CCC board chooses its redistricting plan

Clovis Community College Board of Trustees voting districts will mirror those for Clovis Municipal Schools, the college board decided on Wednesday by choosing a redistricting plan that mirrors the CMS districting.

The board made its decision at a regular meeting after reviewing the plan as the most favored option in August. The plan chosen was one of five offered to the board in May and hearings on the options were held in June. Research and Polling, an Albuquerque firm, was chosen to develop the options.

The board on Wednesday also:

• Approved a Summer 2022 graduation list supplement that brings the total of summer graduates at CCC to 96, according to CCC’s acting president Robin Jones.

• Appointed nine members to a CCC Art Committee, including artists, community representatives and a CCC board member. The members are appointed for four-year terms. The appointees include Stanley Bermudez, Gayla Brumfield, Jan Lloyd, Shirley DeMaio, Jan Cox, Natalie Daggett, Corey Pickett, Joe Strickland and CCC Trustee Terry Martin.

• Accepted a report on faculty development endowment funds that showed CCC had received $150,000 from the state, which was matched by contributions from other sources that totaled $132,000, leaving a balance of $300,734.73 in the endowment fund. The endowment funds raise interest income that can be used for faculty development. In fiscal 2022, which ended June 30, $24,732.51 was generated through interest for faculty development programs, of which $6,497.79 was spent, according to Heather Lovato, CCC’s chief financial officer.

• Heard a report about CCC’s Center for Student Success in which the center’s director Emily Glikas noted that with students returning to school this year after COVID-19 restrictions, the center has recorded 6,000 hours of tutoring, compared to 800 hours last year. The center provided adult education to 266 adults in high-school equivalency and English as a Second Language classes. Zulena Soto, an adult ESL student, told the board how much ESL had helped her reach education and career goals.

• Heard Jones report that morale on campus seems to have improved since live classes have returned. “Enrollment is up, and they’re all happy to be on campus. Campus events are full. We’re seeing stability that we haven’t seen for a while.”

• Heard Norman Kia, vice president of information technology and operations, report that the campus will not ask for an increase in its general obligation bond this year, because current funding will support currently planned infrastructure and capital improvement programs.

• Heard a report from Jones on revisions to CCC’s governance document to give employees more opportunities to have input on college decisions through councils, committees, and constituent groups.