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.
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