Some of the biggest changes reflect concerns city residents had raised about traffic at the main entrance off Farrell Drive. A slightly revised final version of the schematic designs for the College of the Desert’s Palm Springs campus was presented to the project management team in Palm Desert Wednesday morning, helping push forward a project…

College of the Desert reached a new milestone in its long-awaited Palm Springs campus. On Wednesday, the College wrapped up its schematic design phase. It was the fourth public meeting of the project management team charged with expediting the completion of the schematic design plans for the campus.  The plans reflect the College’s vision and direction. The plans have been…

College of the Desert Superintendent/President Martha Garcia will resign from office at the end of the month to become the next president of Mt. San Antonio College, and the COD Board of Trustees will likely appoint her interim successor on Thursday. The meeting kicks off at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday at the Palm Desert campus, and…

Wednesday marks a milestone in the long-awaited, often-delayed construction of the College of the Desert Palm Springs campus. Officials will reveal 100% schematic design for the project, possibly closing a chapter of years of back-and-forth about what the school will ultimately look like. Officials have yet to upload final information about the campus to Wednesday’s…

The West Valley Campus was reviewed yesterday by the Palm Springs Development Project Team and is moving forward with their updated plans for the campus. You can view the entire meeting on COD’s YouTube Channel here. The development of the new campus is still in phase one. According to J.R. Roberts, vice chair of the…

Ron Oden has been appointed as the new College of the Desert Area 3 Trustee. The Board of Trustees unanimously voted to appoint Oden to the position during a special meeting on Friday. Oden was sworn in immediately. Oden replaces Fred Jandt, who resigned from his position at the end of March due to health issues. Jandt’s…

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…

We’re getting our first look at updated digital renderings of the planned College of the Desert (COD) campus in Palm Springs. Driving the news: On Wednesday morning, the Palm Springs Development Project Management Team convened to update COD representatives and the public on the project’s status. Looking back: Back in February, members of the Desert Community College District Board…

The search for a new College of the Desert trustee is down to its final four candidates. On Tuesday, school officials sent News Channel 3 the final list of candidates: The finalists have been invited to a special Board of Trustees meeting on Friday for in-person interviews. Full broadcast report here

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…