Report from Ashland Community and Technical College (continued):

In this report I will tell you about the heart of my mission: to locate the office of the President at Ashland Community and Technical College where Angie Dvorak held tenure. The president’s office is located on the front wing of the main building, surrounded by other offices. The classrooms are largely around the corner in the next wing. Unfortunately, the day I was sleuthing classes were not in session and the office was locked. I did not have Judge Cooley’s permission to engage in additional covert activity, but I could see through the glass door into the outer office of ACTC’s president and can tell you this:

The current president of Ashland Community and Technical College keeps his office door OPEN. What a forward-thinking concept! I’ll bet he meets with his faculty and listens to their suggestions, too. Perhaps President Thames could go intern with him. (Call him, Shelby. His name is Greg.)

Other than that, there is not much to report. The president’s office is rather small, about like any faculty member’s office would be (he could probably speak with his secretary right outside the door without raising his voice). It has a nice black chair. The desk looked a bit messy, as if the president actually does some work. (I apologize for not having a photo, but the reflection off the glass made the two photos I took rather worthless.)

I saw no office for a “College spokesperson,” so I bet the President is capable of handling outside calls all by himself. But considering that Ashland Community and Technical College is about the size of a medium-sized high school (about the size of USM’s polymer science building, I think), this is understandable. I was very confused as to how someone like our Angie could have come out of such a small place. I guess she was so busy with those two hundred speaking engagements that she didn’t have time to run a larger school.

Outside the business office I found a small box for depositing payments. The box was empty. No faculty at ACTC will be becoming millionaires like this! I also noticed that in the lobby and in the classroom wing, the ceiling had been torn out. Was this for lab work in courses in electrical technology? Or for removing the surveillance equipment installed during a previous administration? You decide:

http://www.geocities.com/cooleyadjunct/ACTCphotos3.html

In my next and final installment I will report on my talk with a faculty member at Ashland.

Sincerely,
Interim Adjunct Risk Manager