050806 - College of the Desert

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Nursing Students 

Graduate, Etner Work 

Force 

COD Retirees Will Be 

Honored at Dinner Friday 

Intensive 3-Week Classes 

Offered For Summer 

Alumni Will Induct 12 

Into Hall of Fame 

Graduation Grows Too 

Big, Venue Changed 

Best & Brightest Awards 

Close On Monday, May 15 

Math Lecture Promises To 

Be 'Globs' of Fun 

Sunday, Monday Recitals 

Feature Faculty Talent 

'Guys and Dolls' Opens 

Friday at the McCallum 

Summer Starts May 30 

House Honored For His 20 

Years 

Tennis Team On Verge Of 

Title 

COD Softball Players 

Named All-American 

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The Newsletter for Faculty and Staff at College of the Desert 

Week of May 8, 2006 Volume 17 Number 19 

Standing Tall at the Nurse's Pinning Ceremony 

Among the 19 new Registered Nurses about to take their place in the 

Coachella Valley healthcare job market are recent graduates from College of 

the Desert's popular nursing program (evenings/weekends sequence). 

They've completed a rigorous 16-month 'fast-track' program which they 

entered after completing their general education requirements. They 

graduated with an Associate Degree in Nursing. Some of the nurses are 

shown here, at the May 1 ceremony, from left: Christine Eminike, Kari 

Gaskins, Robin Ferres, Michelle Tingley, Lisa McDonald. See 

more photos, below 

President's Games: 

Best Ever? 

See photos, story below 

See team pictures 

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Campus News 

Amid Laughter, 

Tears, Nursing 

Students Celebrate 

Rite of Passage: the 

second graduating 

class in the "fast-track" 

Evenings and 

Weekends RN program 

were honored at a 

recent pinning 

ceremony at the 

Annenberg Center for 

Health Sciences at 

Eisenhower Medical 

Center. The 19 

graduating nursing 

students will be joined 

by the regular daytime 

program graduates - 

more than 40 of them - 

when they hold their 

own pinning ceremony 

on May 26 at the 

McCallum Theatre. 



Top Photo: Nurses burst into applause, 

including, from left, Arthur Dominquez Jr., 

Jennifer Haas, Shonna Hottinger. 

Middle Photo: Haas, Hottinger react with 

tears. 

Above: Pensive and proud are Michelle 

Tingley, Lisa McDonald. 

Right: Sandi Emerson, Dean, Health 

Sciences/ECE Division, addresses the new RNs. 

Retirees Will Be Honored at Dinner: A Retirement Celebration is planned for Friday, May 

12, at the Marriott Rancho Las Palmas in Rancho Mirage at 6 p.m. An evening to honor 

dedicated colleagues Paul Bowie, Judy Brae, Dee Gerken, Eileen Hackett, William Kohl, 

Ken LaMont, Matteo Monica, Terry Nicholson, and Rose Rallo, Tickets are $15. and 

include the Retirement Celebration Program and a chicken entrée accompanied by salad, 

rolls, vegetables, desert and coffee. 

Alumni Hall of Fame Gala is May 13: The COD Alumni Association will honor inductees 

into the Hall of Fame at a gala awards dinner and ceremony May 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the 

Marriott Rancho Las Palmas. The twelve people being inducted into the Alumni Association 

Hall of Fame are: 

Outstanding Faculty, Eileen Hackett; Outstanding Adjunct Faculty, Cheryl 

Houston; Outstanding Classified Staff, Florante Roa and Blanca Montenegro; Outstanding 

Alumni, Anndee Laskoe, Dave Ison, Nancy Svoboda and Antonio “Tony” Arredondo; 

Outstanding Institutional Commitment To College of the Desert, Carol Benford and Pat 

Ross; Outstanding Community Leader, Lisa and Jim Houston. For more information, 

contact the Alumni Association at Ext. 1311. 

'Best and Brightest' Employee Awards Nominations Close on Monday, May 15: The 

annual classified employee recognition awards, COD's Best and Brightest, will be determined 

soon. Nominations in five separate categories close on Monday, May 15, at 5 p.m. Judging 

will take place late next week and the awards will be announced during or just prior to 

California Classified School Employees Week, May 21-27. 

