After nearly 40 years on the job, fire captain hangs up his suspenders
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...
Business professor comes to Palomar with a variety of expertise
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 clocktower gets a facelift
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...
One of Robert Reich’s former students now teaching at Palomar
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...
Robert Reich delivers electrifying keynote at Palomar forum
As one of the world’s leading economists and a professor at UC Berkeley, Reich spoke to approximately 1,200 people as part of the Palomar College Student Equity Speaker Series. ESCONDIDO — At a special engagement hosted by Palomar College on Friday, Nov. 16, former...
Marine Corps veteran found his path at Palomar
As the college celebrates Veterans Day, one veteran’s story illustrates the power of higher education. “Once a Marine, always a Marine,” the saying goes—and now, for Matt Baugh, also a college graduate. SAN MARCOS — For Matt Baugh, the road from infantryman to college...
Education and incarceration: making a difference
Palomar College brings courses into the Vista Detention Facility as formerly incarcerated students on campus get their feet under them. In the effort to assimilate back into society, everyone seems to agree about one thing: “Education is the key.” SAN MARCOS — It was...
Full circle for Palomar alum who became Fire Chief
Nearly 30 years after graduating with the Palomar College Fire Academy’s first class, Ed Hadfield is back in North County as Chief of the Rincon Fire Department. SAN MARCOS — Ed Hadfield was among the first firefighters to graduate from the Palomar College Fire...
Political Economy Days: engaging students on key issues
Presenters and students speak out against division as the latest installment in a semiannual lecture series draws hundreds of participants less than two weeks before the national midterm elections. SAN MARCOS — In two days of talks covering history, economics,...
ESL professor pursues success with his students
Lawrence Hamilton Lawson is the recipient of Palomar’s 2018-19 Distinguished Full-Time Faculty Award. SAN MARCOS — When he is in the classroom, helping students launch into higher education by learning English, Lawrence Hamilton Lawson likes to say that “practice...