Shirley Ralston

Shirley Ralston, a longtime member of the Rancho Santiago College Board of Trustees, has been named vice president of the state's chief policy-making board for community colleges. "I'm very excited about it. For me, it's an opportunity to provide real leadership for community colleges in California," she said. Ralston, 56, who was appointed to the 15-member California State Colleges Board of Governors in 1990 by Gov.

Veteran Trustee Shirley A. Ralston has resigned from the board of Rancho Santiago Community College District, and Trustee Tom Saenz plans to do the same in July, officials said this week. Ralston, elected to the board in 1981 and reelected in 1985, 1989 and 1993, stepped down because her husband recently retired and the couple has moved to Kentucky, officials said. A successor will be elected in November to complete her term, which expires in 1997.

As president of the board of trustees of the Rancho Santiago Community College District, I would like to clarify the board's position regarding the name change of Santa Ana College and respond to the concerns of George Broomell (Letters, May 19). Santa Ana College spearheaded the establishment of Rancho Santiago Community College District in 1971 when it separated from Santa Ana Unified. It was then that voters from the Orange Unified School District, and later one-third of the Garden Grove School District, joined the Rancho Santiago Community College District constituency.

Shirley Ralston, a longtime member of the Rancho Santiago College Board of Trustees, has been named vice president of the state's chief policy-making board for community colleges. "I'm very excited about it. For me, it's an opportunity to provide real leadership for community colleges in California," she said. Ralston, 56, who was appointed to the 15-member California State Colleges Board of Governors in 1990 by Gov.

Veteran Trustee Shirley A. Ralston has resigned from the board of Rancho Santiago Community College District, and Trustee Tom Saenz plans to do the same in July, officials said this week. Ralston, elected to the board in 1981 and reelected in 1985, 1989 and 1993, stepped down because her husband recently retired and the couple has moved to Kentucky, officials said. A successor will be elected in November to complete her term, which expires in 1997.

Three women journalists will present a "Women in the Media" program on Thursday, at the first fund-raiser of the newly organized Orange County Chapter of California Elected Women's Assn. for Education and Research. The event will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Alicante, 100 Plaza Alicante, Garden Grove. Cost is $30 per person. For reservations, call Shirley Ralston at (714) 633-3184 or Marcia Milchiker at (714) 831-7382.

Rancho Santiago College Chancellor Robert D. Jensen and Board of Trustees President Shirley Ralston presided over a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for a seven-room complex at the college's Centennial Education Center. The complex at 2900 W. Edinger St. is where the college holds many classes in its continuing education division, one of its fastest-growing.

In a split vote, Charles W. (Pete) Maddox has been named president of the governing board of Rancho Santiago College District. The board voted 4 to 3 this week to name Maddox to the post. Trustees Brian E. Conley, Michael Ortell, Enriqueta L. Ramos and Maddox voted for his election. Trustees Carol Enos, Shirley Ralston and Tom Saenz opposed it. Earlier, Ralston nominated Saenz to fill the position, but that motion failed on a 4-3 vote.

About a dozen Rancho Santiago College faculty members stormed out of a meeting of the college's board of trustees on Monday to protest the board's decision to strip two trustees of their membership on county committees. The board voted Monday to remove trustees Charles W. (Pete) Maddox and Brian E.

The Rancho Santiago Community College District Board of Trustees voted in favor of a $5,500 pay raise to Chancellor Robert D. Jensen this week, but two board members denounced the decision as too costly. The raise brings Jensen's annual salary to $102,980. Trustees Charles (Pete) Maddox and Brian E. Conley said they objected to the increased salary because of financial burdens on the district. They added that their opposition was not based on Jensen's job performance.

As president of the board of trustees of the Rancho Santiago Community College District, I would like to clarify the board's position regarding the name change of Santa Ana College and respond to the concerns of George Broomell (Letters, May 19). Santa Ana College spearheaded the establishment of Rancho Santiago Community College District in 1971 when it separated from Santa Ana Unified. It was then that voters from the Orange Unified School District, and later one-third of the Garden Grove School District, joined the Rancho Santiago Community College District constituency.

Rancho Santiago College has preserved a piece of the present for the district's future by burying a time capsule that will be reopened in 2010. During a brief ceremony in front of the Administration Building on Tuesday, district officials buried a footlong gray cylinder filled with items including a schedule of classes, a copy of El Don, the student newspaper, a staff directory, an aerial photograph of the campus and school employee salary schedules. Brian E.

The governing board of the Rancho Santiago College District has approved a 1994-95 budget. The Board of Trustees this week approved the plan on a 5-2 vote, with Trustees Charles W. (Pete) Maddox, Brian Conley, Lawrence Labrado, Enriqueta Ramos and Michael Ortell supporting it and Trustees Shirley Ralston and Tom Saenz opposed. Ralston and Saenz said the board had not sufficiently discussed several new expenditures added to the budget since reviewing a tentative draft in June. The $69.