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February 4, 2008 - Paul Sporleder (M.Ed., 2000) teaches 10th-grade world history and 11th-grade U.S. history at Edison High School in the Stockton Unified School District. He is profiled in the Stockton Record. To read the article, click here.
January 18, 2008 - Oscar Fry (CRED, 2007), a history teacher at Linden High School in Stockton, has been named by the Veterans of Foreign War as their Californa Teacher of the Year. To read about Oscar Fry in the Stockton Record, click here.
December 24, 2007 - Julianne Youngblood (CRED,2004) who teaches at San Andreas Elementary School in Stockton, California, is featured in the Stockton Record. To read her profile, click here.
November 6, 2007 - Tamara Reina (CRED, 1998) who teaches English and U.S. history at the East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility in Otay Mesa, is one of five ecucators who have been named California State Teachers of the Year. To read about Reina in the San Diego Union-Tribune, click here.
November 5, 2007 - Johnson Middle School history teacher Gregory McFall (CRED, 1998) was named today as one of five California Teachers of the Year. McFall, a 10-year veteran at Johnson, was chosen as one of five Orange County Teachers of the Year in May. To read about McFall at MSNBC, click here.
November 5, 2007 - Lewis Chappelear (CRED, 2001), who teaches engineering design at James Monroe High School in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley , was one of five educators named as a 2008 California Teacher of the Year. He was also chosen out of the five by state schools chief Jack O'Connell to represent California in the National Teacher of the Year competition. Click here to read more about Chappelear in the Los Angeles Daily News.
September 6, 2007 - Jeanette Providence (M.Ed. 2002), who teaches English at Grant Union High School in Sacramento, has been named Sacramento County Teacher of the Year. Click here to read more about her in the Sacramento Bee.
August 2, 2007 - Gene Thomas (BBA, 1988), who started as the new Tuba City school district superintendent in July, is no stranger to Native American education. He's not even a stranger to the Navajo Nation. To read the article about him in the Navajo Times, click here.
June 11, 2007 - The San Mateo Union High School District Board of Trustees on Thursday appointed Katya Villalobos as the new principal of Capuchino High School. She holds degrees from UCLA, Notre Dame de Namur University and National University. To read more, click here.
January 18, 2007 - Principal Mikara Solomon Davis (TIER II CRED, 2006) helped turn the Los Angeles-area Bunche Elementary, one of California's lowest-performing schools, into one of the state's best. National Public Radio talks with Solomon Davis about her plan that boosted test scores among Bunche's low-income, mostly black and Latino students, and how she has taught them to aim for academic excellence. To listen to the radio segment, click here.
December 21, 2006 - Jon Ray (MS, Ed. Admin, 2000) has been named superintendent of the Colfax Elementary School District in Colfax, California, according to an article published in the Colfax Record. To read more, click here.
December 4, 2006 - John Hagen (CRED 2006), a math teacher at Foothill High School in San Jose, is capturing the imagination and interest of his students by using fantasy football to teach algebra. His unique approach is featured in a news article by CNN. To read more about John Hagen, click here.
November 23, 2006 - Margaret Mims (MPA, 2005) won a very close election for Sheriff of Fresno County. Ms. Mims, who was one of three assistant sheriffs, received 50.2 percent of the vote after all the ballots were counted. To read more about her victory in the Fresno Bee, click here.
November 20, 2006 - Garth Phoebus (BS, Domestic Security Management, 2006) has been named emergency management planner at the Office of Emergency Management for Frederick County in Maryland. He is featured in a article in the Federick News-Post.
September 2006 - Sondra Taylor (BA, Behavioral Science, 1997/MA, Counseling Psychology, 1999) runs Mustang Connection, a non-profit organization in Stockton, California that pairs at-risk high school students with rescued mustangs. Taylor's five horses are making a positive influence on dozens of students at a critical juncture in their lives. Her program was featured in San Joaquin Magazine.
August 27, 2006 - Michael Staver (MA, Counseling Psychology, 1990) runs the Staver Group, an executive training company on Amelia Island, Fla. He specializes in addressing burnout. To read a feature article about him that appeared in the New York Times, click here.
June 12, 2006 - Frank Pastore (BBA, 1989), a former Major League Baseball player who is now the afternoon host for 99.5 KKLA-FM in Los Angeles, appeared as a guest on Focus on the Family, a nationally-syndicated Christian radio program hosted by Dr. James Dobson. For more information, click here.
June 11, 2006 - Donald Balfour (Master of Science, Educational Administration, 1987) has been named assistant superintendent of educational services and human resources at Castaic Union School District, according to an article in the L.A. Daily News.
June 10, 2006 - Robert Grebel (Master of Arts, Educational Technology, 2002), a math teacher at Duarte High School near Pasadena, California, has been named the 2006 Duarte Unified School District Teacher of the Year, according to an article in the Pasadena Star News.
June 8, 2006 - The Rev. Landon Schkade (MA, Business Administration, 1974) has worked to grow congregations and improve community outreach for more than 20 years, according to an article in the Boston Herald. Rev. Schkade, who until recently served as the director of ministry and discipleship with the Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots, is currently pastor at the Trinity Lutheran Church in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.June 7, 2006 - Elizabeth Keller, (MS, Educational Administration, 2005) formerly an assistant principal at the Creative, Performing and Media Arts Middle School in San Diego, has been named principal at Shoal Creek Elementary School in the Poway Unified School District, according to an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune. To read the article, click here.
June 7, 2006 - Lety Villa-Gascon (MS, Educational Administration, 2002) was appointed as Rancho Milpitas Middle School's new principal, starting in the 2006-07 school year, according to an article in the Milpitas Post. She is the school's interim principal and, from August 2003 to March 2006, she was the school's assistant principal.
April 3, 2006 - Fullerton Union High School teacher Sal Tinajero (MS, Education 2006) has been named Hispanic Magazine's Teacher of the Year. He will travel to Washington, D.C. for a ceremony in his honor, and a tour of the White House with first lady Laura Bush. To read an article in the Orange County Register, click here.