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Saodat Aziskhanova's son, Karen Ovasapyan, graduated in June from UCLA with a degree in history.  Karen was a transfer student from GCC. Saodat is a proud mom!

A new doctor in the house! Dr. Ramona Barrio-Sotillo received her Doctor of Education degree from USC this last May 2007.  She specialized in community college leadership.

Former faculty member and trustee Kathleen Burke-Kelly has been appointed Vice President of Academic Affairs at LACC. For a few weeks Kathleen served as acting President of LACC.

Mona Field (Political Science Department) has a new book out, The People of Promise of California. The book includes essays by Joan Didion, Kevin Starr, Peter Schrag and many more, and is available in the GCC bookstore or at Amazon.

Associate Professor of Noncredit ESL Daniel Janoyan's son, Kerop Janoyan, has been granted tenure at Clarkson University in New York. An associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, Dr. Janoyan has authored or co-authored more than 40 technical papers and reports. He received the Teaching Excellence award presented by the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering at Clarkson for five semesters.

Trustee Victor King won $500,000 on the television game show "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" last summer. Victor is the king of trivia!

Sid Kolpas' older daughter, Allison, was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. She has recently done research at Oxford and Princeton. Allison will receive her Ph.D. in applied mathematics in June 2008.

Christine Reiner (Foundation Office) reports that her daughter, Brigid Reiner, graduated from GCC in June and was accepted to UCLA this fall as a geography major. Thanks to all her wonderful instructors here at GCC, she was very prepared for her transfer!

An article by Maria Shufeldt (Learning Center/Writing Center) will appear in The Therapist, the professional journal of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT). The article is titled "Practical Strategies for the Working Intern." Maria is in a clinical internship program at a community mental health clinic in North Hollywood.

Linda Watkins (Payroll) is back at work full time and feels marvelous. She would like to thank all her friends here on campus for the good wishes and many flowers and cards she received while undergoing cancer treatments. She is grateful to work in this caring, family environment.

Nancy Yaldizian (Program Coordinator, Supplemental Instruction) graduated summa cum laude from Cal State University, Northridge in May 2007. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Cinema and Television Arts. While studying at CSUN, Nancy was also the recipient of the David S. Somerville Memorial Media Research Scholarship in 2006.

   

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