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June 2010
Mt. SAC Honors Students Named to All California Academic Teams IMPORTANT DATES
August 19— Honors Orientation Sept 9 — Mandatory Honors Meeting and Welcome Back Potluck BBQ - Sign up in Honors Center Sept 16 — First Honors Ambassadors meeting Oct 1 — SCCUR proposals due Oct 1 — Honors Orientation 1-2 PM Nov 19 — TAP conference at UCLA Nov 21 — SCCUR (proposals due Oct
Dec 6 — HTCC/UCI conference proposals due
through his efforts on This year, Isaac behalf of Measure Powell and Martin Medrano were named RR, and his efforts to establish a Student to the Phi Theta Kappa All California Carpool Program on campus. In addition, Academic Teams. Martin was named to Isaac was awarded the Third Team and the New Century was recognized for Scholar designation for having received his efforts to bring State Controller John the highest number of points for service Chiang to campus and for his work with in the state of Calilow income families fornia. in our community. Martin and Isaac reMartin plans to atceived medals and tend UC Berkeley next year and major certificates in Sacrain Political Science. mento at the state capitol. Isaac was named to the California First Team and was recog- Isaac Powell, on left, and nized for his work as Martin Medrano on the a campus mentor, his right service to the college
These award winners also visited with Dr. Ed Hernandez and viewed the state legislature while it was in session. Isaac was further recognized at the American Association of Community Colleges Convention in Seattle. Isaac plans to attend USC and major in Public Policy
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Honors Program Research Presentations
On Saturday, March 1, thirty-five Mt SAC Honors students presented either a paper or a poster at the HTCC/UCI Undergraduate Research Conference at UC Irvine. Twelve students participated in the poster competition and 23 gave oral paper presentations. Maegen Johnson won an award for Best AAbstract while Yannwen Liang and Brian Santa Maria each received an HTCC Exemplary Student Award.
Several honors students attended the conference to support their fellow honors students and to work as facilitators.
mitting your research for consideration for presentation at a conference next year. We have four opportunities including:
On Saturday, May 1, Maegan Johnson again presented her paper at the Bay Area Consortium/Berkeley Conference at UC Berkeley. Five other honors students made the trip to Berkeley to participate in the conference environment.
If you might be interested in presenting research that you have completed in one of your honors classes, please contact either Dr. Hatch or Carolyn Kuykendall about sub-
The Mt. SAC Human Trafficking Conference in November The SCCUR Conference in November The HTCC/UCI Conference in March The Bay Area Consortium in May Be sure to check with the Honors Center regarding the deadlines for submissions for these conferences.
Honors Students named as Students of Distinction!! On May 15, Mt. SAC named 20 students as Students of Distinction. Among that number, 15 of the students are honors students as well. Receiving recognition in the Academic Distinction were Cindy Xiao, Brian Santa Maria, Trevor Lum and Kyunghee Kim. Being honored for Service were Carmina Del Mundo, Israel Correa, Lisa Bastio, Xavier Padilla, and Rene
Kouassi. Honors in Competitive Achievement went to Wesley Yao, Rikiesha Pierce, and Emiliano Zapata Barron-Bolado, and the final recognition for Personal Achievement went to Araceli Gonzales, Armando Barrajas, and Xingjia Xu. Each of these students was nominated by a member of the Mt. SAC faculty or staff and each received a scholarship.
Congratulations to all of these amazing honors students!
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HONORS PROGRAM GRADUATION DINNER CELEBRATES 160 STUDENT GRADS On May 21, 2010 the Honors Program celebrated the accomplishments of our students who completed the Honors Program and were transferring on to four year universities. Approximately 180 attended the dinner celebration in the patio area of the Building 26 quad. Students were joined by family members and our special guests: Trustees Dr. Manuel Baca, Dr. David Hall, and Student trustee Xavier Padilla, Mt. SAC President Dr. John Nixon, Vice President of Instruction Dr. Virginia Burley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences Dr. Stephen Runnebohm, and Professors Michelle GrimesHillman, Dr. Linda Rillorta, Dr. Samuel Wolde-Yohannes, Dr. Charles McGruder, Carol Impara, and Liesel Reinhart. In addition, the Honors Program staff (Alexis Mesko, Susan Baker, Linda Diaz, Dr. Rebecca Hatch, and Carolyn Kuykendall) was there to celebrate the students’ accomplishments. All participants enjoyed a fabulous dinner served by PTK members Steven Almaraz, Lisa Bastio, Brenda Diaz, Diana Higuera, and Traci Kenmuir. Delightful music was provided by students of the Associated Music Performers
Club of Mt. SAC. Our guest speakers were a panel of alumni including Alexis Mesko from Cal State Fullerton and Tien Trinh, Dane Makoul, and Riley Quan from USC. They answered questions and offered insights about the transfer process.
In 2009-2010, 160 students earned the Honors Scholar notation by completing at least 6 honors classes with at least a 3.2 overall GPA for transferable course work. Our transferring students were accepted at over 20 different institutions, including UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCSB, UC Davis, UCI, UCR, CSU Fullerton, and USC as well as many fine out of state universities and colleges.. This year, the Runnebohm Honors Award was presented to Dr. David K. Hall for his support of the Honors Pro-
gram. The purpose of the award is to recognize a member of the Mt. SAC family who supports the Honors Program and its students—by exhibiting some or all of these characteristics: Having an open door policy for students and/ or staff Attendance at and/or support of honors events Public and/or private support of honors education Excellence in the classroom Identification and encouragement of potential honors program students Dr. Hall has been a strong advocate for honors education and a strong supporter of student success and we thank him for his contributions to our program.
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