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A consultant recommended that Mesalands Community College rejigger future course offerings for in-demand trades that include building construction, early childhood education, automobile repair and truck driving. Two members of the college’s board of trustees, however, became skeptical during the Nov. 17 meeting during a recommendation to develop off-campus housing in Tucumcari’s downtown. Sean Garretson of Pegasus Planning and Development, based in Austin, gave a review of findings regarding a possible update to the college’s master plan....
Enrollment at Mesalands Community College dropped by nearly one-fifth during the previous school year, according to an annual report presented during the board of trustees’ Nov. 17 meeting. Aaron Kennedy, vice president of student affairs, gave the college’s annual enrollment management report. The report stated Mesalands’ annual headcount enrollment during the 2019-2020 school year was 2,003, a 19% drop from the previous year’s 2,483 and 22% lower from a peak of 2,549 in 2017-2018. The college’s annual full-time equivalent student total was...
America celebrates Thanksgiving this week. With COVID-19 and all the unrest that’s taken place this year, many may feel they have little or nothing to be thankful for, especially because we’re discouraged from traveling and gathering with non-household members during this holiday season. Traveling and gathering might both actually be forbidden outright in the near future, if not before this article is published. The greatest hope-giving book of all time, the Bible, gives us much to be thankful for, the most significant of which the world wil...