CNC President Calls it Quits

Monday, June 05, 2006 02:46 PM

Opinion250 News has learned that Ralph Troschke, the President of the College of New Caledonia has resigned.

Troschke has taken a position with Lakeland College in Alberta and cites personal reasons.

His contract runs through to the end of November, but he has asked to be released prior to that date if possible.

The College will now develop a transition plan and Board of Governors Chairman, Art Robin, says Troschke has the confidence of the Board.

Troschke had been under fire over course program changes which would result in staff layoffs. Board Chairman Art Robin won’t say if that pressure was the reason behind Troschke’s decision however, he says "working conditions always play a part when you are making a decision about taking a job elsewhere."

In a release issued this afternoon, Troschke is quoted as saying thank you for the support he was shown over his tenure "Over the past two very challenging years, we have built a stronger foundation for the College's future growth and development. I am confident that CNC has turned a corner and is on the rise."

The Board will meet June 23rd to put together a transition plan.

Troschke had been President of the College of New Caledonia since September of 2004.

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Posted by: Chadermando on June 5 2006 3:14 PM

If the College Board wanted the opinion of a former student, I would with out a doubt recommend the current Dean of Business Bill Farr to the post of College President. He is a former lawyer in business, and one of the top three instructors I have ever had at CNC or UNBC, and by far the most qualified man for the job.

Posted by: Palopu on June 5 2006 5:25 PM

If he's a local citizen then he probably wont stand a chance. They will probably get some person from Siberia, or Katmandu, or from some other far away place.

Posted by: acrider54 on June 6 2006 6:10 AM

Yes....A brighter future in Alberta. This Liberal government is sure driving qualified and up and coming apprentices away with low wages.

Posted by: owl on June 6 2006 4:06 PM

It is sad to see a College which had such great potential about 15 years ago and in the initial few years of the coming of UNBC. It seems that the ball has been dropped by the leadership for several years, and the outcome of that is being seen over the pat two or three years. I beleive it will take a radical change to get over that and move on to the role a college needs to play in a community which is quite different from that of a University and just as relevant.

Posted by: Chadermando on June 6 2006 5:54 PM

Owl the sad thing is that the quality of education at CNC in the business department is far better than what you get at UNBC. Any student taking classes at the university for the first couple of years is losing out IMO.

I figure now that Thompson University is recognizing all CNC credits many students may well just bypass UNBC and be better off for it.

I think a big turning point of CNC's demise can be attributed to the provincial government appointed board who were out to bring CNC down. A huge sign was when they privatized the parking lot taxation of students in a no bid contract to a liberal friendly out of province parking lot maintenance multinational ($800,000 a year taxation of students). They did this during Christmas holidays without even consulting faculty. Faculty and students who were on a set budget came back from Christmas to find out they will now pay $40 a month to park and $30 for parking fines. This angered all the students and faculty and was a clear sign that the CNC Board was not in the business of building relations with its stakeholders. A number of students left CNC simply because they had no voice in the administration of their school.

Posted by: Chester on June 6 2006 8:04 PM

The parking lot policies leave a lot to be desired. UNBC is no better. They would rather tow you than issue you a ticket or give you a warning.

A young grade 12 grad and his date went up to UNBC to take some pictures in their long gowns and tuxedos. Wouldn't you know it, their truck was towed with the young ladies purse, camera, keys, ticket for her banquet and all the money the two had with them. Happy graduation. Welcome to life at UNBC.

Were they impressed? You bet. It's seems that we continue to focus on the not so important issues with about 80% effort and the real serious issues receive about 20%. Why is that? Chester

Posted by: Palopu on June 7 2006 9:24 PM

Considering that Taxpayers and Student tuitions, along with a few financial donations from Corporate Citizens pays for the running of both CNC and UNBC you would think that the people running these facilities would allow students to park for nothing. Thats the least we could do, but no, we cant seem to get anything right. The budget for UNBC is somewhere around 56 Million per year, and most of this goes to faculty and staff. These people are highly paid and woefully underworked.

This University was never about Students, or Education, it was always about Politics, Contracts, High paid faculty and union jobs.

If after spending 56 Million per year to run this place, we still have to beat up on the students and penalize them for parking, then maybe we should just shut it down. We could send them all to the University of Dublin in Ireland and educate them for a lot less that 56 Million per year.

Posted by: Palopu on June 8 2006 4:11 PM

Good Question. Maybe we could put it adjacent to the Oval Ice Rink and under the $500,000.00 replay board, at CN Centre.

Posted by: Chester on June 8 2006 8:22 PM

Imagine criticizing a man for wanting to increase the trades programs and decrease under utilized academic teachers and courses. I don't blame him for leaving. I applaud his efforts in PG. It's time to remove, replace and retire those people who have around for the past 25 or 30 years. They are either part of the problem or part of the solution. Fighting the expansion of the trades programs make it very clear to me that they are only interested in their own jobs, not in the interests of the needs of our students and our community. Start planning your retirements. Your days are numbered. Chester

Posted by: Dirtyrottenresearcher on June 8 2006 9:45 PM

So why did he cut the millwright program when it had 40+ paid up students enrolled? Last time I checked the millwright was needed here.