LaSalle has hired,Thomas More head coach, Jim Hilvert to be their next head coach.

LaSalle has hired,Thomas More head coach, Jim Hilvert to be their next head coach.

 

That was fast.

Is he an Elder guy?

Sounds like he found something better for him and his family...that is the only reason he gave me as to why he would leave TMC on January 9th! I believe he was an Elder Grad...he loved the Elder kids on the TMC Football Team.

 

Could this head coaching change lead more recruits over the river to the Mount?

Don't coaches normally get 'promoted' by going from HS to college? He did a great job over at TMC.

Don't coaches normally get 'promoted' by going from HS to college? He did a great job over at TMC.

 

Yeah, kind of a head scratcher for me.

Is the head coaching job at TMC a full time job? What does it pay? Is Hilvert a teacher? What would he make at LaSalle as a teacher and head coach? Answer all that and you may have your answer.

Is the head coaching job at TMC a full time job? What does it pay? Is Hilvert a teacher? What would he make at LaSalle as a teacher and head coach? Answer all that and you may have your answer.

 

This might answer some questions. See below. She is his wife. Money spent was for a family vacation. Did Jim Hilvert know at the time? Link to story by I-Team.

 

Jennifer Hilvert: Fired Northern Kentucky University dance coach now under criminal investigation - Story

This might answer some questions. See below. She is his wife. Money spent was for a family vacation. Did Jim Hilvert know at the time? Link to story by I-Team.

 

Jennifer Hilvert: Fired Northern Kentucky University dance coach now under criminal investigation - Story

 

If there is any connection, poor background checking by La Salle High School! Could also be a coincidence I suppose.

This might answer some questions. See below. She is his wife. Money spent was for a family vacation. Did Jim Hilvert know at the time? Link to story by I-Team.

 

Jennifer Hilvert: Fired Northern Kentucky University dance coach now under criminal investigation - Story

 

I see this as having no impact on Jim Hilvert in a job search. You cannot hold a husband responsible for what his wife does.

I see this as having no impact on Jim Hilvert in a job search. You cannot hold a husband responsible for what his wife does.

 

Agreed. But did he know? That is what I am asking. If my wife brings home $6,800 extra buck sna says we're going to Disney World on her, I might ask a question or two. How about you?

Every place of employment has a code of conduct policy that reaches beyond the workplace, especially colleges and universities. It is a violation on his part of receiving an improper gift as innocent as it seems? I'm not throwing stones here, just asking a question. I know both him and his wife and think they are great people. Can someone who has knowledge of this subject please give some insight.

Every place of employment has a code of conduct policy that reaches beyond the workplace, especially colleges and universities. It is a violation on his part of receiving an improper gift as innocent as it seems? I'm not throwing stones here, just asking a question. I know both him and his wife and think they are great people. Can someone who has knowledge of this subject please give some insight.

 

According to the I-Team report in the link above, NKU's President attempted to cover up Hilvert's theft of the money. When this story broke a few months back the SMG brass warned all of us to say nothing if the reporters showed up asking about her because she was always in the BOKC with the dancers for games. She was a nice lady, very friendly, but so was the athletic director from a couple years back named Scott Eaton and he also got caught stealing.

 

That said, Jim Hilvert might not have known about the theft. Maybe his wife controls the purse strings in the house. I DO NOT think it is any type of violation for colleges, but someone else can speak to that better than me.

According to the I-Team report in the link above, NKU's President attempted to cover up Hilvert's theft of the money. When this story broke a few months back the SMG brass warned all of us to say nothing if the reporters showed up asking about her because she was always in the BOKC with the dancers for games. She was a nice lady, very friendly, but so was the athletic director from a couple years back named Scott Eaton and he also got caught stealing.

 

That said, Jim Hilvert might not have known about the theft. Maybe his wife controls the purse strings in the house. I DO NOT think it is any type of violation for colleges, but someone else can speak to that better than me.

 

This just in - looks like the NKU President is at it again, and the SGA President is trying to cover up Mearns' buffoonery! Link with story! That poor Jose kid is being manipulated by the NKU higher-ups, another example here!

 

The Northerner : Jose hushes rumors about new rec facility employment

 

Jose hushes rumors about new rec facility employment

 

Gavin Colton

SGA President John Jose shows students how to sign the petition to #SaveOurRec. Jose held a forum Friday, Jan. 23, to discuss recent news of NKU's outsourcing of management for the Campus Recreation Center.

Gavin Colton, Reporter

January 23, 2015

Filed under Breaking News, Featured Story, News

Students and employees are concerned about the future of the Campus Recreation Center (CRC), the largest employer of students on campus. With submissions open for bid from private firms to take over management and operations of the facility, students and employees have expressed their discontent with the possibility of students’ jobs being cut.

SGA President John Jose held a public forum today to inform students about management plans for the newly renovated Campus Rec.

Jose wanted students to know how important of an issue the future of students’ jobs is to his office. He also wanted students to know how transparent he and his office are being with the student body.

“When you all elected me as student body president last year, that’s something I harped on [transparency to the student body],” Jose said. “No matter how tough the issue might be or what it will be, I still need to inform you guys of what’s going on.”

