Local leaders in the tourism industry are sharing ideas for the College of The Desert’s west valley campus to strengthen its culinary and hospitality training approach.
The goal of “Visit Greater Palm Springs” is to build a strong pipeline of workers for the future.
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By providing access to higher education across the valley, primarily in Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs and Rancho Mirage, that focus on our local industries, we can provide better-paying jobs, services and taxes to our cities.. Part of the problem is a lack of exposure to higher education. Although Cal State San Bernardino…
As you have been reading in our previous emails, Promises made, Promises Broken has made it our mission to keep you informed of the actions of the COD Board Of Trustees and report on what progress they are making to fulfill the promises they made to the students and taxpayers of our Valley. Unfortunately at…
College of the Desert focused on sharing its future growth across its campuses in its annual State of the College address, “COD Rising,” Wednesday. Superintendent/President Martha Garcia, Ed.D., shared details about some of the College’s upcoming projects, including the Palm Springs Development Project, Roadrunner Motors in Cathedral City, and the Indio campus expansion.
The applicant pool for the Trustee Area 3 vacancy on the College of the Desert has dwindled from seven applicants to six, according to those familiar with the process. One applicant was rejected for not living within the Trustee 3 area, which you can see in this link. Trustees have been asked to score each…
On Friday, the College of the Desert board of trustees will meet to discuss bond measures, as well as future projects such as the Palm Springs campus. COD’s Palm Springs campus has been in development since 2004 with almost $1 billion raised in tax revenue for construction, according to Palm Springs city spokeswoman Amy Blaisdell….
College of the Desert Board of Trustees approved a motion today to combine aspects of two separate schematic designs for the proposed Palm Springs Campus Development Project. The motion was written and proposed by current Trustee and former COD Superintendent/President Dr. Joel Kinnamon, and reads as follows: Motion that the Palm Springs schematic design dated March…
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