Browsing Tag

WCC

A2Politico: What’s the Diff Between WCC Prez & Foodstamp Recipients?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 9, 2014 2

by P.D. Lesko FOODSTAMP RECIPIENTS are not allowed to buy beer or wine with their public food assistance money. So can someone please explain to me why Dr. Rose Bellanca, president of Washtenaw Community College, should use public money…

Best of The A2Independent

UPDATED: WCC President Reimbursed for $2,873.60 Meal at Vinology With WCC Foundation Funds

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 7, 2014 16

UPDATED: The newspaper has filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain the names of all the participants at the Vinology event for Wendy Lawson. We have also filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain the name of the…

Edu

WCC Trustees Down to the Wire in Decision Whether to Extend Contract of Embattled Community College President

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 18, 2014 11

Since the controversial dismissal of Washtenaw Community College’s VP of Instruction, Dr. Stuart Blacklaw, the college’s president, hired in 2011, has found herself at war with her own faculty over governance, transparency and an…

A2Politico

A2POLITICO: Biting the Hand That’s Under the Impression It’s Feeding You

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 13, 2014 3

By P.D. Lesko THE EMAILS WERE clear: the PR rep. at Washtenaw Community College was not amused that The Ann Arbor Independent published an article about Dr. Gus Demas, a $500/day consultant hired by the college’s president. The college’s…

Edu

Former Ward 2 Council Member Tony Derezinski Runs for WCC Board of Trustees

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 30, 2014 0

FORMER ANN ARBOR City Council member Tony Derezinski (D-Ward 2) is launching a bid for a spot on the Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees. Derezinki, who once batted around the idea of running for mayor, was defeated in the 2012…

Edu

Critics Say WCC Prez’s Belt-Tightening Not Evident in Her Pay, Perks or P-Card Statements

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 28, 2014 0

A new budgeting strategy which Dr. Bellanca says aligns spending with the college’s strategic priorities has faculty up in arms. The college’s latest budget ups funding for instruction and instructional support by 1.4 percent while funding…

Edu

Retaliation for Airing Dirty Laundry? WCC Student Journos Fear “Autocratic” Prez May Shutter The Voice

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 15, 2014 2

by Rob Smith IN 2005, WASHTENAW Community College President Dr. Rose Bellanca found her institution, Saint Clair County Community College in Port Huron, embroiled in an ACLU lawsuit over a gag order imposed on the college’s Board of…

Newer Posts