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President's Message
First, we will see the arrival of our new Superintendent/President, Dr. Melinda Nish. Dr. Nish has already made her presence felt on campus in preliminary meetings with key staff members. When the campus staff and faculty return after Winter Break on Jan. 3 she will move into the office vacated by Interim Superintendent/President Denise Whittaker in a transition remarkable mainly for its smoothness. |
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The Board also approved its regular meeting schedule for 2012. Construction Update: Corner Lot
Board President Hernandez and Trustee Dr. Jean Roesch will represent the Board on a committee to review the need, scope and purpose of what had been Building D on the earlier plans. In other construction developments: 
Employee of the Quarter: Sergio Soriano
"Sergio keeps this program alive. He keeps it vibrant," said Beatrice Zamora-Aguilar, Dean of the School of Counseling & Personal Development. In other employee-related action, the Board approved the employment of:
The board also designated Director of Food Service Joe Fighera as Acting Director of Bookstore and promoting Professor of Communication Linda Hensley to Director of Institutional Research, Grants & Planning. Also receiving promotions were Classified employees Rosalva Sandoval, Rachel Francois and Yleanna Fierro -- a 26-year College employee who has studied to make the jump from Food Service Worker to Student Services Assistant. National City's View For the Future
The additional lab facilities would help the campus address a countywide shortage of general science prerequisite courses and provide more specialized training in Medical Laboratory Technology and Medical Office Professional skills, Dean Christine M. Perri said. "Our charge is to take Southwestern College's mission and extend that to the National City community," Perri said. The project would require an estimated $11.5 million in Proposition R funds. Construction is tentatively planned to begin in late 2013. Meeting dates for 2012:
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The new year truly means new beginnings for Southwestern College.
To accomodate changing needs and construction challenges on the site, the Governing Board approved a revised construction cycle for the Corner Lot project. Designs previously envisioned six buildings and a parking structure at the southwestern corner of H Street and Otay Lakes Road.
The Board deleted the parking structure, but moved to proceed with work on four of the six buildings:
Student Employment Services Specialist Sergio Soriano (right, with supervisor Nelson Riley) was recognized at Wednesday's meeting as Employee of the Quarter for January-March 2012.
The Board also heard about preliminary plans to expand the Higher Education Center at National City with a second building housing an additional 15,000 square feet of life sciences laboratories and other classrooms.