Physical Therapist Assistant Program Coordinator Dr. Christina Howard questions the College’s handling of an anonymous false complaint letter that was forwarded to the Board by the College President. 
Dental Assisting Program faculty Leslie Greer discusses impacts of cuts to the program. 
Health Information Management faculty Rick Riordan discusses impacts of cuts to his program. 
LCCEA President and Academic Learning Skills faculty member reads a letter to the Board calling for action to support democratic principles and practices at Lane. 
Fitness Education Instructor and LCCEA Vice President at Large Wendy Simmons reads the Association Board’s letter to the LCC Board 
Mathematics Faculty Member Paula Thonny reads the LCCEA’s letter to the LCC Board 
Health Faculty member and Vice President for Part-Time Faculty Peggy Oberstaller reads the letter from the LCCEA to the LCC Board 
Counseling Faculty Jessica Alvarado reads the letter to the Board. 
Math faculty and Interim LCCEA Secretary Sarah Erickson reads the letter to the Board 
Nursing faculty member April Myler reads the letter comparing disturbing anti-democratic policies in Florida to recent events at LCC. 
Library Faculty Jen Ferro discusses impacts of threatened layoffs of part-time librarians 
Humanities Faculty Amy Beasley responds to threatened part-time librarian cuts 
Chemistry faculty member Doug Young reads a statement about compensation concerns for labs. 
Humanities Part-time Faculty member and Scholarship Application Consultant Daphne Gabrielli discusses overreliance on part-time faculty 
Psychology Faculty Eric Kim discusses the need to reflect on unconscious motivation and perceptions 
Faculty Council Co-Chair and Co-Op Coordinator Gerry Meenaghan protests recent threats to free speech and academic freedom on campus 
Faculty Council Co-Chair and Instructional Design Faculty Kevin Steeves calls on the Board to embrace diversity of opinion at the heart of democratic process.
In a powerful series of public comments to the Lane Community College Board of Education on Wednesday, seventeen LCCEA members spoke about the value of academic freedom as essential for a healthy democracy and called upon the Board of Education to affirm these values. Speakers called attention to, among other things, the impacts of budget allocations and cuts that threaten the Student Health Center, cuts to wrap-around student services that support enrollment, cuts to Library services, workload issues, curriculum cuts to DEI related curriculum, among other areas. The body of the letter can be found below.
Lane Community College Education Association 