OC to welcome Senator
- What: Odessa College Board of Trustee meeting.
- When: 7 p.m. Tuesday.
- Where: Odessa College Student Union Building, Joe Zant Jr. Community Room, 201 W. University Blvd.
A visit by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is among the informational items Odessa College President Gregory Williams is expected to discuss in his president’s report at Tuesday’s OC board of trustees meeting.
Cornyn, who was first elected to the position in 2002, is tentatively scheduled to visit the campus Wednesday, a spokesman said Friday. He will tour the school’s technology programs and hold a “roundtable” discussion about how the practices that have been successful in Odessa can be expanded nationally.
Particular emphasis will be placed on how Odessa College has assisted with job training and job creation, Cornyn spokesman Drew Brandewie said.
At Tuesday’s meeting, Williams will also report on items including OC’s recent hosting of University Interscholastic League activities and the school’s automotive technology program recently receiving certification from the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation.
The board will also consider:
- A request to sell property for less than market value specified in the judgment of foreclosure and less than the total amount of judgment.
- The acceptance of a sealed bid on North Port commercial property.
- Revising policies for the personnel/policy committee.
- Reappointing the college law firm.
- Tuition and fees for Ed-On-Demand classes.
- A lab fee for microbiology.
- A Student Award of Excellence ceremony.
- An institutional effectiveness report on program reviews.
- An update on an associate of arts in teaching degree.
