chancellor position profile<\/a> shared by ACCT stated the district is looking for an equity minded individual, somebody with diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cWhat they\u2019re aiming for is somebody that\u2019s going to have that DEIA standard in mind as they come into the position,\u201d Garza said. \u201cThey\u2019re finding somebody that\u2019s going to be inclusive, that\u2019s going to be fair to all students.\u201d<\/p>\n
Garza said that the position of chancellor has a lot of power and influence within the district. As student trustee, he expressed his hopes for someone with background and initiative to take on the position.<\/p>\n
Fuentes said the chancellor is tasked with implementing directives and policies set by the board of trustees across the State Center Community College District.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe chancellor needs to hold that mindset that we, as a board, value very much. They need to be able to recognize some of the challenges that certain students come to campus with and be able to implement policies, programs, services, etc. to help students overcome those challenges and help students reach their fullest potential,\u201d Fuentes said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fuentes said equity mindedness is sought out in the applicant\u2019s job and community experience, but is ultimately determined by in-person impressions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019ll be something that comes up during the public forums that I mentioned, and I\u2019m sure it\u2019ll be something that comes up during our board interviews of the finalists,\u201d Fuentes said.<\/p>\n
Garza wants students on campus to get involved in this decision, whether it be with ASG or general self advocacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t ever be timid to get involved with advocating for yourself and for others, that\u2019s probably the biggest thing that we\u2019re not necessarily doing as a collective society, as students, is advocating for one another,\u201d Garza said.<\/p>\n
Board of Trustee meetings are on the first Tuesday of every month at 3:30 p.m. with public comment available at the SCCCD office building in downtown Fresno.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe student voice is really strong, and if we bring these issues to the doorstep of the trustees, it\u2019s a lot easier for us to get the ball rolling on some sort of change,\u201d Garza said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recruitment for the State Center Community College District chancellor position ended in early August and finalists are being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-462067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}