Documented Record
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Mike Waggoner replaces Greg McKenzie, becomes 4th NIC Board Chair in 18 months
KHQ · November 2023
- He became the fourth board chair in 18 months while NIC was under its worst accreditation threat.
- A community advocate said after five years of trying to fix the board, this still wasn't good for the college.
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NIC trustees quickly, and unanimously, make leadership change
Idaho Ed News · November 2023
- He, McKenzie, and Banducci are documented as a coordinated KCRCC bloc on the board.
- Even his opponents voted for him as chair, hoping he could stop the accreditation crisis they had caused.
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MY TURN: The tragedy at NIC
Coeur d'Alene Press · September 2023
- A former NIC trustee said he "voted to support almost every bad decision" the KCRCC bloc made.
- The majority hired an attorney who had donated to all three of their campaigns, then had him declare the president's contract void.
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North Idaho College board majority votes to 'nullify' president's contract
Spokane Public Radio · April 2023
- For the second time in six months they tried to remove the president. A fellow trustee said they were "one bad board meeting away from losing accreditation."
- A court had already ruled they could not challenge the president's hiring. They did it anyway.
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"It's us speaking as one voice": North Idaho College employees vote no confidence in board
KREM · December 2022
- Named by the NIC staff assembly chair as one of three board members of concern alongside Banducci and McKenzie.
- Faculty and staff both passed no-confidence resolutions as the accreditor publicly declared the board "dysfunctional."
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Race for the North Idaho College board presents two slates of choices
Spokesman-Review · November 2022
- His campaign website complained about "un-American and anti-White programs" at NIC with no evidence provided.
- The Spokesman-Review said these echoed claims "widely circulated among conspiracy theorists and the alt-right." He did not respond to requests for comment.
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NIC ELECTION OUTCOME: Another perspective
Coeur d'Alene Press · November 2022
- The CDA Press said if NIC lost accreditation, it would be "solely on the shoulders" of him and his two colleagues.