Jose’s purpose was to inform students of the facts surrounding the issue and of a petition SGA has created to keep staffing and management the way it currently is without a third party. SGA hopes to get 7,500 signatures on the petition.

“I want to suppress the rumors and what people have been hearing through the grapevine,” Jose said.

As of now, the university has submitted a request for proposal (RFP) for a private firm to come and submit a bid on how they would run the CRC.

He told students that President Mearns has assured him that this [a third-party takeover] is not a done deal.

“They would have to be in a far superior state than we are now [for us to pick a third party],” Jose said, quoting Mearns.

“We will still own the building,” Jose said. “This is just to see who will run the everyday logistics, operations, management and programming of the facility.”

Submission is open until Feb. 4th 2015.

The $45 million, student-funded project will continue to be paid off for another 16 years.

Current staff in the CRC have an opportunity to submit and they are currently making their own RFP to be submitted to the university according to Jose.

The SGA President wanted to be very clear that he has spoken to President Mearns, and nobody has been fired or lost their job.

In 2007, students started requesting additional space in the CRC, according to Jose.

“On Oct. 11, 2010, SGA passed a resolution for a feasibility study to make sure NKU was equipped to expand the recreational facility, and who was going to pay for it,” Jose said.

The findings from the study came back on March 10, 2011 and they gave NKU the go ahead to start building the new facility, but at the students’ expense.

SGA held open forums from March to April of 2011 to inform students of this proposed new facility and expenses.

“On the SGA ballot that same year, students could vote if they were agreeing to introducing the fees so that we could expand our rec center,” Jose said. “The majority of students said yes on the vote.”

SGA recommended the expansion to the Board of Regents and Council for Post-Secondary Education, which looks over all the public institutions in the Commonwealth, and they approved it as well, according to Jose.

At the end of the same year, the Board of Regents approved the proposed rates.

“Fifty-one percent of students have used the CRC,” Jose said. “Last year alone over 7,000 distinct users used the the facility. It was expanded because it was too small for the growing student population.”

“The rec center expansion is a $45 million dollar project that is nearing its completion by August 2015,” Jose said. “It is funded by all 16,000 students on this campus.”

Students who are enrolled in 12 credit hours pay $384 a year towards the building of the new facility according to Jose.

“We are still in the process of waiting to see who will submit bids for our rec center,” Jose said.

He empathized with current CRC staff and other student workers about how unsatisfactory this can be; how they have no idea whether they will have jobs in the next six months or not.

“I think student jobs are a very big part of this campus, I think that it is what feeds our campus and makes us very unique,” Erin Donohue, sophomore BFA musical theatre major said. “I think our students definitely depend on these jobs. I know so many people who work here and their rent depends on it.”

Jose stressed the importance of solidarity of students at this time, as well as arguing the case in the right way, should the bid be given to a third-party firm.

“We need to make sure that we argue this as a student standpoint, from student perspective,” Jose said.

He pleaded with students that they should not turn on the administration or President Mearns.

The current renovations will not be affected by the the RFP process.

Either way, Jose is confident that the number of jobs will increase with the expansion of the new facility.

“You shouldn’t hate President Mearns. This is not an NKU Administration versus students issue,” Jose said. “They are just doing their duty to see what could be most effective for our student population.”

“Obviously they’re looking at bringing on third parties to try and improve on some of the things that current students and leaderships are doing there,” Benjamin Reed, junior history major said. “I’d be pretty upset if students in management lose jobs. If a third party did come in and there were benefits to the students and the university such as financial or better leadership or better run rec center, then I’m okay with that as long as some of the standards are met, such as students keeping their jobs.”

On Feb. 4 when the submission is closed there will be a committee put in place to review proposals.

Jose stressed the importance and need for having a student on the review committee.

THE RFP can be found on the NKU website and shows what companies need to be able to do in order for their submission to be considered by the Board of Regents.

Past Bid, Quotes & RFPs: Northern Kentucky University, Greater Cincinnati Region

Jose went through the RFP requirements in brief with students.

“It is the intent of NKU to enter into a five-year contract with the successful responsive and responsible bidder to manage that and will be able to help build and maintain a high-quality collegiate recreational program that will be operated in a student-focused, customer-focused, and financially responsible manner,” Jose said.

RFP Requirements

Respondents must be qualified collegiate recreation management firms that provide comprehensive recreational sport and fitness programming to students, faculty, staff, and guests.

Respondents must provide a student development model for recruiting, hiring, and training student employees.

Respondents must provide learning outcomes and how these outcomes will be measured.

SGA Plan of action

Inform and educate the student body. SGA will be presenting at student organizations’ meetings starting Monday Jan. 26.

Social media campaign. #SaveOurRec. SGA encourage students to tag @PresidentMearns on Twitter.

Petition. SGA hopes to get 7,500 signatures petitions.com - petitions Resources and Information.

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Is he an Elder guy?

 

I brought him up in the CovCath thread. He would have gone there as well if the money matched. TMC just lost the greatest recruiter that they ever had.