La Búsqueda ha Terminado: Denise Whisenhunt Elegida Presidenta de Fresno City College

El Distrito de Colegios Comunitarios del Centro Estatal elige oficialmente a Denise Whisenhunt como presidenta del Fresno City College

Story By: Christianna Schiotis and Logan Payne

May 14, 2025

Photo by: Logan Payne

La proxima presidenta de Fresno City College, Denise Whisenhunt (Izquierda) posa para una foto con la presidenta interina Kim Armstrong antes de las reuniones de la Junta de Sindicos del State Center Community College el 6 de mayo de 2025.

Denise Whisenhunt fue anunciada oficialmente como presidenta del Fresno City College después de una votación unánime de la Junta Directiva del Distrito de Colegios Comunitarios del Centro Estatal (SCCCD por sus siglas en inglés) el 6 de mayo.

“Me siento realmente honrada y entusiasmada por la propuesta de servir como presidenta de la universidad comunitaria más antigua del estado y la segunda del país”, dijo Whisenhunt en la reunión de la junta directiva del 6 de mayo.

El mandato de Whisenhunt será del 21 de julio de 2025 al 30 de junio de 2028, según Goldsmith.

“Estoy lista para ponerme manos a la obra y hacer un buen trabajo”, dijo Whisenhunt.

Carole Goldsmith, ministro del SCCCD, instó firmemente a los custodios presentes en la reunión a votar a favor de Whisenhunt.

“Estoy segura de que dirigirá Fresno City College con claridad, compasión y propósito”, dijo Goldsmith en la reunión de la junta directiva del 6 de mayo.

Whisenhunt siente que el compromiso con el acceso y la equidad está arraigado en el trabajo que realizará.

“Se trata realmente de la movilidad económica para todos nosotros, el sueño americano es un sueño para todos”, dijo Whisenhunt.

Su principal objetivo a corto plazo es escuchar a los estudiantes, profesionales clasificados, administración y profesores.

“Voy a escuchar. Así que, antes de actuar, no quiero reaccionar. Quiero asegurarme de escuchar y responder a las necesidades de la comunidad universitaria”, dijo Whisenhunt. “Creo que es importante colaborar con el Gobierno Estudiantil Asociado, ya que es la voz formal de los estudiantes”.

Goldsmith dijo que Whisenhunt se destacó como candidata porque está orientada a los estudiantes.

“Me siento muy cómoda pasando el rato en el patio hablando con los estudiantes y escuchándolos”, dijo Whisenhunt.

Según Goldsmith, el salario anual de Whisenhunt será de $286,397 con una asignación mensual de $400 para vehículo. Sin embargo, el puesto es personal para Whisenhunt.

“Tres de mis hermanos fueron al Fresno City College y luego a universidades históricamente afroamericanas. Es como la universidad comunitaria de mi familia”, dijo Whisenhunt.

Whisenhunt se enorgullece de sus raíces en Fresno y está emocionada de regresar a su ciudad natal. Anteriormente, fue presidenta de Grossmont College desde 2021, según el sitio web del SCCCD.

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Christianna Schiotis, Editor-in-Chief

Christianna Schiotis is a 19-year-old who loves the color pink, dinosaurs, and Randy Marsh; paired with that she has childish humor and enjoys a good joke. She graduated in 2023 from Sanger High School with plenty of merit and awards. This is Schiotis’s fourth semester with the Rampage; this semester she is fulfilling the Editor in Chief role. Her position as the Editor in Chief is listening to the Rampage’s audience and providing them with meaningful stories. In her time at the Rampage, she has helped win numerous awards. She won two fourth place awards in the on the spot competitions: front page layout and copy editing test. The front page layout consisted of designing a front page from scratch and the copy editing was a 100 question AP style quiz that had to be done in under 30 minutes. She also helped win two first place plaques: one in social media and the other for an on site video competition. Both were a collaborative effort with other staff members. Last semester she redesigned the website and also designed all the prints editions. Schiotis took journalism classes for two of her high school years. In her first year, she was the Photo Editor. Also in her first year, she was in charge of her school’s Arts and Literary magazine, which got tenth in the nation at NSPA’s journalism conference. For her Senior year, she was her high school’s newspaper’s Editor in Chief, where she led a group of 23 students. During her time, she made her mark and her story got third in the nation. She will forever brag about it. She is also very thankful for the experience and the amazing staff she had. Schiotis also has her own pets who she spoils- her cats Mocha and Haly and puppy Azura. She loves to spend time with her best friend of ten years and her boyfriend of five years. She grew up in Fresno with her three siblings, all younger than her. She is going to do something in the journalism field, but doesn’t know what yet.

Logan Payne, Social Media Editor

Logan Payne returns this semester as the Social Media Editor. He will step away from writing articles and embrace instead the more visual aspects of journalism. You’ll see him most often on the Rampage instagram, reporting on the new facilities and events that occur on campus. He will also help the incoming reporters with their stories and visual accompaniments. Before joining The Rampage, Logan was involved with the Roosevelt Theater Company for four years where he wrote, directed, acted, and worked backstage for many productions. He’s also a certified linguist who has always loved to read and write stories. Logan has grown very familiar with the cutting room; hours slip away when he video edits due to his perpetual perfectionism. He is well-versed in the art of film and knows that every frame shown and every note heard makes a key difference in the bigger picture. His Youtube channel is where he promotes most of his personal projects. This isn’t his first time in a newsroom either; he’s put together many news packages for Roosevelt High, CART, and The Rampage over the years and is more than comfortable with conducting an interview or being the handyman on set. Logan can’t work on anything without being meticulous, and this eye for detail makes him a wonderful asset to the team. This is Logan’s fourth semester as a journalism major here at Fresno City College, and he likes to spend his time on campus productively. When he’s not in class, he’s in the library catching up on schoolwork or building a narrative with his team in The Rampage newsroom.

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