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Faculty Senate Members. Kiana Teixeira/The Telescope

Faculty members vote no confidence in President Blake

Ana Acosta October 24, 2019

In a recent poll, nearly 91 percent of faculty members voted that they have ‘no confidence’ in President/Superintendent Joi Lin Blake’s leadership. Craig Thomspon, the Faculty Senate President,...

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Governing Board Overview for Oct. 8 meeting

Ana Acosta October 10, 2019

Story by Ana Acosta Faculty and administration members gathered in SSC-1 for the Governing Board meeting on Oct. 8. Here are some highlights from the meeting. Multiple faculty members arrived with...

Teresa Laughlin, Co-President of Palomar’s Faculty Union, shares concerns regarding President Blake’s Leadership at the Sept. 10, 2019 Governing Board meeting. (Telescope Staff/The Telescope)

Faculty members report concerns over the push to hire more ‘diverse’ faculty applicants

Ana Acosta September 30, 2019

Faculty members have expressed concerns with administrative efforts to hire more diverse faculty members. At the Sept. 10 Governing Board meeting, Beth Pearson, a biology professor at Palomar, talked...

Joi Lin Blake, Ed.D., Superintendent/President of the Palomar Community College District talks to the graduating students in the Dome before the commencement ceremony at Palomar College in San Marcos, Calif. on May 26, 2017. (Joe Dusel/The Telescope)

Palomar faculty members calling for vote on President’s performance

Ana Acosta September 25, 2019

Story by Ana Acosta Forty faculty members have signed a petition asking the Faculty Senate to consider the performance of President/Superintendent Joi Lin Blake’s leadership. Two English professors,...

Palomar faculty recognized for excellence in teaching

Palomar faculty recognized for excellence in teaching

Telescope Staff April 9, 2019

Story by Richard Contreras  Part-time faculty member, Samuel Azab, and full-time faculty member, Dr. Leanne Maunu were awarded as 2019 Distinguished Faculty. The announcement was made on March 4...

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Former faculty leaves parting gift of $100,000 to Palomar Foundation in her will

Telescope Staff February 26, 2019

Story by Kena Haun The creation of a $100,000 endowment to be disbursed over the next 10 years, was announced by the Palomar Foundation during the February Governing Board meeting. The endowment...

Lee Dulgeroff is running for one of two open Governing Board seats in the Nov. 6 election. Linus Smith/The Telescope

For the position of Palomar College trustees, we endorse…

Telescope Staff October 22, 2018

The Telescope has decided to endorse Governing Board candidates Lee Dulgeroff and Norma Miyamoto. The decision to make these endorsements has come after conducting interviews with each of the candidates...

Palomar police recruit prepares for a carstop training exercise during the evening at the academy. March 13, 2018. (Cameron Niven/The Telescope)

Palomar emergency procedures

Jenna Wilson April 19, 2018

Run. Hide. Fight. This is the survival method that the Palomar College Police Department (PCPD) has prepared for students to use in the event of an active shooter on campus. “Run-Hide-Defend (Fight)...

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Faculty is not prepared for a shooter

Editorial Staff April 19, 2018

Palomar College needs to prioritize revisiting emergency procedures for the campus community. In the fallout of the threat of a shooter made to Palomar College before spring break, some faculty were...

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Faculty Contract

Linus Smith February 14, 2018

SAN MARCOS --- Faculty has a better contract going into the 2017-2018 academic year. At the beginning of the semester, lead negotiator for the faculty contract, Jenny Fererro, announced to the Faculty...

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Dean controversy leaves unsteady relations for staff and administration

Linus Smith September 11, 2017

The contract for one of Palomar College’s deans, who allegedly conducted himself in a manner that was verbally abusive to faculty, and was accused of sexual harassment, was bought out over the summer...

Palomar’s (President), Dr. Joi Lin Blake and (Dean of Art, Media and Computer Science) Dr. Syed Khaled Hussain met with Mark Belao, instructor GCMW 205 Digital Video for Multimedia, explains how the schools underwater drone program works. Aug. 24, 2016. (Johnny Jones/The Telescope)

Hussain investigation is faced with scrutiny

Jacob Tucker May 24, 2017

The results of a district funded independent investigation into the conduct of Palomar Dean Syed Khaled Hussain was released, clearing him of all 18 allegations, but a number of faculty called the report...

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