Bernadine Chuck Fong announced Tuesday that she intends to resign as president of Foothill College this summer. In a written release to the Foothill community, Fong reflected on her 34 years as a Foothill College employee, including nearly 12 years in the college’s top position.
She wrote that she had "mixed emotions" about leaving because she had spent so much time at the college but emphasized that she was leaving the community with an efficient, healthy college that would pass the upcoming accreditation review slated for later this month.
"-We are assured to be accredited with the highest marks," Fong wrote.
She was responsible for founding the Foothill-De Anza College District’s Middlefield Campus and the Campus Abroad Program, establishing the College Roundtable system of governance and working to make online courses feasible through the ETUDES system.
Fong also helped found the district’s Faculty Association, which recently reached a tentative agreement with the district Board of Trustees on Jan. 5 after threatening a Work-to-Contract protest.
Fong wrote that she wants to see a campus-wide wireless project, as well as the Jason Deep Sea Exploration project and guarantees that construction of new Campus Center buildings will be finished, as well as other projects that will impact the college.
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This article appears in the Jan. 23, 2006 print edition of La Voz.