As the Insider went to "bed," a total of 31 nomination had been received. Nominations can be 

made online at http://www.collegeofthedesert.edu/FacultyStaff/PublicRelations/awards.asp 

The nomination forms will be online, along with the rules and criteria, and awards will again 



be made in five categories. The winners will be announced during California Classified 

Employees Week, May 21-27. Each awardee will receive a framed certificate and a $75 gift 

certificate to the restaurant of his or her choice. 

Last year's winners are not eligible this year; they are: Nori Bambusch, Chris Bohn, 

Margaret Foat-Koenig, Sharon Bentzen and Terri Alm. 

Only COD classified employees may be nominated. There are five categories, each with 

specific criteria that must be met by the awardee; the criteria are set out in the rules on the 

nomination form. The categories are: Professional Development; Attendance and 

Dependability; Customer Service; Team Building; and Process Improvement and 

Productivity. 

Technology Institute Draws 

Crowd: An estimated 46 COD 

classified employees attended a series 

of hour-long technology workshops on a 

recent Friday. Above, right, Michael 

Harlow instructs a class in Microsoft 

Outlook while Tanya Bogarin (above, 

left) listens intently. There were a total 

of 12 classes offered in the one-day 

Technology Institute, part of a series of 

opportunities for professional growth 

provided by the college. 

And the Winners Are: Gene Marchu, left, Executive 

Director of the COD Alumni Association, dropped by the 

Technology Learning Center to draw names of the winners 

of door prizes. COD personnel got a ticket to a drawing for 

each workshop they attended, thus sharpening their skills 

and also improving their chances of winning a prize. 

Michael Warrington, standing next to Marchu, attended 

two workshops, entered two tickets in the drawing, and won 

two prizes! Other prizes won were: Linda 

Costagliola, IPOD Shuffle; Lynda Scott , 7” Portable 

DVD; Michael Warrington, MINI HI-FI; Lorraine 

Hawking , MP3 Portable; Pam Chapman, Sports CD 

Player; Micheline Morena, DVD Player; Roger Bell, 

DVD Player; Michael Warrington, Undercabinet CD 

Player; Diane Abdelhamid, USB HUB; Ana Yepiz, 

Mouse Pad/Movie Tickets; Margaret Eckland, Mouse 

Pad/Movie Tickets. 



Math Lecture Should Be 'Globs' of Fun: The faculty of the Division of Math and Science 

would like to invite you to a talk by Geoff Hagopian. The title of the Instructor's talk is, 

From Splines & Catalan Numbers to Glob Numbers: Recreational Counting for the 

Millions. A synthesis of splines and Catalan numbers will be developed to render and count 

globs. What are globs? Come and find out! This is your mathematics in recreation, scheduled 

for May 11 at 5 p.m. in Classroom B-9. 

Facilities Master Planning Committee Meeting Set for May 16: The next Facilities Master 

Planning Committee Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 16, at 1 p.m. in the Library 

Community Room.The agenda includes:discussion of the upcoming Summer projects, a 

presentation of current projects in their various stages of development, and a presentation of 

conceptual drawings for upcoming projects. 

ACES, UB Plans Graduation and Transfer Celebration: ACES will hold its annual 

Graduation and Transfer Dinner on Thursday, May 18, 2006 at 6 p.m. in the TRIO 

Classroom. Upward Bound will have its own Awards and Student Recognition Banquet on 

Friday, May 19, 2006 at 6 p.m. in the Fantasy Springs Convention Center. For more 

information on either event, contact Patricia Reyes at Ext. 7347. 

Alumni, Rotary Club Reward Student Achievers: 

An annual event that this year recognized some 60 COD 

students for athletic and scholastic accomplishment drew a 

crowd of more than 100 persons to the Hilb Student Center 

on a recent evening. Above, Athletic Director Terry 

Schukart announces one of the student winners, while 

ASCOD President Yessica Morales yields the lectern. 

At right are members of the sponsoring organizations who 

were on hand to congratulate each student. The three 

are: Frank Marra, President Elect, Palm Desert Rotary; 

Gene Marchu, Executive Director, COD Alumni 

Association; and John Marman, Palms to Pines Rotary, 

retired Athletic Director and current member of the Alumni 

Board. Right: Guest speaker for the event was Jonas 



Udcoff, an executive with CBS-TV2. Bill Bailey, 

Director of Student Activities at COD, gave the welcoming 

address. The two service clubs who help sponsor the event 

are the Palm Desert and the Palms to Pine Rotary Clubs. 

