PENDLETON — The Blue Mountain Community College Board of Education has approved the administration s retrenchment plan, laying off five full-time faculty members.
PENDLETON â The start date and salary are set for Blue Mountain Community Collegeâs eighth president.
Having announced his hiring in June, the BMCC Board of Education unanimously voted to approve a contract with Mark Browning at a Wednesday, July 7, meeting. Currently the vice president of college relations at West Idaho College, Browning will begin working full-time at Blue Mountain Sept. 7. The college will pay Browning $161,000 per year for his services.
Calling in to the virtual meeting, Browning said he was âabsolutely thrilled and tickledâ to secure the job and was excited to get to work.
The contract, which was negotiated between Browning and board Chair Jane Hill, also includes an expansive benefits package. Besides health insurance for Browning, his spouse and a dependent, he receives 20 days of vacation per year, a $500 per month expense stipend and a vehicle and gas card for college business. Additionally, Browning will get free access to the college
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PENDLETON â By a 5-2 vote, the Blue Mountain Community College Board of Education approved reducing the collegeâs staff by 14 positions, including seven layoffs, at a special board meeting on Friday, April 30.
The move represented a slight improvement from a previous projection that anticipated 11 layoffs as a part of 16 staff reductions, but BMCC administrators maintained the cuts needed to happen so the college could stabilize itself as it attempts to recover from a sustained period of declining enrollment exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
BMCC will lay off five supervisory employees that covered areas like grants, student success, admissions and marketing. The college is also laying off a business instructor and a web content specialist.