| Art history instructor
Trudi Abram
recently delivered a well-received paper entitled “Remembrance of Things
Past: Tourist Photography and the Memorial Archive” at the National
College Art Association conference in Boston. Here at home, her son and
his wife delivered her new twin grandsons, Nathan and Spencer Casamassima,
born on January 26. The boys weighed in at 4l lb. 11 oz. and 4 lb. 13 oz.,
and they’re now at 6 lbs. and thriving.
Mike Allen and his wife Min-Jun Song
are the proud parents of Max Song Allen, born November 18, 2005, at 22
inches long and 8 lb. 11 oz.
Congratulations to
Alen Andriassian (student activities
coordinator) and
Andra Verstraete (student employment
director), who earned their M.P.A. (Master’s, Public Administration) from
CSUN in December 2005.
English professor and
Learning Center director
Dennis
Doyle
has released a new instrumental CD of Celtic harp music,
Irish Blessings.
Also featured on the recording are English professor
Des Kilkeary
and political science instructor
Mark Romano.
The CD is available online at
www.cdbaby.com
or locally at The Flowering Tree in Montrose.
Stela Fejtek from Instructional
Assistance Center thanks GCC for support during her recent illness. She
has been out since January. She writes, “I would like to thank my
colleagues in the Center for Disabilities and faculty who have been so
supportive and concerned about me. My good wishes go out to all of them.”
Noah William Canas de
Feldman was born on February 27 to Culinary Arts instructor
Andrew Feldman
and his wife, Pilar Canas. Noah weighed 7 lb. 3 oz. at birth and joins his
sister, Keileh.
Tania Verafield,
Mona Field’s
older daughter, will appear in
The Playground,
a rock drama about runaway/homeless teens. The play opens March 23 at Deaf
West Theatre in North Hollywood. For information:
www.theplaygroundlive.com
Guido and
Lourdes Girardi
are the proud adoptive parents of a baby girl, Sabrina. She was born
January 12, weighing in at 7 lb. 4 oz., and 19 inches long. Guido and
Lourdes report that “she is very healthy and has a good
disposition—actually, she’s an angel.”
One of physics
professor Rick
Guglielmino’s
students, Shirley Mims, who works as an intern at JPL, has been awarded a
$1,000 scholarship from the CCEIA (California Cooperative Education and
Internship Association) for her integration of academic learning and
workplace activity.
Glady Kabateck’s son, Brian Kabateck,
has been named one of the top attorneys in Southern California, based on a
survey of lawyers in the region.
Mary Mirch, Health Center director,
was nominated as Administrator of the Year at the ACCCA (Association of
California Community College Administrators) conference. Her many
achievements at GCC were listed on the big screen for all to see.
From sociology
professor J.C.
Moore: “I am coming back to school
after fighting cancer. I’d like to say ‘thank you’ to everybody who prayed
for my fast recovery and wished me well.”
Suzanne Neufer, workers compensation
coordinator, and her husband Steve are the proud parents of a new
daughter, Hailey Nicole Neufer, born January 24 weighing 9 lb. 4 oz.
Congratulations go as well to Hailey’s grandmother,
Kathryn Ligon
of the Admissions and Records Office.
Academic counselor
Lola Taylor
welcomes her first grandchild, Paola Zapata Lopez, born December 30, 2005,
weighing 7 lb. 10 oz. and 21 inches long. She is the daughter of Lola’s
son, Ronald Lopez Ph.D. and Christina Zapata M.S.W.
John and
Yeimei Wang
are the happy grandparents of Sandra Doyle, born February 24 in Dallas to
Lisa and Matt Doyle. Sandra weighed 8 lb. 7 oz. and was 19 ½ inches long.
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