Board Minutes Released: Minutes from the most recent meeting of the DCCD Board of 

Trustees meeting are now on the web, at 

http://www.collegeofthedesert.edu/uploadedFiles/Board%20Minutes%2004-19-06.pdf 

Five Intensive 3-Week Courses Offered at COD in Summer: Short courses that cover a 

semester's worth of work and last just three weeks promise a very intensive learning 

experience at COD this summer. Four courses will be offered at the Palm Desert main 

campus; they are Elementary Spanish, English Composition and Literature, Myth and Legend, 

Public Speaking. A fifth course, African-American Literature, will be offered at Eastern 

Valley Center. Students who enroll in one of these courses can earn three college credits. 

All four begin May 30, after which their schedules each vary slightly, and end no later 

than June 15. See the summer class schedule for specifics. 

Students who sign up for Spanish 1A will meet four days a week, Tuesday through Friday the 

first week, then Monday through Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Professor Frank 

Attoun will instruct and says the class will be "quick, intensive and very instructive" and 

would, for example, permit a student to complete 1A and enroll in Spanish 1B during the sixweek 

summer session that begins on June 19. "Or you can learn Spanish just before your 

exciting trip to Mexico this summer," Attoun said. 

English 1B will be taught by Professor Jack Tapleshay who promises that students "will be 

immersed in poetry, fiction and drama" in the literature course. He said students "should be 

ready to go to work the moment they step into the classroom. Students cannot miss even one 

class." Tapleshay said the intensive course is designed for "students who can focus, study and 

respond in a relatively short period of time." The course meets Monday through Friday from 

7:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., except the first week; no class is scheduled on Friday, June 9. 

Tapleshay will also teach Myth and Legends (Eng 35) five nights a week, except for the first 

week when class is in session Tuesday through Friday, from 5 to 9:15 p.m. No class is 

scheduled on Friday, June 9. 

Professor Gary Walker said the intensive Public Speaking (SP4) will be "three weeks of the 

hardest work you'll ever love." Walker refers to it as Public Speaking Boot Camp. "You'll 

start the course as a raw recruit, and finish as a polished public speaker." The course meets 

from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Monday through Friday, except the first week; no class is 

scheduled on Friday, June 9. 



Professor Denise Diamond will instruct the African-American Literature course at EVC. The 

class was just recently added to the schedule. 

Recital 

Features 

Faculty Talent 

Two recitals featuring 

faculty members are 

coming up next week 

and both are open to 

faculty, staff and the 

general public. 

On Sunday, May 14, 

Anthony Arizaga will 

perform on classical 

guitar. 

Then, on Monday, May 

15, Vocalist Mark 

Almy and harpist Dr. 

Vanessa Sheldon 

(right) are featured. 

Both concerts are free 

at the Pollock 

Theatre at 7 p.m. Call 

Ext. 2574 for more 

information. 

It's a Good Bet 'Guys and Dolls' Will Be Audience Favorite: When Michele Gaines talks 

to people in the community about the annual musical productions her students put on at the 

McCallum Theatre, there’s one question she always gets. 

“When are you going to do Guys and Dolls ?” 

“If I had to pick the musical I have been asked about most, in terms of when were going to 

do it, that’s the one,” she says. 

The College of the Desert Division of Social Sciences and Arts is producing the show. There 

are four performances scheduled May 19-21at the McCallum. Showtimes are Friday and 

Saturday, 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m. Tickets are a bargain at $20, $25 and $30 

and can be purchased by calling the McCallum Box Office at 340-ARTS. 

Rehearsals are at Theatre 

Too on campus. “We move 

over to the McCallum for 

rehearsals on May 15,” 

Gaines said. “We plan a 

dress rehearsal on the 

18 th .”The 1950’s era comedy 

feature big ensemble dance 

numbers and a nightclub 



scene set in Havana that 

turns into a barroom brawl. 

“It’s a really large 

ensemble,” said Gaines, 

Theatre Arts Instructor and 

director/choreographer 

for recent COD productions 

Sweet Charity, Gypsy, South 

Pacific, and Damn Yankees. 

