Faculty Honored for Distinguished Service
Nine faculty members were honored for their service and mentorship to students during
the Distinguished Faculty Awards ceremony on April 27. Organized by the Faculty Senate
and the Professional Relations Committee, the event was attended by faculty members,
administrators, and members of the Board of Trustees. Gary Pritchard, instructional
dean, Fine arts/Mass Communications presented this year's Most Outstanding Faculty
to James MacDevitt, assistant professor of art and director/curator of the Cerritos
College Art Gallery.
James MacDevitt founded the multi-institutional SUR:biennial and the collaborative
Art+Tech Artist-in-Residency program. He has also curated numerous exhibitions for
the College, including OVER/FLOW: Horror Vacui in an Age of Information Abundance,
Architectural Deinforcement: Constructing Disaster, and Decay, and After Image: The
Photographic Process(ed). His essays were featured in the California State University,
Fullerton’s Begovich Gallery catalog. Most recently, James brought the successful
FAR Bazaar art event to the abandoned Fine Arts building. James holds a master’s in
art history from the University of California, Riverside, where he previously served
as Digital Media Associate and Assistant Director of its Sweeney Art Gallery.
Eight Outstanding Faculty awards were presented by Faculty Senate President Michelle Lewellen, and the Years of Service awards were presented by Rick Miranda, acting vice president of academic affairs:
Most OutstandingFaculty
James Mac Devitt - Art
OutstandingFaculty
Sylvia Bello-Gardner – Counseling
Kim Berling – Philosophy
Jeffery Bradbury – Chemistry
Ja'net Danielo - Liberal Arts
Steven La Vigne - DSPS
Connie Mayfield - Music
Miodrag Micic - Technology
Chace Tydell - Biology
Years of Service Awards
30 Years of Service
Robert J Chester
Barbara Ann Read Soden
25 Years of Service
Constance J Boardman
Mark J Fronke
Jaynanda Hiranandani
Christine S Lopez
Vykki D Morgan
Cynthia S Moriarty
Victor E Obasohan
Ana E Torres-Bower
Kevin R Taylor
View the 2017 Distinguished Faculty Awards booklet
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