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ccclarion.com VOL. LXXV • Issue 3
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
BY SKYLR SCOTT
NEWS EDITOR
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At the end of August, ASCC filled eight empty positions left open due to low voter participation without formal announcement. The fall 2021 executive board members are as follows: n President: Daniel Caldera n Treasurer: Tae-Wan Kim n Student Trustee: Taylor McNeal n Legislative Liaison: Arvin Shahid n Senator: Hala Fakhoury n Senator: Jessie San n Commissioner-at-Large: Nancy Arita n Commissioner-at-Large: Hector Reyes n Commissioner of Inter-Club Council: Arianna Emajo Flores n Commission of Public Relations: Michelle Barragan After the April election, the executive board was made up of only a legislative liaison, student trustee, and three senators.
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LUCY ARGAEZ - STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Citrus student Rolando Zerimar practices the song “That Old Black Magic” on the baritone saxophone with Blue Note on Sept. 15 outside the Haugh PAC.
Unsung hero recognized Bookstore services supervisor honored for going above and beyond for students and staff BY SKYLR SCOTT
NEWS EDITOR
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Michael Bilbrey joined Citrus College in 1984 as a student employee, and is now being recognized as an unsung hero for his contributions. Bilbrey was the glue that held Citrus together when the school went remote and into a wave of uncertainty throughout the pandemic. His work ethic and dedication did not go unnoticed. His title as the bookstore services supervisor extended beyond taking care of the Owl Bookshop. Enterprise Services Manager, Eric Magallon, who has known Bilbrey since the 2nd grade, said “Michael cares about his job and others. He strives to do the best job possible and will work as hard as possible until the job is done.” Bilbrey has worked with ASCC, California School Employees Association, California Public Employees’ Retirement System, students, faculty and staff in more ways than one. While students were scrambling to find classes and other college related information, Bilbrey was happy to help in any way he could, Transportation and Warehouse Coordinator and CSEA President Jorge Cortez said. Cortez said Bilbrey won the Unsung Hero Award because he
“has been up top with CSEA...He has been on governing boards, he’s gone all the way up to Sacramento and he’s been very involved with our union” Cortez said throughout COVID-19, Bilbrey and his department kept the school afloat. While the campus was closed, he helped the purchasing department by scheduling trucks and taking in all the shipments. Cortez said the usual process of nominating people for the Unsung Hero Award includes the board coming together and listing a BILBREY few possible nominees along with reasons as to why they should win. “This year, I brought up Michael Bilbrey and it was hands down... they were like, that’s perfect. We were all in agreeance, so it was an easy one to do,” Cortez said. On the CSEA nomination form, Coretz said Bilbrey had gone above and beyond when accommodating all departments and assisting students “all while keeping his fellow classified CSEA safe and informed of any changes to COVID-19 protocols.”
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Vaccine clinics planned STAFF REPORT
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Citrus College is hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the campus center building across two dates in October. First and second doses will be given from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 8.
A second dose-only clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 29. The clinic will be open to students, employees and the community. Students who are fully vaccinated by Nov. 1 will be eligible for a $150 Owl Bookshop
gift card, an email to campus said. Additional details will be announced soon. To sign up, visit myturn.ca.gov and enter “Citrus College” as your location. The email said to make sure to register as an individual, not a group.
Dean of CTE takes new job BY AARON DEL CASTILLO-GUTIERREZ
STAFF REPORTER
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Citrus College’s Dean of Career and Technical Education is leaving Citrus after being with the school for four years. Michael Wangler joined Citrus College in 2017 as dean of mathematics and business. He later became the interim dean of Career and Technical Education before accepting a permanent position in 2019. He accepted a position as a director of institutional support at Growing Inland Achievement. He will be working with the 12 community colleges in the Inland Empire to strengthen guided pathways. Current Dean of Mathematics and Business Victoria Dominguez worked with Wangler when she was math faculty and later when she became a dean.
Dominguez said she worked with him on implementing AB 705 at Citrus and developing a corequisite course for introductory statistics, which she said was “very exciting because we were doing something very new.” Vice President of Academic Affairs Joumana McGowan said she enjoyed working with Wangler. “We met for the first time at a dean meeting in December of 2020,” McGowan said. “He was nice, very respectful, and very involved with his staff and he was a great team player.” In his time at Citrus, Wangler enjoyed finding challenges and helping math teachers and students succeed, McGowan said. Wangler has a master’s degree from the University of California, Riverside, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. A memo from Citrus College said that he started teaching earth
science at Cuyamaca College in El Cajon and was a member of the academic senate. “We are immensely grateful for all the contributions that Mr. Michael W a n g l e r has made during his time at Citrus College, and wish him nothing but WANGLER the best in his new position,” Vice President of Academic Affairs Joumana McGowan said in the memo. After 16 years at Cuyamaca College, Wangler started and managed a successful organic food manufacturing business in Idyllwild, the memo said. Wangler was called and emailed four times between Sept. 8 and Sept. 10 but did not respond for an interview.