She’s again teamed with 

Musical Director Scott 

Smith. “There are 40 cast 

members in all; it’s one of 

the largest casts we’ve 

had. There are a lot of big 

numbers, including two that 

are set in the Hot Box, a 

kind of gentleman’s club. 

There are 10 Hot Box 

Dancers.” 

Speaking of Hot Box Dancers, the role of Adelaide – the main attraction at the Hot Box 

nightclub – is played by Colleen Kelley, whose past COD performances have included Man 

of La Mancha and Little Shop of Horrors. She’s one of four leads. The others are Chelsey 

Clime, who won a Desert Theater League Award for her turn in the title role in last year’s 

Sweet Charity; Tod Kent, Clime’s co-star in Charity; and Phil Mastrelli, who is new to 

COD. 

COD’s strong supporting cast includes Raymond Brinkman, Mike Hadley, Cliff Plummer, 

Eric Spitz and Raul Valenzuela. 

Based on Damon Runyon's short story, The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown, the musical 

production of Guys and Dolls revolves around Nathan Detroit (Mastrelli), the organizer of the 

oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York, who bets fellow gambler Sky 

Masterson (Kent) that he can't make the next girl he sees fall in love with him. The next girl 

he sees happens to be Miss Sarah Brown (Clime), a pure-at-heart Salvation Army-type 

reformer, and the stage is set for a hilarious evening of complications. 

Guys and Dolls opened at the 46th Street Theatre on November 24, 1950 and enjoyed a run of 

1,200 performances. The original cast included Robert Alda, Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene and 

Isabel Bigley. The 1955 film version featured Marlon Brando, Vivian Blaine, Frank Sinatra 

and Jean Simmons. In 1976, a Broadway revival was staged with an all-black cast. The show 

was revived in Las Vegas in 1982, starring Indian Wells resident and renowned singer Jack 

Jones. It is currently enjoying a revival on the London stage. 



Isabel Bigley is now retired and living in the Coachella Valley and will be recognized at the 

end of the opening night performance. She won a Tony Award for her role as Miss Sarah 

Brown in the original Broadway production, more than 50 years ago! A collection of 

memorabilia from the original show will be on display in the McCallum lobby. 

Popular songs from the musical include Luck Be a Lady, Bushel and a Peck, and Sit Down 

You’re Rockin' the Boat. 

President's Games Give Employees Way to Celebrate Year's End: The annual President's 

Games and Barbecue officially bring the academic year to a close each May. In the top photo, the 

official referees gathered for a photo before heading off to judge the competion, which consisted of 

some light-hearted games. Shown here, from left, front: Margaret Eklund, Dr. Wendy Flint, Bina 

Isaac; (back) Terry Schukart, Nina Babiarz, LeAnn Lundberg, Dr. David Bugay. Above, 

left, DCCD Board Chairman Chuck Hayden gets wrapped up in the games, with help from Lead 

Security Officer John Williams; above, right, Mike Hadley with his ever-present video camera 

captures the event for a future video presentation. 



Omigosh! Paying close 

attention to the competition are 

members of the CTD Team, 

above, from left: Barb Smart, 

Isabel Hildebrandt, 

Pamela Niles and Jennifer 

Langrill. 

At Right: Chuck Hayden, 

Dr. Maria Sheehan, Jojie 

Magbuhat, Adrian 

Gonzales, Sharon Bentzen 

and John Loera were part of 

the crowd watching and/or 

participating in the games. 



Making Waves: Isabel Hildebrandt helps her CTD teammates wade through one leg of the 

competition while referee Wendy Flint who also works at the CTD but remained a totally impartial 

judge, looks on. See photos of all the teams, others by clicking here. 

Graduation Gets Too Big, New Venue Required: The number of students graduating with 

associate degrees at COD has grown in recent years and the number of participants in 

Commencement has also swelled -- from about 200 five years ago to more than 300 last year. 

This year, some 430 graduates have signed participation forms, presenting the college with a 

major venue problem. 

