Dr. John Howard formally stepped down from his position as head of the Clarendon College Board of Regents last Thursday, November 18.
Howard presided over most of the meeting before reading his letter of resignation from the board. State law prohibits county officers from holding two elected offices, and Howard will be sworn in as the Donley County Judge on January 1, 2015.
Regents named former CC employee Darlene Spier to fill Howard’s position on the board.
Regent Jerry Woodard was elevated by the board from vice chairman to take over as chairman, and he was presented with a special gavel by Howard. Spier was elected as the board’s vice chairman.
In other college business, the board approved changes to the CC personnel handbook, financial investment policy, and semester credit hours policy.
A lease on the college’s Carson County farmland was also approved for three years.
CC President Robert Riza updated the board on a power survey being conducted for the college by Trane and said the school had signed an agreement with Texas Tech University to allow first year CC students to enroll at Tech and access Tech advisors.
Ashlee Estlack revealed the Clarendon College’s new website design to the board and gave a brief overview of its benefits and features, including more faculty-driven content and more user-friendliness for students who are using tablets and smart phones more than computers.
In personnel, the board ratified the hiring of Mona Hennessey, Health Science Service Center Coordinator; Dustin Hennessey, Student Success Coach; and Tashell Kingston, Financial Aid Assistant, and acknowledged the reassignment of Jana Oliver as Cosmetology Program Director.
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