AUGUST
2003
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Mission College
has said farewell to five full-time faculty members who have retired.
They include Rudy
De La Torre (at left), chair of the Administration
of Justice department, a member of the faculty since 1996 and employed
with the district since 1986; Joe
Flores, instructor of developmental communications, who
was with the college since 1976; Ken
Gorham, computer science and information technology department
chair, who started with the district in 1972 and joined Mission
College three years later; philosophy instructor Doug
McFerran, who joined LAMC in 1998 but was with the district
since 1969; and Ruth
Suyama, history instructor, who joined the district
in 1975 and came to Mission College in 1986.
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Mission College
welcomes Ruthie
Grant (at left) as a new full-time faculty member in English.
Grant has been with the district for nine years and comes most recently
from Trade Tech and Valley College. She holds a Bachelor's degree
in English from the University of Houston; a Master's degree in English
and Humanities from Cal State, Dominguez Hills; and expects formal
certification soon of her doctorate in social psychology from International
University. Grant is the author of several books, the most recent
one titled "I Thought I Was the Crazy One: 201 Ways to Identify and
Deal with Toxic Personalities." The book, said Grant, deals with personality
disorders, more specifically with "…people whose personalities poison
their surroundings…(who) demand much, give little, and treat others
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The documentary
short film, "Life at Port" by multimedia student James
Noack was accepted and featured in the 2003 "Films
Up!" Huntington Beach Film Festival. Noack used his professional
background in art to branch into video in producing the short documentary
about the activities, lifestyles and people who work in the Los Angeles
port area.
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There was no
question that Susan
Holtz would create her own cake for her June wedding
to Julius Weingart. Holtz, who teaches a cake decorating class at
Mission College, felt that she needed to create her own cake and
bridal bouquet as an expression of her talents as a baker and cake
decorator. Each of the cake’s five tiers was embroidered with a
royal icing floral in a heart motif. Holtz estimates that she put
approximately 60 hours into the cake and bouquet. It was worth it.
She reports that her guests were amazed at the life-like quality
of the floral work and the overall cake design. Not to mention,
she adds, that it tasted great!
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The Mission College
team came away with the most medals at the recent Las Vegas Culinary
Challenge. LAMC culinary students and staff won four silver medals
and eight bronze medals, as well as five honorable mentions. The event
featured the country’s next generation of chefs competing for
medals awarded by the American Culinary Federation. Mission College
silver medallists included Chef
Rudy Garcia, Stephen
Gillanders, Joseph
Perez, and Connie
Vasquez. Chef Garcia also won a bronze medal. Other bronze
medal winners included Hugo
Avila, Karen
Brooks, Michael
Floyde, Jamahal
Law, Carmen
Quinter, Jesus
Sanchez (in photo), and Jesse
Tamoria. Competitors receiving honorable mention were Eva
Hicks, Diana
Jarquin, Aviana
Medina, James
Varbrough, and Olga
Vorquatz. |
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