San Bernardino Community College District Chancellor by Tamara Orozco

The San Bernardino Community College 15th Chancellor is approaching and underway a new chancellor will build the structure for the future educational mission for years to come and a board of trustees is fully committed to conducting an inclusive and transparent search process and community college. On Monday 17 2021 three  chancellor candidates  will be presented and there will be a question and answer panel that will be available  it is suggested that individuals that want to ask questions during the panel  that their questions should be submitted by May 11 2021 to the email address community@sbccd.edu to be addressed during the presentation panel. The  SBCCD chief executive chancellor  will mobilize the mission statement of the Crafton Hills College, San Bernardino Valley College and Economic  Development and Corporate Training along with the district’s  KVCR TV/FM Station.

The three candidates that will be presented via a Zoom session are Edward Bush, Ph.D who is serving as President  of Cosumnes River College  in Sacramento from the times of  10 a.m.  to 11:30 a.m. Anyone interested attending this zoom session to ask questions to the candidates or to voice their personal concerns. The Following three candidates are Brenda Thames, Ph.D. is currently serving as President of West Hills  College Coalinga in Fresno  County from their presentation  time will be from  12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Also, Diana Z. Rodriguez who currently serves as President of  San Bernardino Valley College  at  2 p.m.  to 3:30 p.m.

SBCCD has nearly 20,000 students, 1,000 faculty and staff, a $200 million operating budget, and a local economic impact of nearly $620 million generated through alumni salaries and business partnerships. Some Possible Questions or concerns that I believe should be bought up during the panel would be how would each  candidate combat the covid-19 pandemic and  in what ways would they advocate for students educational benefit. Furthermore, I believe one of the major questions that could be asked of these three candidates would have to be what can they offer to the students in order to ensure their safety and educational wellbeing during these uncertain times and during the slow transition back to on campus learning.