BOARD ENDS PIERCE PRESIDENT'S STAY.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. President E. Bing Inocencio will not have his contract renewed when it expires in June, officials said Thursday. Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. board members voted in closed session Wednesday not to renew Inocencio's three-year contract. Shrouding the decision in mystery, district administrators and board members declined to explain why the board chose to end Inocencio's stay at the helm of the system's largest campus. He was hired in 1996. District spokesman Blair Sillers would only release a terse Terse - Language for decryption of hardware logic. ["Hardware Logic Simulation by Compilation", C. Hansen, 25th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conf, 1988]. statement about the board's 5-1 vote. Trustee Julia Wu cast the opposing vote, and board Vice President Gloria Romero Gloria J. Romero is currently the Democratic majority leader of the California State Senate and the first woman to ever hold this leadership position. Romero grew up in Barstow, and earned her associate's degree from Barstow Community College. She went on to a B.A. was absent. ``I can't provide that information,'' Sillers said. ``I've been told there is no comment at this time.'' Inocencio was not in his office. At his Woodland Hills home, his wife said he was not available and would be at an out-of-state conference through the weekend. On the board's vote, she said, ``I really don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. . That's the board's decision, so . . . I don't want to talk about.'' Repeated messages left for board members were not returned. Trustee Georgia Mercer, the only board member from the Valley, said she did not have time to comment. The decision comes at a time when the 51-year-old campus is moving rapidly forward with two ambitious and controversial money-making projects: a golf course or other venture on its 240 acres of farmland and a biotech park. The projects could bring the college more than $1 million a year each. On Thursday, campus leaders said progress on the projects will not be interrupted by the board's decision. ``The projects are moving forward; this will not affect the projects,'' said Martin Mota, chairman of Pierce Council, the college's main governing board Noun 1. governing board - a board that manages the affairs of an institution board - a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members" , and one of the key coordinators of both projects. ``We have good people involved. The Pierce Council and the upper administration will move forward with the projects . . . these were not Bing projects.'' On the board's decision, Mota said, ``It's unfortunate. I really like Bing a lot. But I think the college will move forward from this.'' Around campus, the board's action got mixed reactions. Several people said there were complaints about Inocencio's management style and his community relations 1. The relationship between military and civilian communities. 2. Those public affairs programs that address issues of interest to the general public, business, academia, veterans, Service organizations, military-related associations, and other non-news media entities. skills. Inocencio, 63, a native of the Philippines, left New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of in 1996 to become Pierce president.Brought in to be a savior, Inocencio was handpicked by a campus selection committee for his business experience, can-do attitude and focus on students. However, Inocencio almost immediately began antagonizing community groups by making decisions without public input. He's been criticized for canceling Pierce's popular Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. celebrations and for standing silent after the school's agriculture department decided to cancel its annual intercollegiate rodeo. CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO (color) INOCENCIO |
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