Reasons more change is needed at Three Rivers Community College
It looks as if an “anonymous tip” has caused the NJCAA to examine the booster club and basketball program at TRCC. If there is a problem that is further proof the leadership at TRCC has got to go!
Larry Kimbrow as the executive vice president of the college and vice president of academics is the obvious first person who needs to resign or be fired if there is a problem. Kimbrow’s job is to provide oversight to the college and as the vice president for academics to oversee the faculty at the college including the coaching staff. Kimbrow also served as president of the college while the former president was away due to illness.
Joe Rozman is the next person who should resign or be fired if there is a problem. He was the direct supervisor of the athletic program in his role as vice president for student affairs and as the interim president. Joe Rozman is now the president of the college.
Robbie Myers was the vice president for finance and the vice president for administration. Myers oversaw the business office and was involved in the oversight and audit of the booster club in the fall of 2007, any financial problems should have come to his attention. Of course Myers may lack the education and experience to provide financial oversight. The result is still the same; Robbie Myers needs to go from TRCC.
The three people chosen to look into any problems in the athletic department are Steve Cookson, Bill Hollida, and Joe Rozman. Cookson and Rozman should be immediately disqualified. Cookson is the superintendent of a nearby school district and was in trouble for his involvement in basketball recruiting violations. For Cookson to have a leadership position at two schools and both schools have problems in with the basketball program seems to be an interesting coincidence. Because Joe Rozman was in charge of oversight of the athletic program having him investigate is a conflict of interest.
More change is needed at Three Rivers Community College. Unfortunately John Stanard and friends decided to make that hard to do. Stanard and the fired former president of the college pushed for extending contracts for the vice presidents the December prior to the election where Stanard was ousted from the board.
The two new board members of Wilbur Thornton and Randy Winston are a great start to correcting the problems at TRCC. Since the last board elections, more problems covered up by the old gang running the college are coming to light. The more problems at TRCC uncovered regardless of where the problem is located are further proof the administration of TRCC needs to be replaced as soon as contracts and finances allow them to be replaced.
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Missouri Community Colleges
After reading this post, I now realize that Jefferson College is not the only Community College in Missouri with problems, where there needs to be changes. Jefferson College was a great place to go when the great former Missouri Pro Tem Senator Bill McKenna was president.
I feel that with a lot of these Community Colleges in our state that the true problems lie with the board of directors. I remember about two years ago when I bought a used Biology book, which couldn't be bought back without having the disk returned with it; this is important because there is a lot of crucial things that help you with the class on this disk. I paid a lot of money for the book, allegedly from some adjunct instructors the used books here are higher priced than new ones a SLU.
The problem with this was that you needed a code to access the useful things on the disk; however, the code was tore off the book. I asked the college bookstore manager about it and made the argument that it seemed a little unethical to state that you only buy back books with disks because they are needed for the course and then for the disk to be unusable.
She quickly stated that I should run for school board because they set the policies, make those decisions, and make a lot of money off the bookstore. She then wished me good luck with making any changes there, refering to the board of directors.
This school claims to be the cheapest place to get an education. This statement may be true with tuition, but they continuously get people with unfair fines, high prices on books, high and increasingly higher rent to live in the housing, and with housing you are denied a lot of priveleges that go in other schools: meal plans, free cable, etc.
Being an older student, who is a Veteran, and disabled; I have a lot of experience in life and know how much rent is in most places around here. I feeling patronised by this school, and I have felt like the President of the Board of Directors here has treated me very rude and unfairly, when I have ran into him at political events outside of school. In 2006 at the Jefferson County Commissioners Office, during a reception, he came in an was loud with the children there. My daughter 5 at the time, told me later that the "chubby man with the moustache" scared her.
It bothers me that this guy one of the District County Commissioners here. as well. I've heard he's been a lifetime Jefferson County Politician all his life and is a very powerful man in the community. I wouldn't be surprised if this guy doesn't get me kicked out of college for blogging this, but standing up against things that are wrong is worth the risk.
In addition, this man won't even reply to his constituents if they are low income and, or disabled. This man needs to change parties.