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Palomar College celebrated many significant milestones in 2018, from the opening of new education centers in Rancho Bernardo and Fallbrook to the successful expansion of the Palomar Promise. With the New Year, the college is anticipating a flurry of activity, with additional grand openings, program expansions and full-time faculty hires. Here are the top 10…

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Dennis Boyer is one of the longest-serving instructors in Palomar’s widely celebrated Fire Academy. On Dec. 30, he’ll work his last shift with the Escondido Fire Department. ESCONDIDO — For 39 and a half years, Capt. Dennis Boyer has spent most of his professional life three minutes away from the action. Three minutes: that is…

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SAN MARCOS — When Lakshmi Paranthaman first read the job description for a professor who could teach both Real Estate and Business Law, she thought the posting might as well have her name on it. Highly experienced in both fields, Paranthaman applied for the job at Palomar College, and was teaching her first classes here…

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Forty-three years after it was originally built, the iconic timepiece is outfitted with new faces, digital recordings and a structural overhaul in a recent renovation. SAN MARCOS — For more than four decades, the clocktower at Palomar College has stood as an icon and a meeting place, keeping time and sounding off the hours across…

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As a senior at U.C. Berkeley, Tara Roach took Economics from Reich, the former U.S. Labor Secretary. When Palomar College brought him to Escondido last month, she was in the audience with her students. SAN MARCOS — When Robert Reich, the former U.S. Secretary of Labor, stepped onto the stage at the California Center for…

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