COCC Budget Board To Meet

Bend, Ore. – The Central Oregon Community College Board of Directors and the COCC Budget Committee will meet beginning at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, in the Christiansen Board Room on the second floor of the Boyle Education Center. (Board members will first meet for dinner at 5 p.m. in Room 116 of the Campus Center on the Bend Campus.)

Following the budget committee meeting, the board of directors will meet at 7:15 p.m. to hear updates on the various construction projects and reports from the Faculty Forum, housing operations, classified staff and the Crook County Open Campus.
The board will next meet on Wednesday, June 10.

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