The commencement exercises have traditionally been held at the McCallum Theatre since it 

opened in the mid-1980s, and its 1,127 seats have usually been more than adequate. In recent 

years, however, the number of guests each graduate could invite have been limited and tickets 

have been required to get in. With 430 graduates planning to "walk" in the processional over 

to the McCallum this May 26, COD was faced with the unpleasant prospect of limiting the 

number of guests for each graduate... to just over one! 

"It's actually about one and a quarter," said Dean John Loera, Admissions and Records, who 

heads a committee that was created to find a new venue. "We didn't feel it was fair to limit 

them to one guest. Many of our graduates are the first in their families to graduate from 

college and many of them have large families and other loved ones who would like to attend 



this event. We looked at a number of options, ranging from holding two smaller 

commencements back to back in the McCallum to moving it to the Palm Springs Convention 

Center or the Indian Wells Tennis Gardens. In the end, the administration felt it was 

important we keep the ceremony on campus, so we've opted for Boone Field." 

The athletic field, where COD teams play football and soccer, would need some enhancement 

and the administration has contracted with an events firm that will bring in 1,750 chairs, some 

canopy covers with misters, a stage, and a professional sound system. 

The committee is hammering out details such as parking, security, first aid, water supplies, 

rest rooms, traffic flow, crowd control, and a long list of other details, along with the usual 

details that were decided on earlier -- such as seating arrangements, musical accompaniment, 

and a list of speakers. The ceremonies start at 7 p.m. 

Loera said the committee is working hard and there's a free exchange of ideas. The 

commencement venue is coming together and the good news is, there will be plenty of room 

for guests -- each student will be given up to four tickets and there may be a few left over. 

COD Trustee 

Honored Ray House, 

shown here with his wife 

Marlene in a recent photo, was 

honored May 7 by the 

Community College League of 

California for 20 years of 

service as a College Board 

Trustee. He received the 

prestigious award at the Annual 

meeting of California 

Community College Trustees in 

San Diego. House has a lifelong 

connection with College of 

the Desert. He attended COD 

as a student, then taught as 

an automotive instructor and 

has been overseeing the growth 

of COD since 1985 as a 

member of the Desert 

Community College District 

Board of Trustees. Something 

of an historian at heart, House 

collects and compiles 

newspaper clippings and other 

memorabila related to COD and 

other area schools in which he 

has an interest. House's seat on 

the Board, representing the 

outlying areas north and east of 

Indio, will be on the ballot this 

fall. No official word yet as to 

whether House will run for 

another four-year term. 

COD Offers More Than 200 Classes for Summer; Some Start as Early as May 30: The 



weather’s warming up and that means it’s time for Summer Session at College of the Desert. 

This summer, COD will offer more courses than ever before – more than 200 credit classes, 

more than 80 non-credit classes, including English as a Second Language, and nearly 30 

classes at the Eastern Valley Center in Indio. 

Classes start May 30, June 5 and June 19. A class schedule is available on campus and at city 

halls, public libraries and chambers of commerce throughout the Coachella Valley, or online 

at collegeofthedesert.edu. Traditional 8-week summer classes begin June 5. 

A special feature of summer session is the addition of five highly intensive three-week 

courses, each offering three full college credits. The intensive classes meet for four hours, 

four days a week, and include English Composition and Literature, Public Speaking, 

Sociology and Spanish. A fifth intensive class, Introduction to African-American Literature, 

has been added at the EVC site. These classes start May 30. 

In a collaborative effort with the Palm Desert Campus of California State University, San 

Bernardino, two classes will be offered this summer for students who are accepted into the 

pre-nursing program for the newly announced Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree 

that will be offered at CSU in the Fall. Students can get a jump start on their undergraduate 

prerequisite courses by signing up for six-week summer classes in either Chemistry or 

Psychology, starting June 19. The classes are held on the COD campus. 

COD is now enrolling students for both Summer and Fall (starting May 8). Class schedules 

are available at the college, public libraries, city halls and chambers of commerce valleywide, 

and online at collegeofthedesert.edu. Information about applying for admission and 

registering for classes is also available at the Enrollment Hotline at (760) 776-7222. 

Fall Class Schedule Out, In the Mail: The new Fall class schedule is available on campus 

and at public libraries, chambers of commerce and city halls valley-wide. You can watch 

your mail box at home, too, as the schedule's been mailed to every residence in the Coachella 

Valley. 

