That article that came out the other day (
link) seemed to confirm that he has left the University.
Very much looking forward to seeing what you have.
As promised here are my receipts. Keep your expectations low, there is a reason these were omitted from my other post.
I first fell into this rabbit hole because of a quote from this
article (A) from a local Billings MT NBC affiliate:
According to her bio on "" she worked as full-time staff at UM, first in the Biology department, and more recently in the Office of the Provost.
This caught my attention for two reasons, first, they obviously didn't proofread and second, the wording is vague and the tense is confusing. I am hardly a grammar Nazi but I think it is a fair assumption the author probably wanted clarification of Zac's employment before the article was published and hence why the "" was left in the article and the source was never cited. For the record, the source is a direct quote from his bio on
Run for Something (A).
I also searched the UM directory and the last time his email was posted regarding his position at the Provost was for a curriculum deadline due 1/28/22
(A). He is also not on the current staff page of the
Provost (A).
The only evidence close to a smoking gun I got was a
Preddit AMA
(A) he did May 31st 2023 for r/VoteDEM where he said he "worked" at UM using past tense and that he was on hiatus from his studies.
Zac says:
"Prior to the legislature, I worked at the University of Montana, where I oversaw the administration of the university’s curriculum approval process, as well as the unit standards and program/center reviews."
"When I’m not politicking, I teach Lindy Hop (& other vintage swing dances) in Missoula. I’m also on a hiatus from a double masters at the University of Montana in Creative Writing (fiction), Literary Criticism (transhumanism in the middle ages & renaissance)."
A full time hourly staff member at UM can make up to
$21,690 (A) annually.
A Montana state legislator makes
$27,268 (A) annually before all the per diem allowances, etc.
Needless to say, I am eagerly awaiting the CoPP's findings but there are 4 older complaints on the
Docket (A) before Zac's so it looks like we will be waiting a few more months for the outcome.