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 Tech. Sgt. Maria Avila
(Air Force ROTC), won the national AFROTC third quarter Noncommissioned Officer Award, one of three selected from among the 144 detachments nationwide. Avila was the AFROTC nominee for the Federal Women’s Program Distinguished Service Award, recognizing her mentoring of more than 70 cadets from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds and off-campus community service work.
Michael Gorman
(University Librarian Emeritus) will be awarded an honorary doctorate in November by his alma mater, Thames Valley University, which is just west of London. Gorman now lives in Illinois.
 Matthew A. Jendian
(Sociology/ American Humanics) received the 2007 Amigo Award in the Valley Heritage Awards program, sponsored by the bilingual newspaper Vida en el Valle. The Amigo Award is presented to "a non-Latino individual or organization that has worked tirelessly on behalf of the Latino community" in the Central Valley. The citation noted Jendian has mentored Latino students and recommended them for scholarships; teaches grant writing to help fund local nonprofit organizations; and has set an example by working with the Fresno Housing Alliance and Hispanic Youth Symposium.
 George B. Kauffman
(Chemistry, Emeritus) published “Marcelin Berthelot (1827-1907), Chemist, Historian, Philosopher, and Statesman: A Retrospective View on the Centenary of His Death” (with Jean-Pierre Adloff, Honorary Professor, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France), The Chemical Educator (April 1); “The Republican War on Science,” “Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology,” ”Walking Tour of the Elements,” ”Heinrich Caro and the Creation of Modern Chemical Industry,” ”Water Encyclopedia” and ”Fine Chemicals: The Industry and the Business,” all in The Chemical Educator (June 4); "A Look Back at ACS National Presidents” (four profiles) and “In Memoriam” (with Harry B. Gray, director, The Beckman Institute and Department of Chemistry at CalTech), all in The Hexagon of Alpha Chi Sigma (Summer); and ”Listen to your spouse. It could save your life,” www.centralvalley.com/node/725 (July 29).
Neil L. Kuykendall
(Biology) was a delegate to the 2007 Phi Kappa Phi National Triennial Convention in Orlando. He was inducted into the national honor society in 1989 and has served on several national committees. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society. Click here for details.
  Tamyra Pierce
(Mass Communication and Journalism) is featured in the October OC Family Magazine for her research into the impact on young people of MySpace.com and other social networking Web sites on young people. Pierce and co-author Roberto Vaca, an alumnus, presented a research manuscript to the fifth International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications in Orlando. Their study of academic performance differences between teen users and non-users of MySpace and other communications technology, won the Top Paper award.
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