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Sally Rollman will retire at the end of the month after 40 years of service at SCC.  Mainly, Rollman has taught business technology and business administration classes at the College, but she is also known for her particularly spunky personality. 

Rollman was able to accomplish something not many faculty have done -- that is, she was hired and acquired tenure both at the same time.  "I got tenure as soon as I signed the contract," says Rollman (with a twinkle in her eye).  When she began teaching here in the Fall of 1967, she had two classrooms with Selectric typewriters in them; which Rollman says were state of the art technology.  She taught office machines classes, comptometer classes, rotary calculator, and mimeograph classes.  "Back then it was called secretarial science, then it was office administration, and now, business technology," says Rollman.  She beams when she says that SCC was the first community college to call it business technology.

She has worked in all the business programs as an assistant division chair or a program chair, working closely with former division chairs Carolyn Henry and Sylvia Orr.

One of the things that she appreciates most of all at the College is the support available when times are tough.  Today, a breast cancer survivor, she recalls the kindnesses she received from people across campus.  "Hermien [Watkins] supported me and helped me realize that I needed to take time off to get healthy again," she says.  She also remembers the support she received when she was raising her boys as a single mother. 

She claims to be the queen of deviled eggs for the Business Division, "self-appointed, of course," she says.  Evidently, Marcia Liaw is queen of the chocolate cookie...

As would be expected, Rollman has found great pleasure in seeing her students succeed.  "I love to see students change their lives and become independent and self-supportive."  She is a big proponent of empowering women, something she has done plenty of over the years.  She also fought for equity in contact hours for female faculty in the 1970s and was successful.  Former students still look her up; in fact, three of them are still close friends after 30 years!

She doesn't plan on slowing down any during her retirement -- in fact, she'll just have more time to do more things!  She is a member of a city group that supports sustainability.  Last month she joined her club members, walking from Occidental Park to Myrtle Edwards Park in an effort to support our local habitat.

Her longtime colleague and friend, Marcia Liaw, is organizing a party for Rollman on May 31st.  Watch Day at a Glance for more information.

Rollman's last day at SCC will be June 14th.