Odessa College

OC board meeting Tuesday night

ODESSA AMERICAN

The Odessa College Board of Trustees is meeting to hear a number of presentations and reports tonight at 7 p.m. in the Joe Zant Jr. Community Room.In action items, the board will review policy to allow alcohol consumption at selected functions. The...... Full story

OC board meeting postponed

ODESSA AMERICAN

Any business needing to go before the Odessa College board of trustees will have to wait a week.Board members were supposed to meet Tuesday but rescheduled for Jan. 31 due to a prior engagement made by the college’s leader.On Wednesday, Greg...... Full story

A standing-room-only crowd listens as State Rep. Tryon Lewis discusses the legislature's proposed budget that would cut funding to Odessa College. Rep. Lewis spoke on the issue during a news conference Jan. 12 at the college's Saulsbury Conference Center.

2011 YEAR IN REVIEW: OC endures state budget scare

BY JOHN CORRALES

Odessa College began 2011 with plans to build three new buildings using funds approved by Ector County voters in the school’s first bond election since 1975.After 63 percent of voters approved a $68.5 million bond package in November 2010, the...... Full story

OC schedules finance meeting

ODESSA AMERICAN

The Odessa College board of trustees have scheduled a special meeting 6 p.m. Thursday in the Presidential Conference Room in the second floor of the Administration Building.The trustees will discuss approving the 2011 audited financial statements....... Full story

OC Foundation to welcome new board members

BY JOHN CORRALES

Of the seven new Odessa College Foundation board members approved by the OC board of trustees at their regular meeting Thursday evening, five hold high-ranking positions at banks.Executive Director of the OC Foundation Kobi Lincoln requested the...... Full story

OC board includes extra in executive session

BY JOHN CORRALES

The Odessa College board of trustees included an extra topic in their executive session Tuesday evening. In an item titled “Executive Session: Personnel – Drop Rate Improvement Plan,” Odessa College officials said they discussed...... Full story

OC board to discuss drop-rate plan

ODESSA AMERICAN

The Odessa College Board of Trustees meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Joe Zant Jr. Community Room.Among other matters, trustees will discuss OC’s drop-rate improvement plan in executive session. The Odessa American has objected to discussing the...... Full story

OC board to vote on tax rate

ODESSA AMERICAN

After three meetings dealing with the Odessa College tax rate for fiscal year 2011-12, the OC Board of Trustees will have a final vote on the matter at Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting. The board met to propose the tax rate Aug. 4 and held...... Full story

OC board has second tax hearing

ODESSA AMERICAN

The Odessa College Board of Trustees had its second tax-rate hearing at a different time in another room. But like the public hearing Monday, no one showed up to address the board about the proposed fiscal year 2011-12 rate.OC’s maintenance...... Full story

No one addresses OC board hearing

BY GEOFF FOLSOM

Odessa College trustees ate lunch Monday while waiting for someone to address them about the school’s proposed tax rate for fiscal year 2011-12. But, after waiting for nearly a half hour, Board President David Turner adjourned the meeting when...... Full story

OC board renews contracts

BY GEOFF FOLSOM

The Odessa College Board of Trustees voted to renew the contracts of President Gregory Williams and four other administrators at their Tuesday meeting.Along with Williams, who has been president since 2006, the board approved the contracts of Chief...... Full story

OC to welcome Senator

ODESSA AMERICAN

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...... Full story