On Feb. 26th, Darren Pitcher, who was the Acting President for SFCC, resigned from his position.

Amid an investigation of sexual harassment allegations, Pitcher stated he needs to take care of family and health and resigned immediately. Nancy Fair-Szofran has stepped up as the new Acting President while chairing the board to choose a new President.

“He wanted to take care of himself and family,” said Greg Stevens, Chief Administration Officer. “He submitted that Monday, February 26, and that is all we know from this point of view.”

There was an investigation for the sexual harassment allegations against Darren Pitcher, who was the Title IX Coordinator.

“The investigation is ongoing and in progress,” said Stevens. “Witnesses were talked to, but he [Darren Pitcher] wasn’t here to talk to.”

According to Carolyn Casey, Public Information Officer of CCS, there will be a “mandatory all administrative meeting with training scheduled a few months ago with Scott Lewis as the Title IX Coordinator.”

With the new Acting President in the office, the campus is moving forward and taking steps to ensure an event like this doesn’t happen again.

“Well, we have processes and administrative procedures, and if something happens again we will follow those procedures,” said Fair-Szofran. “On March 16, there is an all administrators meeting, and we will be meeting with a Title IX consultant to cover the laws. So it’s a matter of ongoing education. It’s hard to talk about these kinds of things, and it’s awkward, but sometimes we have to talk about these things. We need to tell people that it’s okay to talk about it if it is awkward.”

Fair-Szofran spoke about keeping the schools main goals and plans in action, and not making any drastic changes during the search for a president.

“We are going to continue all the good stuff that has been happening at SFCC. That is what drives what work we do here,” said Fair-Szofran. “All of your faculty are serving on one of these core themes and not on more than one. These are the five things we do to make sure we meet our mission, which is providing you with quality education. That’s not going to change.”

These core themes are excellent instruction/learning, student achievement, broad access, diversity, equity, global awareness, and responsiveness to community needs.