South Orange County Community College District

TRUSTEE AREA 2 Douglas M. Chapman Age: 57 Occupation: Mechanical engineer Background: Associate degree, Saddleback College; bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Cal State Fullerton; board member, East Orange County Water District; recognized American Red Cross supporter Issues: Assure accreditation for the colleges; get district off the state financial watch list; improve relations between faculty and administration Charles W.

Reversing course on a decision that had drawn sharp protests from students, parents and teachers, South Orange County Community College District trustees Tuesday reinstated a study-abroad program in Spain. Last month, the board had voted to cancel the program, saying Spain was dangerous and objecting to its withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Speaking before a packed auditorium, Trustee William O.

South Orange County Community College District's trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to appoint Richard A. Jones as substitute-acting chancellor to fill in for the ailing Cedric Sampson. Jones has been acting vice chancellor for education services for the past few months, overseeing the district's revised master plan. He retired after serving as chancellor of the San Bernardino Community College District and president-superintendent of Clark College in Vancouver, Wash.

On a drizzly dawn after a sandbar scuttled the Irving Johnson outside an Oxnard harbor, a crew that had stayed with the beached tall ship overnight, and one that had arrived to help save it, huddled for an emotional group hug Tuesday morning. "The Irving Johnson has got to float again: I've got a lot of myself in that boat," said Marann Fengler, watching from Silver Strand Beach as the ship bobbed sideways in the surf near a rock jetty.

The score: Philosophy professor Roy Bauer 4, South Orange County Community College District and administrators 0. But the acrimony continues. In this saga of squabbling educators, Bauer won his fourth court decision against his college district opponents when an Orange County Superior Court judge Tuesday threw out a lawsuit brought by Irvine Valley College President Raghu Mathur.

A state association of community college professors and instructors has passed a resolution condemning what it terms ethnically offensive remarks and vitriolic language at South Orange County Community College District's board meetings. Bill Scroggins, president of the Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges, presented the resolution to the South County board Monday night.

In an unusual election forced by faculty members, two retired educators are vying for a short-term seat on the board of trustees at South Orange County Community College District. Voters will select either William "Bill"Jay or Gary V. Miller to fill the post in a special, mail-ballot election. Ballots must be received by the Orange County Registrar of Voters by 8 p.m. on March 30 and may be mailed or hand-delivered.

The South Orange County Community College District's Board of Trustees will consider a proposal tonight to develop men's and women's intercollegiate soccer programs at Saddleback College. Chancellor Cedric Sampson has asked the board to approve a proposal directing Saddleback to develop a plan for starting a women's soccer team in 2000 followed by a men's team in 2001.

For the fifth consecutive year, the South Orange County Community College District speech team has won a first-place college sweepstakes award at the league championships. The team, which is in the 78-school Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Assn., also won the novice sweepstakes. Irvine Valley College team coach Gary Rybold earned the Jack Howe Award, given to the coach by league members.

The South Orange County Community College District will hold an election March 30 to fill a vacant seat on its board of trustees. Angry faculty led to the campaign to nullify the appointment of Eric Norby, brother and chief of staff of county Supervisor Chris Norby. The vote will fill the job through November, when the seat will come up for regular election. The Orange County Department of Education said the election will cost the district $400,000 to $800,000.

In a surprise move that could signal the end of their chancellor's controversial tenure, South Orange County Community College District trustees voted this week not to allow Raghu Mathur's contract to automatically renew. This is the first crack in the board majority's support of Mathur after standing by him despite three faculty votes of no confidence. Mathur's contract would have been automatically renewed for three years on Dec.

Faculty in the South Orange County Community College District overwhelmingly voted no confidence Monday in Chancellor Raghu Mathur. Of the full-time professors at Irvine Valley and Saddleback colleges who cast ballots, 93.5% voted in favor of no confidence, and 6% were against the union-sponsored measure. One person abstained. Out of 318 faculty eligible, 246 -- 77% -- voted, according to the district faculty association.

Two faculty no-confidence votes didn't hurt the career of Irvine Valley College President Raghu Mathur. District trustees promoted him to chancellor over Irvine and its sister college. Undeterred, the 300 full-time professors at the colleges are taking another no-confidence vote on Mathur. It is expected to pass overwhelmingly, as did the two others, when the ballots are counted today. And what will happen to Mathur?

Five years after retiring as a teacher and administrator, William "Bill" Jay is returning to the South Orange County Community College District as its newest trustee. Jay will fill a seat on the district's governing board after decisively winning a special, mail-in election Tuesday in which less than 10% of eligible voters returned ballots. More than 83% of voters chose Jay over Gary V. Miller, the only other candidate.

In an unusual election forced by faculty members, two retired educators are vying for a short-term seat on the board of trustees at South Orange County Community College District. Voters will select either William "Bill"Jay or Gary V. Miller to fill the post in a special, mail-ballot election. Ballots must be received by the Orange County Registrar of Voters by 8 p.m. on March 30 and may be mailed or hand-delivered.

By day, Nancy M. Padberg is chief of staff for John S. Williams, Orange County's public administrator/public guardian. And at least once a month she and her boss sit at the same table as trustees of the South Orange County Community College District. The possibility that one trustee will feel pressured to politically support another because the other is her boss is raising concerns in the district and beyond.

The South Orange County Community College District will hold an election March 30 to fill a vacant seat on its board of trustees. Angry faculty led to the campaign to nullify the appointment of Eric Norby, brother and chief of staff of county Supervisor Chris Norby. The vote will fill the job through November, when the seat will come up for regular election. The Orange County Department of Education said the election will cost the district $400,000 to $800,000.