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Janet Sanderson |
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Ana Zarrahy |
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The Cerritos College athletic department will
have two of its own honored by the Commission on
Athletics in Ontario on April 4 for their individual
excellence. Dance instructor Janet Sanderson, who
has been a faculty member and department chair at
Cerritos for over 25 years, has been selected the
State Community College Organization of Physical
Educators (SCOPE) Dance Educator of the Year.
Additionally, Ana Zarrahy, who has been the Health,
Physical Education and Athletics division secretary
since 1982, has been named the SCOPE Administrative
Professional of the Year.
The purpose of SCOPE is to raise funds to
promote California Community College Physical
Education with a goal to identify and support or
oppose new legislation in the California legislature
where they continue to be misunderstood and singled
out for poor legislation. Their goal is to also
continue to improve the membership so they can
become a larger voice in the governance of the
State, as well as submit a revision recommending
changes in the Disciplines List for Minimum
Qualifications for faculty hired in Physical
Education.
As a director, choreographer and performer in
over 150 musical productions, Sanderson's dance
career has included five Broadway shows and numerous
summer stock companies throughout the United States.
As the only full-time faculty member in the dance
department, she is responsible for an amazing dance
department and has developed an inspiring curriculum
of dance classes. Not only has she served as a guest
lecturer throughout the state, Sanderson directs,
supervises, assists in choreographing and creates
two outstanding dance performances each year. During
her tenure, Sanderson has been a wonderful mentor
and has worked with a selection of eminent and
distinguished adjunct faculty that have come to
Cerritos College for their first community college
teaching experience. As a result, no less than 15
have gone on to full-time teaching positions in
dance, with is a direct result of Sanderson's
mentoring abilities.
With the daily responsibility of working with 16
full-time and 50 part-time faculty members that
depend on her everyday, Zarrahy developed the
ability to multitask and has an amazing memory for
detail. For the last 25 years, Zarrahy has worked
with no fewer that 14 division deans and is the
longest serving division secretary on campus. She is
often called upon for her experience and
"institutional memory", while her professionalism
and dedicated efforts allow the faculty, classified
and administrative personnel in the department the
opportunity to support student success throughout
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