Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Garcia lied, he said in an email to the staff today August 16, 2006 that Cox was fired because of incompetence, insubordination and unprofessional conduct which was also aired on tv today..
According to the below article that was written in April 18,2005 by the Del Mar College Foghorn, “ [Tuesday April 11, Mike Westergren, DMC in-house attorney, confirmed. “Ms. Cox is on administrative leave from the college, but we can’t reveal the details about her leave,” Westergren said.
DMC President Dr. Carlos Garcia also confirmed Cox’s status. “We do not want to hear rumors that (Cox) was fired,” Garcia said. ]
So Back then Carlos Garcia says COX wasn’t fired and NOW he Claims she was fired.
http://www.delmar.edu/foghorn
http://www.delmar.edu/foghorn
DMC | ADMINISTRATION
Cox
placed
on
leave
Edwin Vasquez
FOGHORN
Theresa Cox — Del Mar College
dean of Equal Opportunity and
Affirmative Action, Equity, Access
and Compliance — was placed on
administrative leave with pay last
Tuesday April 11, Mike Westergren,
DMC in-house attorney, confirmed.
“Ms. Cox is on administrative
leave from the college, but we can’t
reveal the details about her leave,”
Westergren said.
DMC President Dr. Carlos Garcia
also confirmed Cox’s status.
“We do not want to hear rumors
that (Cox) was fired,” Garcia said.
Neither Dr. Garcia nor Westergren
could comment on the reasons for
Cox’s administrative leave.
“Mrs. Cox is on administrative
leave and her contract expires on
Aug. 31, 2006,” Garcia said. “DMC
has a restructuring of the administration,
and it is normal to have several
employees leave for several reasons,
such as retirement, offers for a new
employment or just moving out from
the city.”
Garcia also said an employee can
be on administrative leave for several
reasons, but did not elaborate. He
also denied reports that the action
was not by a complaint Cox filed
with the EEO against a DMC administrator
last year.
Garcia said he could not discuss
any matter related to an employee’s
SEE COX | PAGE A2
compliant. He noted that several complaints
are filed around the year and college
takes each one of those serious and
investigate them thoroughly.
Garcia, however, said Cox was “ is still
an employee for the college.”
The Foghorn tried to contact Cox for a
comment, but she was not available at the
press time.
Because of Cox’s absence, Equal
Employment Opportunity and affirmative
action matters concerning employees will
now be handled by Westergren, Garcia
said. Westergren’s office is the East
Campus Administration Building, HA 111.
Complaints involving students will be
directed to José Rivera, vice president of
Student Development, Garcia said.
Rivera’s office is in the Harvin Student
Center-East Campus
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Should Not Carlos Garcia, Be Placed On Administrative Leave Same As All Other DMC Employees?
CORPUS CHRISTI - A former dean at Del Mar College, Theresa E. Cox, has filed a lawsuit against the school. The suit alleges sexual harassment and retalitation by the president of Del Mar. Cox was the one-time dean of equal opportunity/affirmative action, equity, access and compliance at Del Mar College.
According to a court document obtained by 6 News, Cox claims she investigated a student's sexual harassment complaint against Del Mar President, Dr. Carlos Garcia, in September 2004.
The suit says, "Upon learning the plaintiff (Cox) had taken a statement from the student and intended to follow college procedures for processing the complaint, Dr. Garcia protested."
Ultimately, Cox claims Garcia retaliated, demoted and eventually terminated her when she cooperated with the student's complaint to the U.S. Department of Education in Washington.
Cox also alleges Dr. Garcia "made numerous unwelcome advances and inappropriate personal remarks..." to her, other female employees and students. Cox was not available for comment when 6 News called and stopped by her Padre Island home.
Del Mar's in-house counsel, Mike Westergren, declined an on-camera interview but said Garcia "absolutely denies the allegations." He described the incident as "most unfortunate."
Westergren said he's worked with both Cox and Garcia and never saw a sign of inappropriate behavior. And as a former judge, he said he would have taken action if he did see something wrong.
According to Westergren, the matter is "still being handled internally." Cox is seeking compensation, and she wants her job back. The basis of her lawsuit is that Del Mar was in violation of the Texas Whistleblower Act. If the case goes to trial, it will be a jury in Travis County, that's Austin, not Nueces County, hearing the case.
Del Mar officials said they hope to resolve the matter before it goes that far.
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August 2, 2007
kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13 - you are a total hipocrit! You judge others so harshly while doing the very thing you claim you hate. Every morning your SPAM emails jam my computer up at work and I can't get my work done for about 5 - 10 minutes until your crap finishes downloading (kinda like you did with this opinion section). When asked to stop emailing the DMC campus you don't even reply or stop. You think you are so justified in raising a stink- but when others don't want to hear your opinion you cram it in their face anyway. YWith your approach - even if what you are saying is true- no one wants to hear it because it's SO obnoxiously done. You need to get the log out of your own eye.