President's Corner 

by Dr. David Bugay 

V.P. Human Resources 

The Greatest of Problems: We have a serious problem to 

confront us at the end of the school year – we have soooooo 

many students that are graduating that we have to change the 

venue! We have the largest graduating class this year in the 

history of the College with approximately 430 graduates that 

want to ‘walk’ at graduation and have their families and 

supporters with them. The McCallum Theatre cannot hold 

them and their guests. We are making arrangements to have 

graduation on the football field. Plans are being made to 

provide a great atmosphere with an appropriate size platform, 

sun coverings, and even shorter speeches! 



President’s Games: You will see pictures of the President’s Games in this issue of the 

Insider. Fast action, good food, fun, great attendance, and wild cheers were the norm for the 

day. Organizers Wendy Flint and LeAnn Lundberg did a great job in developing and 

organizing this event. Championship Teams abounded with medals and awards listed later. 

Everyone who completed was spectacular! 

Customized Training in Technology: Bina Isaac, Marc Dresher , and I are 

attending various division meetings to find the needs of our faculty. Our intention is to 

develop customized training to meet the needs of your division. 

Diversity Council: The Council has expanded the calendar this next year and you may 

want to participate in one the various celebration events in both the planning and/or 

participating. If you want to participate in the planning of any one of these activities for the 

upcoming year, please contact Karen Estrada at kestrada@collegeofthedesert.edu Plans 

being developed are: 

September - Constitution Day 

September - Hispanic Heritage Month 

October – National Disabilities Awareness Month 

October – Day of Respect 

November – National American Indian Heritage Month 

February – Black History Month 

March – Women’s History Month 

March 31 – Cesar Chavez Day 

April – Asian/Pacific Islander Month 

SEED - Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity: We hope a new group will 

be forming this next year and you may want to be a part of it. MonthlySEED seminars lasting 

approximately three hours are co-lead by members of the College of the Desert faculty and 

staff who have attended leaders’ training. There is no cost to the participants. SEED is 

designed to increase one’s ability to respect and recognize the plural dimensions of culture in 

school curriculum, college climate and the greater community. College of the Desert was 

SEEDed in 2001 and is entering its fourth year with two employee groups and a student 

group. Our groups have included administrators, faculty and staff of 15 to 20 individuals 

who are committed to meeting for three hours once a month during the school year. Topics 

of discussion include a range of diversity and equity issues including culture and gender. The 

SEED facilitators plan each seminar and include a balance of articles (non-fiction, fiction) 

and poetry, interactive exercises, videos, guest speakers, and discussions. We learn from 

others’ experiences and from the “textbooks of our lives”. A meal is shared at the end of 

each seminar. Stayed tuned for future announcements! 

COD Sports 

COD Tennis Team in 

Hunt for State Title 

With COD’s talented men’s 

golfers out of the running for 

the state championship after 

taking the Foothill 

Conference title and faltering 

in the regional playoffs, the 



men’s tennis team (16-0) is 

the lone Roadrunner hope for 

California gold. 

The State Tennis 

Championships are 

Thursday, May 11, against 

Chabot at Claremont Club at 

noon. The Roadrunners are 

defending state champions 

and on Tuesday swept 

Ventura College 6-0 in the 

Southern California regional 

final at Monterey Country 

Club in Palm Desert to 

continue their unbeaten 

march through the playoffs. 

photo by Taya Lynn Gray from story in 

The Desert Sun 

Coach Carl Schroeder said Tuesday’s regional playoff was COD’s “toughest match of the 

year.” Jack Hui beat the No. 1 ranked player to take over top ranking. Other players winning 

in singles competition were Francis Yoshimoto (shown in photo, above, from The Desert 

Sun), Stefan Feddersen, Shingo Minato, Patrick Olobo and Joao Toledo. 

Young Golfers Fall Short of State: The COD men's golf team won the Foothill Conference 

Title again this year, as they have every season since 1988 (19 in a row), but fell short in the 

regional playoffs and failed to make the state championship round. Coach Tony Manzoni 

said he was proud of his team's conference title and 19-2 record in match play throughout the 

season. "We'd have liked one more shot at the State, but it wasn't meant to be," he said. "My 

number one and number two golfers are freshmen and shot way over their handicaps at the 

regionals. I don't think they anticipated the pressure. It was a mental thing. But they'll be back 

next year and we'll have another very good team." 

