Colleges : Campus scene : COSTA MESA : 2 Colleges Name Interim Presidents

Interim presidents have been appointed at Golden West College and Orange Coast College, officials of the Coast Community College District announced.

Kenneth D. Yglesias has been selected as interim president of Golden West College in Huntington Beach, while James L. McIlwain has been named interim president at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa. Their appointments begin Jan. 2.

Yglesias succeeds Philip Westin, who is leaving Golden West to assume the top position at the Ventura County Community College District. McIlwain takes over for David A. Grant, who is retiring Dec. 31 after 33 years as a teacher and administrator with Orange Coast.

Officials said they expect to fill the Golden West job by July and the Orange Coast College spot by March.

Yglesias is now administrative director of educational services for Coast Community College District. McIlwain is vice president of administrative services at Orange Coast.

In other action, the college district’s trustees have elected Nancy A. Pollard as their president for 1996.

Pollard, a Golden West graduate, holds a law degree from Western State University. She is also a member of the California Bar Assn. and the National Women’s Caucus.

FULLERTON

Citrus Packinghouse History to Be Written

Cal State Fullerton is compiling a commemorative volume and archival information on one of the county’s last remaining packinghouses, which will celebrate its 85th anniversary in 1997.

Villa Park Orchards Assn., which packs citrus for central California as well as San Diego, Riverside, Orange and Ventura counties, commissioned the history and provided an $18,000 grant to compile it.

Cultural historians will conduct interviews and gather old newspaper clippings to include in the volume. Those being interviewed include early growers and former directors and employees of the packinghouse.

Villa Park Orchards is one of the nation’s largest packinghouses for oranges, grapefruit and tangerines bearing the Sunkist label. Its biggest customers are in Japan and Hong Kong.

To contact the university about the project, call (714) 773-3170.

COSTA MESA

OCC Sweeps Awards for Public Relations

Orange Coast College’s community relations department again swept the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations awards.

In the five years that the awards have been given, OCC’s community relations staff has won a total of 33 awards, more than any other community college in California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah.

At this year’s ceremony in Reno, OCC took top honors in the feature writing category, winning the first, second and third place awards.