This podcast contains comments from the December 14, 2021 Blinn College trustees meeting.

A recently retired member of the Blinn College trustees whose family has been associated with the college for centuries was recognized during the board's December meeting.

Teddy Boehm's connection to Blinn dates back to a great-great uncle who attended in the 1800's when it was a school for German Methodist ministers.

Boehm retired from the board in October after serving eight years. She took over after her husband served 34 years.

Boehm and her husband met while students at Blinn. Boehm's mother also attended, as did her children and some grandchildren.

After a proclamation was read, Boehm was thanked by trustees Jim Kolkhorst, Douglas Borchardt, Charles Moser, Dennis Crowson, and Randy Wells.

Moser noted a member of the Boehm family has been on the board or in an administrative leadership role at Blinn for more than 80 years.

News release from Blinn College:

The Blinn College District Board of Trustees honored former trustee Teddy Boehm for her leadership and service to the College District during its regular meeting Tuesday (December 14, 2021).

Boehm served on the board from October 2013 until October 2021.

“Teddy Boehm’s leadership has made a lasting impact on Blinn College and the communities it serves,” said Jim Kolkhorst, Chair of the Board of Trustees. “It has been a privilege to serve alongside her and to witness firsthand her deep affection for Blinn, its employees, and its students.”

Boehm served one term as board secretary and oversaw a number of key advancements during her tenure on the board, including Blinn’s decision to partner with The Texas A&M University System as a member of the RELLIS Academic Alliance.

Blinn modernized its campuses under Boehm’s leadership, including the construction of the Doyle Coatney Center; Kruse Center; Mill Creek Hall; Ann Gardner Livestock Annex; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Innovation Building, and Prairie Lea Hall on the Brenham Campus, and construction of the Walter C. Schwartz Building, Agriculture and Workforce Education Building, and administration building at the RELLIS Campus.

In addition to new construction, Boehm and her fellow trustees authorized renovations and upgrades to Leroy Dreyer Field, the Old Main Building, the W.L. Moody Jr. Library, the Spencer field block, and the Student Center Dining Hall on the Brenham Campus, and the Central Administrative Services Building, the cast stone replacement project, and the campus beautification project in Bryan.

During Boehm’s tenure, Blinn’s academic programs experienced similar advancements, including the introduction of new degrees in carpentry, cybersecurity, drone technology, facility maintenance, HVAC, simulation and game programming, and water purification. With the launch of new esports, men’s and women’s golf, and men’s and women’s soccer teams, Blinn also increased its extracurricular offerings.

In addition to her service to Blinn and its students, Boehm has served on the boards of Trinity Medical Center, the Lower Colorado River Authority, the Brenham Economic Development Foundation, and the Washington County Women’s Leadership Forum, and has volunteered for the Texas Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, Washington-Burleson County Medical Auxiliary, Washington County Goodfellows, Washington County Historical Commission, German-Texan Heritage Society, Heritage Society of Washington County, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Burton Cotton Gin Museum, Independence Historical Society, Brenham Fortnightly Club, University of Texas Ex-Students Association, Washington County Council and Washington County Genealogical Society.