL. XCIX, NO. 6
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Election determines trustees
Tracey Vackar beats out Samuel Davis; Jose Alcala and Brian Hawley undecided SAMANTHA BARTHOLOMEW NEWS EDITOR
The Nov. 6 midterm elections had two Board of Trustees seats on the ballot. The role of the school board is to oversee the Riverside Community College District administration and seek to ensure the best interest of stakeholders in all types of management decisions. Board president Tracey Vackar will maintain her seat as the Area 5 representative for the RCCD Board of Trustees after beating out her opponent, Samuel Davis, with a little more than 60 percent of the 21,103 votes counted. “(We have) extended its hearty congratulations to President Vackar and looks (foward) to our continued constructive, collegial and extremely fruitful professional relationship with Trustee Vackar for another four years,” Rhonda Taube, president of the Faculty Association, said in an email Nov. 13. Virginia Blumenthal ran unopposed for her position as
the Area 2 representative and will maintain the seat for another four-year term. The election race for the Area 4 resentative is still in progress, with the mail-in ballots still being counted. As of Nov. 14, Brian Hawley is winning with 15,637 votes with opponent Jose Alcala trailing close behind with 14,822 votes. The Faculty Association, who endorsed Alacala for the seat, said they remain optimistic and expressed their pride in Alcala’s campaign turnout. “While the outcome of this election may ultimately not be what we had hoped for, we are still optimistic that the results may turn our way,” Taube said. “This was the first time our Faculty Union got directly involved in the election process for a candidate we had endorsed. We are extremely proud of the success of our faculty, staff and students in drumming up support for Jose Alcala, this is truly unprecedented in the history of our District.” This is a developing story. Visit us at viewpointsonline.org for more updates.
RCC appoints president SAMANTHA BARTHOLOMEW NEWS EDITOR
PHOTO COURTESY OF TRACEY VACKAR
Trustee Tracey Vackar won her re-election race and will serve another four-year term. Vackar was made Board President in December 2017.
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As of Nov. 14, Brian Hawley is winning with 15,637 votes while Jose Alcala trails behind with 14,822. Trustee Tracey Vackar won her election against Samuel Davis with a little more than 60 percent of the votes.
Gregory Anderson has been appointed as Riverside City College’s new president following a unanimous vote by the Riverside Community College District’s Board of Trustees on Nov. 13. Anderson has worked as a faculty member, director, dean and vice president at multiple California community colleges over the past 12 years, most recently as the college president of Saddleback College. Anderson has also served as the vice president of planning, research and institutional effectiveness for San Mateo County Community College District. Prior to that he served as vice president of instruction at Cañada College. In addition to gaining tenure and serving as president of the Academic Senate at De Anza College, Anderson taught for over 20 years and managed programs at colleges and universities in Southern California and around the world. Anderson earned a Doctor of Education degree in higher education from the University of Southern California, a Master of Arts degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont and a Bachelor of Science degree in liberal arts – speech communication and English from the University of Wisconsin. Anderson will officially start Jan. 1.