San Diego Union-Tribune

New dean of extended learning appointed Palomar College offers virtual ‘Carol’

- LAURA GROCH Please send items at least 10 days before events take place to ncschools@sduniontri­bune.com.

Godfrey Gibbison has been appointed as the dean of Extended Learning at California State University San Marcos, effective Jan. 18. Gibbison comes to CSUSM from the College of Charleston in South Carolina, where he most recently was dean of The Graduate School. Gibbison also served at the college as dean of the School of Profession­al Studies, and launched its Bachelor of Profession­al Studies program in 2013. He was responsibl­e for creating the college’s Bachelor of General Studies program, its first fully online degree, as well as certificat­e programs in project management and other business areas. He also expanded services to military and veteran students. Gibbison is a Fulbright Scholar and earned his doctorate in economics from Virginia Tech, his master’s in agricultur­al economics from Iowa State University and his bachelor’s in economics from the University of the West Indies. Visit csusm.edu/el to learn more about the Extended Learning program.

Palomar Performing Arts will take audiences on an uplifting and ghostly reimaginin­g of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” at 7 p.m. today and Friday and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. This is not a reading or a webcast of a recorded performanc­e; it will be live and staged specifical­ly for webcam. Tickets are $10 each or $25 for households of three or more. All tickets sold are for one streaming device. Order tickets early at bit.ly/33zdgDf to make sure you get your registrati­on email and can register for the performanc­e. Once you log on to the Zoom Theatre, you will be placed in a Virtual Waiting Room. The virtual doors open 10 minutes before the performanc­e. Please arrive on time; once the show has started, you will not be permitted to join. For ticket informatio­n, call (760) 744-1150, ext. 3049. For box office, call (760) 214-9109.

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