Here is a summary of the February 6, 2024 Board of Trustees meeting.

It is my pleasure to share our February 9, 2024 Times Standard Education Matters article that discusses our commitment to stabilize our revenue by increasing  enrollment.

I want to share CR's January 26, 2024 Times Standard article. This article speaks to our commitment to diversity our revenue by pursuing grants.

It is my pleasure to share CR's first Times Standard Education Matters article of the new year with you.

This was Trustee Dr. Robertson's first meeting as the Board's President. She did a great job! 

Here are a few things you'll see in this blog summary:

• One of the personnel-related items that the Board approved was the change of status for Amber Cavanaugh.  Amber will assume her duties as our Interim Director of Adult and Community Education on January 15, 2024. Amber’s move to the new position will leave a vacancy in the Office of Instruction. I am happy to say that Rachel Warze agreed to support Dr. Gaetje while we search for Amber’s replacement as Executive Assistant to the VPI.
• Board President Dr. Robertson spoke about an article she read in the Inside Higher Education titled “Conflict Over Community College Baccalaureate Degrees Lands in Idaho” published on January 4, 2024. The article discussed the controversy over community colleges offering four-year degrees. The article is attached to the blog summary.
• Dr. Crystal Morse was appointed as the District's chief negotiator with CSEA. 

There were several personnel and operational related items you may want to know about so please look at this summary blog article for a recap of the meeting.

We want to share CR's December 29th Education Matters article with you.

Here is a copy of our December 15, 2023 Education Matters Times Standard article.

It is my pleasure to share a summary of the December 12, 2023 Board of Trustees meeting with you. Here are a few highlights from the meeting:

• We discussed several potential funding mechanisms with the Audit Committee that we could use to complete the community stadium project.
• Our ISER was approved! It'll be submitted to the ACCJC in a day or so.
• We have new Board officers for next year: Approved were Dr. Rebecca Robertson as President of the Board, Dr. Colleen Mullery as Vice President of the Board, and Ms. Carol Mathews as Clerk of the Board.
• Professor Maria Morrow was approved for a year-long sabbatical in 2024-25.
• Professors Riggs, Mancus, and Sayles provided their 2022-23 sabbatical leave reports to the Board.
• We recognized several faculty, staff, and students for their achievements: Campus Safety Officer (CSO) Hernandez, CSO Sisson, Lead CSO Stanley, Assistant Professor Gabrielle Gopinath, Assistant Professor Nathalie Dierkx, Assistant Professor Stuart Altschuler, Mitchell Lucky, Assistant Professor/Head Football Coach Jason White and the CR football team, and Assistant Professor/Head Wrestling Coach Brandon Benvenuti, Assistant Wrestling Coach Kaci Lyle, and the men’s wrestling team.
• Leigh Dooley provided a great report on the District’s distance education efforts.
• CR’s annual plan was presented to the Board.