UPDATE: Graphic Communication department head Harvey Levenson will take over as the journalism department chair following today’s decision by College of Liberal Arts dean Linda Halisky to ask Bill Loving to step down.
Levenson, who has been a department head at Cal Poly and other universities for 28 years, said Halisky asked him if he would help with chair duties while the journalism department searches for a new chair .
“Journalism is going through an administration transition and (Halisky) asked if I would help with duties like signing papers and being a voice,” he said. “My philosophy is the way to get things done is to surround yourself with good people, let them do what they do and support them. Get the job done without interfering.”
The search for a new journalism department chair will begin in the fall.
UPDATE: Cal Poly journalism department chair Bill Loving said he was asked to step down this morning by College of Liberal Arts dean, Linda Halisky.
“The dean offered me the opportunity to resign as chair,” he said. “I told her that if she didn’t want me as chair she’d have to fire me and I wasn’t resigning. That’s pretty much how that conversation was ended.”
When asked for a comment by Provost Robert Koob, Debra Sherburne, administrative assistant to the provost, said he does not “normally comment on personnel actions” and that he had no comment.
Dean Halisky’s secretary Kathy Driscoll said the dean is in meetings all day and is not available for immediate comment.
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Original Story: According to multiple sources, Cal Poly journalism department chair Bill Loving was asked to step down this morning by the administration.
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