COCC Board Meets Wednesday

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Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) board of directors will hold its monthly meeting at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, in the Christensen Board Room on the second floor of the Bend campus’s Boyle Education Center, 2600 NW College Way. The monthly meeting is open to the public both in person and live on COCC’s YouTube page.

The meeting will include an update on the college’s upcoming Madras campus expansion and a look at how COCC is preparing for its implementation of “Guided Pathways,” a growing movement in higher education that creates an enhanced academic map for students to better define and attain their goals.

The complete board meeting packet is available on the COCC board of directors agenda webpage.

If members of the public would like to address the board, they are welcome to speak during the public comment portion of the meeting; alternatively, they can email feedback@cocc.edu prior to 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 and their comment will be read aloud.

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