{"id":3009,"date":"2018-11-20T16:29:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T00:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/?p=3009"},"modified":"2025-07-09T11:34:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:34:40","slug":"community-showcase-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/community-showcase-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"“Better Together” Community Showcase on Tuesday, Dec. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pictured above: This year’s Comet Award recipient, Bob Wilson, talks to Palomar College Superintendent\/President Dr. Joi Lin Blake at the groundbreaking of the Anita & Stan Maag Food & Nutrition Center in March 2018.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

What:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Palomar College Foundation\u2019s \u201cBetter Together\u201d Community Showcase\u2014a report to the community.<\/p>\n

When:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, December 4, 2018
\n8:00 a.m.<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong><\/p>\n

California Center for the Arts, Escondido
\n340 N. Escondido Blvd.
\nEscondido, CA 92025<\/p>\n

Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Palomar College Foundation looks back on a banner year, which saw the opening of two new education centers, a significant expansion of the Palomar Promise, a bigger and better Veterans Center, a new parking structure, high-profile keynote speakers, a variety of academic accolades and special events, and more.<\/p>\n

During the event, this year\u2019s Comet Award will be presented to Bob Wilson, who donated the funding to create the Anita & Stan Maag Food and Nutrition Center in honor of his late best friend Stan, and his wife Anita. The Showcase will also feature a live drone demonstration.<\/p>\n

The event begins with networking and breakfast at 7:30 a.m., followed by the Community Showcase at 8 a.m. For more information, please visit www.palomar.edu\/foundation\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Admission:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tickets to the Community Showcase cost $20 and are available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laura Gropen, Director, Public Affairs, 760-744-1150, ext. 2152
\nTom Pfingsten, Public Affairs, 760-744-1150, ext. 2365<\/p>\n

# # #<\/p>\n

MEDIA CONTACTS:<\/p>\n

Laura Gropen, Director, Public Affairs, 760-744-1150, ext. 2152, lgropen@palomar.edu
\nTom Pfingsten, Public Affairs, 760-744-1150, ext. 2960, tpfingsten@palomar.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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