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UKEN REPORT 4/19 – FILLING THE TRUSTEE AREA 3 VACANCY IS AMONG ITEMS TRUSTEES WILL DECIDE ON FRIDAY
On Friday, 4/21, during the next COD Board of Trustees meeting they will decide on how to fill the Fred Jandt’s Trustee Area 3 position by either appointment or election. Trustee Area 3 includes parts of Cathedral City and Palm Springs where the college’s $300 million-plus expansion campus is scheduled to be built. Uken Reports…
Desert Sun 11/10 – Kinnamon, Perez lead big for College of the Desert Board seats. That could mean major changes
Board Chair Ruben Perez and former COD Superintendent/President Joel Kinnamon have all but declared victory in their respective races. Given Kinnamon’s harsh criticism of current college leadership, that outcome could lead to some dramatic changes. Read full article here
Palm Springs Post 9/12 – City files suit against College of the Desert claiming it’s slow-playing document delivery
Both sides in the battle over the future of a planned College of the Desert campus in Palm Springs traded jabs Monday, with only one thing becoming clearer: taxpayers will continue to be caught in the middle. Read full article here
The Desert Sun 5/19 – Former Palm Springs Mayor Ron Oden appointed to COD Board of Trustees (subscribers only)
Former Palm Springs Mayor Ron Oden is the newest member of the College of the Desert Board of Trustees. Oden was sworn in after he was unanimously appointed by the board Friday, 4-0, to become the Area 3 representative for Palm Springs and a sliver of Cathedral City. It was a rare and important moment…
Palm Springs Post 9/7 – Hospitality industry touts study, pushes back on scaled-down Palm Springs College of the Desert campusPalm Springs
Against the backdrop of the bustling Il Corso kitchen in Downtown Palm Springs, leaders from both Visit Greater Palm Springs (VGPS) and the city on Tuesday made their case for more robust hospitality and culinary programs than those currently being planned by officials from College of the Desert (COD). Read full article here
Desert Sun 4/12 – COD adjunct faculty call for vote of no confidence against board of trustees. Here’s why (subscribers only)
Adjunct instructors at the College of the Desert have called a vote of no confidence against the school’s four trustees: Bea Gonzalez, Joel Kinnamon, Ruben Perez and Bonnie Stefan. COD Adjunct Association President Catherine Levitt says the symbolic vote is a result of concerns over how the board has handled personnel matters related to two…