2009 STUDENTS OF DISTINCTION
Mt. SAC recently honored 19 Students of Distinction at the College's annual awards ceremony and luncheon. The awards recognize students for outstanding service to the college, competitive achievement, and academic and personal achievement.
Winners of this year's Academic Achievement Award, who earned a minimum 3.75 GPA, are: Chandni Parikh, MinLi Zang, Priscilla Sugianto, Rebecca S. Wei, and Shirley Sui.
Recipients of the 2009 Service Achievement Award, who earned a minimum 3.0 GPA and provided notable volunteer service to the college and community, are: Isaac Powell, James Thao, Priscilla Soetanto, William Lee Hsu, and Xiwen Wang.
Winners of Personal Achievement Award, who earned a minimum 2.75 GPA and overcame personal hardship, are: Gina Guerrero, Rhonda Hottman, Julio Fregoso, Shalini Pal, and Josue Velasquez.
Recipients of the Competitive Achievement award, who earned a minimum 3.0 GPA and earned distinction as part of a competitive student group or team, are: Cassie Molinari, Joseph Davis, Michael Edwards, and Shane Hurter.
2009 EDUCATORS OF DISTINCTION
The
Mt. SAC Associated Students is proud to announce the winners of the 2009 Educators
of Distinction award: Toni Albertson, English, Literature & Journalism; Frances
Borella, Biological Sciences; Mark Cooper, Biological
Sciences; Rosa Maria Preciado, Psychology & Education; and David
West, Aeronautics & Transportation. The Educators of Distinction
candidates are nominated by students, and the award recognizes faculty
who have provided outstanding service to the College. They were honored at a
dinner ceremony in May.
Mt. SAC Announces Employees of the Year
The Academic Senate Congratulates the 2008-09 Outstanding Award Nominees and Recipients:
Outstanding Faculty Award Recipient: Joe Ammirato; Nominee: Gary Enke
Oustanding Classified Award Recipient: Dwight Ayle; Nominees: Jeffrey
George & Laura Martinez
Outstanding Administrator/Manager Award Recipient: Stephen Runnebohm; Nominees: Jim
Jenkins, Sarah Daum & Matt Judd
Mt. SAC Groups Rock Reno Jazz Festival
After days of intense competition at the 2009 Reno Jazz Festival, two Mt. SAC groups – the Jazz Ensemble and Frontline – came home with top honors.
The prestigious Reno Jazz Festival is the largest jazz festival in the western United States and draws performing groups from around the country. Mt. SAC's instrumental Jazz Ensemble placed first in the two-year college band division, while vocal artists Frontline received second place in the college choir division for the second time.
Many individual members of the Jazz Band also received outstanding musicianship awards: Carlos Noriega (Trumpet), Ray Au Yenug (Piano), Miguel Martinez (Bass), Tim Talavera (Drums), and Christian Chico (Drums).
Click here for more information about Mt. SAC performing arts groups.
Forensics Team Shines Again!
The Mt. SAC Forensics Team recently traveled to Portland, Oregon to compete at the 75th annual Phi Rho Pi National Tournament. Competing against 67 schools from across the nation, the team garnered two School Sweepstakes awards: silver (3rd place) in the individual events division and silver (4th place) in the overall division.
Fourteen students represented Mt. SAC in a phenomenal manner throughout the course of the competition, with 12 of them advancing into elimination rounds. Standouts were Derod Taylor, who went home with five awards including second place in the Individual Sweepstakes, and Emiliano Bolado, Ginna Escobar, Rikiesha Pierce, and Maite Bruce who all earned three awards.
Phi Rho Pi is the national community college forensics association committed to increasing knowledge and appreciation of the forensics arts at the junior and community college level.
