Retired marine sciences Distinguished Professor Tom Garrison — the first Orange Coast College (Calif.) professor to garner that title — passed away from complications related to lymphoma. He was 73. Garrison was instrumental in developing OCC’s marine science department into one of the largest programs of its kind in the U.

Yeonopolus who was appointed CTC chancellor last December, served as CCME president for the 2014-15 year. He has been with CTC for more than 40 years and held various positions including counselor, dean, assistant deputy chancellor and deputy chancellor.

MiraCosta College associate psychology instructor Anjeanette Oberg—a former high school dropout and teen mom who became the first in her family to go to college—has been named a recipient of the 2016 Hayward Award, an annual recognition honoring four of the most wellrounded community college instructors in California.

More than 70 Alvin Independent School District high school and junior high students participated in the 21st Annual Alvin Science Fair at the Alvin Community College.

From jazz and pop to the classics, there will be something for everyone as the faculty members combine their unique and diverse talents to bring a varied array of music to this performance.

with alcohol and drug addiction. I have numerous criminal charges which further hinder my ability to find employment and live a normal life. I felt as if I was destined to fail and that my life was ruined by negative decisions of my past.” One day, Hallford.

Charles McGill, professor of art at Borough of Manhattan Community College (N.Y.), recently won a $25,000 Painters & Sculptors Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation for his work made from deconstructed golf bags.

and Charlie Barnhill, tuba. The all-state choir members are Illeia Beck, soprano; Jenna Fite, soprano; Juan Rivera, baritone; and Marcos Valdez, bass. Each student earned their spot competing against nearly 60 other two-year college students from across the state during regional auditions.

Chambers, fulltime instructor and program chair for Portland Community College’s (Ore.) Medical Assisting Program, has won the American Association of Medical Assistants 2015 Golden Apple Award, which is its educator-ofthe-year honor. Chambers was presented with the award in front of 700 medical assisting colleagues from across the nation last month.

Middlesex Community College was recognized as an exemplary college committed to diversity by Minority Access Inc. Shown here, from left: Minority Access Inc. President Andrea D. Mickle; Darcy Orellana, MCC assistant director of human resources/affirmative action officer; and college President James C.

Martinelli pose with organic chemistry Professor Robert Rossi. Rossi, the first instructor at the college to “flip” his classroom, was asked to lead a National Science Foundation grant workshop in Denver last summer and again this coming summer in Washington, D.

It was a long time coming for the 52-year-old Robin. After graduating from high school in 1982, she attended Gadsden State for a semester but soon got married, had children and entered the workforce. She currently works as the office manager at Antonelli’s Rehab South.

Among those present for the event were Mr. Keller and his three children — Oscar A. “Buddy” Keller III, Judy Keller Normann and Linda Keller Kelly, along with many of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. There’s even a greatgreat-grandchild. Elderlene Keller passed away in December 2014.

A Camden County College (N.J.) faculty member ranks among the top 20 two-year college instructors in North America and the United Kingdom, according to student ratings entered on the website RateMyProfessors.com. Lester Owens placed 16th on this year’s Highest Rated Junior and Community College Professors list RateMyProfessors.

Sparks, pharmacy technician instructor, who was named Outstanding Pharmacy Technician of the Year by the Washington State Pharmacy Association. Sparks has taught at Clover Park Technical College for nearly 20 years, and worked in industry for 16 years.

From left are Wes Adams, state’s attorney for Anne Arundel County; Lindsay; Carlesa Finney, vice chair of the event planning committee; Rebecca Blasingame-White, principal of Frank Hebron-Harmon Elementary School; and Larry White Sr., chief executive officer of VIPeVENTS Concierge, LLC.

Cambodian ceramist Yary Livan, an adjunct professor of art at Middlesex Community College (Mass.), has been awarded a 2015 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Trained at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Livan now lives in Lowell, Mass.

alumna of the American School of Correspondence in Illinois, Irbash is slated to graduate with her associate degree in ID in 2016. She tentatively plans to transfer to Wayne State University in Detroit, where she will continue her education. Her ultimate goal is to own her own interior design business.