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Delano finds replacement
Chris Garza
Issue date: 9/26/07 Section: Features
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The Delano Center has just found a permanent replacement director for John Jaramillo, who left the position on July 5.
The new director is Rich McCrow and was just announced by Bakersfield College President, William Andrews. McCrow was a recently retired Lieutenant Commander from the U.S Navy, and had served for 30 years. His last job for the Navy was Academic Dean for the Naval School of Health Sciences at San Diego.
He has a bachelor's degree in Marketing and Management from Fresno Pacific University and a master's in Education from Fresno State University. Jaramillo left his position to take a job as the College of the Desert's new dean of students.
Andrews, along with Human Resources staff for the college, had been trying to fill the vacancy since early June. It was a long process that finally ended a little under a month into the new semester. The Delano Center campus, a satellite of the Bakersfield College campus, received notice from Jaramillo that he was no longer going to be the director in the early days of June.
Since then, the position has been worked by Adjunct Faculty Administrative Supervisor John Drow. "I started right after he left, which was about the middle of July," said Drow, "I stepped in because I had been here for so long and I knew the in's and out's of the institution."
Drow has been working at the Delano Center since 2000 and said that he did not apply for the position and will continue to be the administrative supervisor for the center once the new director has been hired. "My job will be here until they get someone to come in," said Drow, "It's a tough job." McCrow will now get his chance to work as the new Director and get a first hand account of the role.
The title of director comes with a numerous amount of responsibilities, and according to the job advertisement put together by Human Resources Specialist Pam Whitley, some include: the foresight of the development of the Delano Campus, leadership and supervision for instructional student and administrative services, the ability to speak Spanish, to develop and maintain a system to collect data for program evaluations, grant proposals and service area needs, as well as a stable working relationship with the college personnel and surveying the needs of the community.
The new director is Rich McCrow and was just announced by Bakersfield College President, William Andrews. McCrow was a recently retired Lieutenant Commander from the U.S Navy, and had served for 30 years. His last job for the Navy was Academic Dean for the Naval School of Health Sciences at San Diego.
He has a bachelor's degree in Marketing and Management from Fresno Pacific University and a master's in Education from Fresno State University. Jaramillo left his position to take a job as the College of the Desert's new dean of students.
Andrews, along with Human Resources staff for the college, had been trying to fill the vacancy since early June. It was a long process that finally ended a little under a month into the new semester. The Delano Center campus, a satellite of the Bakersfield College campus, received notice from Jaramillo that he was no longer going to be the director in the early days of June.
Since then, the position has been worked by Adjunct Faculty Administrative Supervisor John Drow. "I started right after he left, which was about the middle of July," said Drow, "I stepped in because I had been here for so long and I knew the in's and out's of the institution."
Drow has been working at the Delano Center since 2000 and said that he did not apply for the position and will continue to be the administrative supervisor for the center once the new director has been hired. "My job will be here until they get someone to come in," said Drow, "It's a tough job." McCrow will now get his chance to work as the new Director and get a first hand account of the role.
The title of director comes with a numerous amount of responsibilities, and according to the job advertisement put together by Human Resources Specialist Pam Whitley, some include: the foresight of the development of the Delano Campus, leadership and supervision for instructional student and administrative services, the ability to speak Spanish, to develop and maintain a system to collect data for program evaluations, grant proposals and service area needs, as well as a stable working relationship with the college personnel and surveying the needs of the community.
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