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UKIAH, Calif. – The Mendocino-Lake Community College District Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 8.
The meeting will take place beginning at 5 p.m. in room 1060 in MacMillan Hall on the Mendocino College campus, 1000 Hensley Creek Road in Ukiah.
The full board packet can be found at http://www.mendocino.edu/tc/pg/1268/board_of_trustees_agendas.html .
During the meeting, the board will recognize Mike Adams of Kelseyville, the college's longtime director of facility planning who retired in December.
Action items include an institutional self evaluation in support of reaffirmation of accreditation and board policy revisions relating to Board Policies 405 Library and 534 Student Grievance and Due Process.
There also will be informational reports regarding education and student services, administrative services, the Measure W Bond and constituent groups.
Vice President Virginia Guleff and Director of Distance Education Vivian Varela will give a report on distance education and the trustees will give their own reports.
There also will be a closed session to discuss one case of anticipated litigation.
The board's next regular meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Ukiah campus.
Board members include President Joel Clark; Vice President Paul Ubelhart; Clerk John Tomkins; trustees Edward Haynes, Joan M. Eriksen, Janet Chaniot and Dave Geck; and student trustee Kevin Leal.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lakeport Christian Center Preschool is offering free registration in its preschool, prekindergarten and daycare programs during the months of January and February.
There are still a few spots open, so stop by today to pick up your registration packet, tour the facility and meet the staff.
The school has competitive rates and is NCO approved.
LCC Preschool has almost 30 years experience providing a fun, safe, loving and enriching educational environment to the early years of the future leaders of Lake County.
The preschool facility is located at 175 C St., telephone 707-262-5520.
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LINCOLN, NE – Ashley Shay Burns of Upper Lake, Calif., was among more than 1,500 students who received degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at commencement exercises Dec. 20 and 21.
Burns received a bachelor of science in grassland ecology and management degree from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
UNL awarded postgraduate degrees on Dec. 20 and baccalaureate degrees on Dec. 21 in ceremonies at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The College of Law conducted a separate ceremony on Dec. 20 at Ross McCollum Hall.
The commencement speakers were Karen Kunc, Willa Cather Professor and professor of art at UNL (postgraduate ceremony); former Nebraska Gov. and U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson (baccalaureate); and Judge William B. Cassel of the Nebraska Supreme Court (law).
The graduates are from 39 states and 38 countries.
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NORTH COAST, Calif. – The Mensa Scholarship Program is open to anyone who will be attending college or graduate school in the United States during the academic year 2014-15
The deadline to apply is Jan. 15, 2014. The fine print notes that applications are due by 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time.
The scholarship program bases awards entirely on essays written by applicants. No consideration is given to grades or financial need.
Scholarship amounts vary from $300 to $1,000, and essays are submitted online at http://www.mensafoundation.org/scholarships .
Within Redwood Empire Mensa, they will have at least two scholarship awards, the Chod Harris Scholarship ($500) and one of two other scholarships ($300).
In addition, local winners and other applicants are considered automatically for regional and national scholarships with amounts ranging up to $1,000.
Applicants need not be Mensa members, but there are some additional scholarships awarded solely to members.
While many scholarships are unrestricted as to field of study or level of post secondary education, other scholarships are awarded for study in particular fields, such as aeronautics/aerospace, fine arts, liberal arts, journalism, mathematics, mediation, teaching writing and graduate study in history.
Applicants need not know for sure where they will be attending college/graduate/professional school in 2014-15.
They must be planning to enroll (or continue) in an accredited program, but if they don’t yet know
where they may be accepted, they can still apply for scholarships.
The foundation verifies enrollment in an accredited program (full time/part time) during the academic year 2014-15 and sends checks directly to scholarship winners.
More information is available at http://www.mensafoundation.org/scholarships .