While the team failed to qualify for State, one player, Chad Weatherell, played well enough 

at the regionals to advance as an individual competitor. But Weatherall, a sophomore from 

Canada, hurt his back during the first round on Monday and, after carding a 79, withdrew 

from the two-round match. 

"They feel bad," Manzoni said of his young team. "But I know they'll learn from the 

experience and they'll be back." COD won the state championship in 2004. 

Baseball Team Ends Season in Third: COD’s much-improved baseball squad won a 

doubleheader against Rio Hondo on Sunday to end their season with a 15-9 record in the 

Foothill Conference, good enough for a third-place finish. The team was 20-23 overall. Mike 



Eisenhower pitched a two-hit shutout to win the first game 1-0; COD won the second game 

14-0 in a game in which Kurt Mertins went 5 for 5 at the plate. 

COD Softball Players Named to All-American Roster: Freshmen Lorraine Sanchez and 

Marina Espejo have been named All Americans by the National Fastpitch Coaches 

Association. The women are the first COD players to win All-American honors since Ashley 

Swain in 2003. "It's a wonderful recongition for the kids," said Coach Shel Wellins. Sanchez 

batted .453 and scored 46 runs for the Roadrunners this season. Espejo batted .377 and hit 12 

doubles. 

Schedules, photos, and more information about COD teams are online at www.collegeofthedesert.edu/athletics 

Faculty Development Workshops 

For information on Faculty Development, Flex Days, and Online Faculty Development, contact Carl Farmer, Chair 

Faculty Development Committee at ext. 455 or email him at cfarmer@collegeofthedesert.edu . 

Calendar of Events 

The Insider lists home games for all athletic events on the weekly calendar. For more details, contact 

the Athletics Department at Ext. 591 or visit the Athletics Division website at 

http://www.collegeofthedesert.edu/Athletics. 

Alumni Association Hall of Fame Dinner 

Monday, May 8 9 a.m. 

Tuesday, May 9 2 p.m. 

Wednesday, May 10 

Thursday, May 11 

Friday, May 12 10:30 a.m. 

Saturday, May 13 7 a.m. 

Transfer Center: UC Riverside 

Outreach 

Technology Training: Snag-It Screen 

Capture 

Technology Training: Load Sheets for 

Division Secretaries 

5:30 p.m. COD Employees' Retirement Dinner 

5:30 p.m. 

Sunday, May 14 7 a.m. Alumni Association Street Fair 

Monday, May 15 10:30 a.m. 

7 p.m. Faculty Recital: Anthony Arizaga 

8 p.m. 

Tuesday, May 16 12:30 p.m. 

Technology Training: Department 

Websites using Campus Portal 

Faculty Recital: Mark Almy & 

Vanessa Sheldon 

Acting II Class-Scenes from American 

Theatre 



1 p.m. 

3 p.m. 

Facilities Master Palm Committee 

Meeting 

Technology Training: WebAdvisor- 

Entering Grades 

Thursday, May 18 9 a.m. Board of Trustees Meeting 

11 a.m. 

Technology Training: WebAdvisor- 

Entering Grades 

Friday. May 19 8 p.m. Guys & Dolls Opens at McCallum 

Saturday, May 20 7 a.m. Alumni Association Street Fair 

2 & 8 p.m. Guys & Dolls at McCallum Theatre 

Sunday, May 21 7 a.m. Alumni Association Street Fair 

Thursday, May 25 5 p.m. 

2 p.m. Guys & Dolls at McCallum Theatre 

Public Safety Academy Awards 

Ceremony - Wright Gym 

Friday, May 26 2 p.m. RN Pinning Ceremony - McCallum 

7 p.m. Graduation at Boone Field 

Monday, May 29 COD Holiday - Memorial Day 

Tuesday, May 30 First Day of Summer Classes 

9 a.m. Technology Training: Datatel Reports 

The Insider is the newsletter for Faculty and Staff at College of the Desert, 43-500 Monterey Ave., 

Palm Desert, CA 92260. Published weekly during the school year, except during holidays. Send 

submissions via email or interoffice campus mail. Information: Tom Wixon, Director, Public Relations, ext. 

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