Not another missing persons report?

 

Is there something strange in the water at Stark State? Arnold is receiving emails saying that Dean Zink has suddenly gone missing during the last couple of weeks, and these insiders say she may have been suspended from her position as Dean of the Business and Entrepreneurial Studies Division.  Our investigation confirms something is amiss in regard to the Dean.  No official announcements have been made to the college community.

Provost on the way out?



NO CONFIDENCE?

Another leftover John O'Donnell hack is coming under fire from the college community.  A finalist for president at Owens Community College back in February, Dr. Diab has been announced as a finalist at North Central State College.  Influential members of the Faculty Association are now talking openly about a statement of no confidence for the Provost.  We have had as much as we can take with his meddling ways and total lack of leadership.  Obviously he doesn't want to be here, so why don't we give him a head start on down the road?  The administration has gotten word and is scrambling to keep this from boiling over.  You don't want to miss seeing the fur fly at this Friday's Faculty Association meeting where Dr. Jones will be in attendance.  See you there! 

ABJ solves missing persons puzzle!

Today the Akron Beacon Journal was the first to answer the question being asked by this blog: Where is the Stark State College VP of HR?  Link: http://tinyurl.com/8drvpxy

The Canton Repository has also weighed in Link: http://tinyurl.com/8upjtec

President Jones, why are we getting our information from the media? Why not a simple announcement that VP Jones was on administrative leave? Don't leave the employees still manning the Human Resources department to shrug their shoulders with a look of dismay and fear to tell us that she is on personal leave. Handling the situation this way is right out of the John O'Donnell playbook. It is apparent that you are getting advice from the same people who advised him. Do consider finding some new people to seek advice from.

Here is some free advice, be truthful, be timely, strive for transparency, don't let a situation like this fester.  The college didn't have to say why she is on leave, just acknowledge that she is.

Looking at the definition of TRANSPARENT, part 2d applies to this specific situation.
1  a: having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid (2): allowing the passage of a specified form of radiation (as X-rays or ultraviolet light)
 b: fine or sheer enough to be seen through : diaphanous

2 a: free from pretense or deceit : frank b: easily detected or seen through : obvious c: readily understood d: characterized by visibility or accessibility of information especially concerning business practices

Arnold is going to have to go underground for a while.  I've been tipped off that the college computer people have been instructed to find out my identity.

MYSTERY SOLVED-EMPLOYEE LOCATED

DAY 48! Still no official comment from administration.

DAY 44, STILL MISSING FROM WORK!!!!!!!

 

Welcome Dr. Jones

The wide majority of us, including your intrepid author are ecstatic that one of our own has come back to Stark State to pick up the pieces left after the disastrous O'Donnell administration. 

Job well done on undoing King O'Donnells  top-down-nobody-can-interfere-in any-of-my-decisions organization chart.  Clearly some of O'Donnells pets are being shown the way toward the door.  We ask only that you move faster please!  The next Save Stark State report will go into this issue.

Today we have to file a missing persons report.  Where is Vice President Celeste Jones?  She has not been seen here since July 10.  VP Celeste Jones was also conspicuously missing from the organizational restructuring released on July 23.  We believe that if the Dr. Para Jones administration is going to operate in a more transparent manner than her predecessor did then we are due some sort of announcement on this issue rather than continued silence.

GOING GOING GONE!!!!!!!!!

Our "Dear Leader" is packing up his carpet bag and heading back to Massachusetts!! 

He will probably announce it at the All College Communication session tomorrow.  Try not to burst out in a spontaneous cheer as that would be unkind don't you think?  High fives in the faculty lounge are okay though!

You heard it here first.  

A big "thanks" to those of you who have emailed with comments and information.  We will be here picking up the pieces and returning Stark State College back to a QUALITY place of education.

I guess King O'Donnell found out that the enrollment numbers were flat for this fall and decided to jump ship.  Thanks for running the place into the ground and then bailing out, way to go John!  This way you will be able to claim that the drop in enrollment happened after your time here, right?


A great occasion like this calls for some celebration cake, don't you think?