Liske seated as Student Trustee, Smith recognized
Elijah Liske was seated as the new student member of the Rend Lake College Board of Trustees for the 2014-2015 academic year. Liske (Sesser) is studying Agricultural Production and Management and Agricultural Mechanics.
Liske replaces outgoing student trustee Haden Smith (Wayne City), who was recognized with a plaque for his year of service on the board.
VP of Academic Instruction announces retirement
The board accepted with regret the retirement resignation of Chris Kuberski, Vice President of Academic Instruction, effective June 30, 2018. Kuberski has been with Rend Lake College full-time since August 1989, teaching English and Speech as a full-time faculty member before becoming head of the Liberal Arts Division. She assumed her current position as a vice president in July 2008.
"Rend Lake College has provided me with opportunities I would never have imagined in my early days as a part-time instructor," Kuberski wrote in her retirement letter. "My life has been enriched by the students, faculty, staff, community members and community college colleagues that I have encountered as a representative of Rend Lake College. It has always been and continues to be my hope that my contributions to the institution have made it an even better place for students to learn."
Student Services transfers approved
The board approved two personnel moves involving the Student Services Department.
President, CFO contracts renewed
The contracts for Terry Wilkerson, Rend Lake College President, and Angie Kistner, Vice President of Finance and Administration, were renewed at the terms and length agreed upon with the Board of Trustees.
Amended retirements for two
Approval was granted to amended retirement dates for two employees. Cathy Cross, Administrative Assistant for the Liberal Arts Division, and Lisa Payne, Vice President of Career Technical Instruction, moved their previously set retirement dates of June 30, 2015, and July 1, 2014, respectively, to June 29, 2014. The moves were made due to State University Retirement System pension plan changes set to take effect July 1, 2014.
Dance program suspended
The board granted permission to suspend the dance program effective immediately. According to administrative rationale, the program was recommended for suspension because of a lack of state funding and tuition reimbursement, the fact that very few Illinois community colleges have dance programs, and low interest in the program. No student-athletes have been recruited for the 2014-2015 academic year.
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