CCC board votes to accept president's resignation

Feb. 5—CLOVIS — Charles Nwanko is resigning as president of Clovis Community College, and the CCC Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Wednesday to accept his resignation.

That's according to board Secretary Terry Martin who said the resignation will not become official until Nwankwo signs the resignation agreement.

Nwankwo, who could not be reached for comment, had not signed the agreement as of Friday afternoon, CCC attorney Kameron Barnett told The News.

Asked if Nwankwo had written a letter of resignation, Martin said that information would be released after Nwankwo signs the resignation agreement. Terms of that agreement were not immediately released.

Barnett said trustees have also not released details about plans to select a new president.

Trustees on Wednesday did vote to extend acting President Robin Jones' contract for another month, until the board's next meeting on March 1.

Nwankwo has been on paid administrative leave since Aug. 3.

Trustees acknowledged in late November they had received an investigative report they requested from the Albuquerque law office of Cuddy & McCarthy.

That report capped an investigation that began in May following the board's receipt of letters of "no confidence" in Nwankwo's leadership from three professional groups on campus.

Nwankwo was hired as the college's fifth president in October 2019, and he joined CCC in February 2020.

Nwankwo's salary was $185,000 annually.

Nwankwo came to CCC after five years at Chandler Gilbert Community College in Arizona.

In other matters on Wednesday, the board:

— Approved credentials for eight associate degree earners and 11 who earned certificates of achievement in the fall 2022 term.

— Approved an audit report from Chris Garner, an accountant from Patillo, Brown and Hill, CCC's auditor, that showed the college's financial reports earned an "unmodified" rating, the best available, and resulted in no findings, or notable faults in financial record keeping.

— Heard a report on a planned international student exchange program expected to begin in spring 2024, according to Robin Kuykendall, vice president of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs. Kuykendall told the board that foreign students will have to enroll in live classes on campus for most credits and will have to show financial ability to pay tuition, fees, books and living expenses.

— Learned that student enrollment has risen by 4.9%, to 1,085 full-time-equivalent students for the spring semester, compared with spring 2022 enrollment, and the total "head count" of full-time and part time students had increased by 7% from spring 2022 with a total of 2,211 enrolled.