This January, students faced long lines, answering machines, emails to the void and dropped communications from Delta faculty and systems.
A recent board meeting shows Delta is at least aware of the situation.
At the board meeting on Jan. 21, Board Trustee Vice President Charles Jennings pointed to the many job openings that are flooding the Delta website and job boards.
“Hopefully someone in HR has a spreadsheet of which positions are empty and for how long,” said Jennings.
Jennings suggested starting with filling custodial positions due to the growing number of cobwebs on Delta’s campus, as well as increasingly dirty building walls.
While Delta’s website only lists six jobs outside of ongoing part-time faculty recruitment as of Jan. 29, there is at least one vacant position in executive management.
The Vice President of Human Resources and Risk Management position is open after the resignation of Bradley Salters at the Dec. 17 board meeting. LinkedIn shows that Salters is now Chief Human Resources Officer at the University of Mississippi. Board documents note that Salters was employed at Delta College for two years.
Board documents show other employees are receiving management stipends as a result of that resignation.
It is unclear how many people are currently working in the HR department, however, meeting minutes from the Board of Trustees meeting on Jan. 21, show that Angela Cotton, Director of Human Resources and Risk Management, and Dana Kosaka, Director of Human Resources and Risk Management, saw a 10 percent Management Stipend for “Additional Duties in Absences of Vice President of HR.”
Dean of Communications and Languages Dr. Raman Deol was also granted a 10 percent management stipend for unspecified duties.
Information Technology Manager Stacy Bourret, Assistant Director of Information Technology Systems David Marciel, and Assistant Director of Systems Development Christopher Kirschenman were also given extensions of 10 percent management stipends for “Absence of the Executive Director of IT” according to the Jan. 21 board meeting.
Executive Director of Information Technology Scott Quick resignation was approved by the board at the Sept. 10, 2024 board meeting, but wasn’t official until Dec. 1, 2024.
Robert Di Piero was granted a 10 percent management stipend for “additional duties” not specified, but as of Thursday, Jan. 23 Jim Bock was named Acting Chief of Police.
Collegian called Associate Vice President Dr. Lonita Cordova’s office to clarify Di Piero’s status and received an email in response from Director of Marketing and Communications Alex Breitler confirming Di Piero was on leave but providing no additional information.
“As this is a personnel matter, the College is unable to comment further,” said Breitler.
Collegian editor-in-chief Jelissa King contributed to this report.