Welcome to the Presidents' Circle

President's Circle Events and Successes

August, 2010 is our next Presidents' Circle luncheon. If you are interested in becoming a Presidents' Circle member and would like to attend a luncheon as our guest, please contact Foundation Executive Director, Syndee Slayton, at 760-366-5296 or click here for email.

March, 2009 Title V Coordinator Sheri Holbrook and Instructor Kelly Sweetman-Nekvinda presented our Steps to Success program, a four day seminar that addresses the obstacles that many military dependents face when making the decision to further their education. In addition to the seminar, a personality assessment for career choices is available. After the seminar, and upon enrollment at CMC, weekly support meetings are offered with other military spouse students from the Steps to Success seminar. A Textbook Loan Program and free one-on-one tutoring are also available to seminar participants. For more information regarding Steps to Success, please contact Kelly Sweetman-Nekvinda at (760) 366-5259.

October, 2008 Featured the CMC Art Department's RGB Multimedia Competition. Art Department Professor, Spelman Evans Downer, explained the program which allows multimedia presentations developed in the Digital Photography course to compete for cash prizes provided through the Foundation's Art program. Discussing the impact to the community of learning multimedia skills was local artist and Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council representative, Shirley James, who also presented her own multimedia presentation to the group. Past and present studies talked about their experiences with multimedia and introduced their own presentations which supplemented the luncheon with lively sights and sounds. The student presenters were Robert Barrus, Heather Erhart and Harley Baczkow.

June, 2008 Highlighted the success of our regionally acclaimed Nursing/Allied Health Sciences program, headed up by faculty member and Hi-Desert Medical Center Board of Directors President, Leslie Moody. Joining Leslie in presenting the program was Jackie Combs, Vice-President of Patient Care Services at Hi-Desert Medical Center, and Trina Whiting and Brian Smith, both RN students at CMC. Members and Guests were treated to a tour of the new Nursing Lab which features state-of-the-art computerized "patients." Recently the Foundation donated over $45,000 in simulated infant patients, an investment which allows nursing students to meet some of their clinical requirements right on the CMC Campus. For information on our Nursing Program, click here.