A Distinguished Service to Journalism Education, JACC scholarships, CaL-JEC adviser awards, Volunteer of the Year awards,a First Amendment administrator award, and Extra Mile volunteer awards were among the special awards distributed at the 2010 State Convention. In addition five retiring faculty members were recognized.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO JOURNALISM EDUCATION AWARD
Awarded each year to someone outside of the JACC organization for outstanding contributions to journalism education, especially at the community college level. Many of the JACC scholarships are then awarded in the name of this honoree.
- Kim Komenich, San Jose State University
JACC SCHOLARSHIPS
- $750 WARREN MACK SCHOLARSHIP
- Helen Tran, Skyline College
- $750 ART MARGOSIAN SCHOLARSHIP
- Holly Pablo, Contra Costa College
- KIM KOMENICH SCHOLARSHIPS
- Transfer Scholarships $500
- Molly Rose Livingstone, Santa Rose Jr. College
Tercius Bufete, LA City College
Continuing Student Scholarships ($100) - Michael Simmons, Long Beach City College
Antoinette Estigoy, Skyline College
Emily Kelly, Pierce College
Veronica Vega, Long Beach City College
Greg Cook, Bakersfield College
CALIF. JOURNALISM EDUCATION COALITION
OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARDS
Selected by Cal-JEC, who honors high school, community college and university faculty each year.
- Rhonda Guess, LA City College
- Max Branscomb, Southwestern College
- Rob O'Neil, Pierce College
FIRST AMENDMENT AWARD
This award seeks to honor outstanding community college admistrators friendly to journalism education.
- Carmen Carillo, LA Harbor College
RETIRING FACULTY
- Bill Davis, San Joaquin Delta
- Bill Parks, Ohlone
- Jean Dickinson, Diablo Valley
- Bill Johnson, Chabot
- Jim Ruebsamen, College of the Canyons
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Selected by the JACC Board of Directors to honor a non-staff member who stood out in the previous calendar year as a volunteer to the causes and activities of JACC.
- Jorge Medina, OC Register
- Zach Gillon, Santa Barbara City College
EXTRA MILE AWARDS
JACC depends on its many volunteers to help run activities throughout the year. The Extra Mile Awards recognize those who went that extra mile in volunteering during the previous calendar year.
Natalie Feulner, Brian Feulner, Kelly Goff, Reza Kazempour, Gil Riego, Jr., John Francis, Paul McLeod, Kris Prue-Cook, Anttwan Stanberry, Michelle Olson, Brandon Hensley, John Hornberg, Dona Nichols, Beth Bingham Georges, Joanna Miller, Roger Vargo, Walter Alvarado, Gerard Burkhart, Hersson Preciado, Curtis Corlew, Nancy Kincaid, Stephanie Stassel-Bluestein, Edgard Aguilar, Jill Connelly, Samantha Poeppelman, Jennifer Santos, Jorge Medina, Cindy McGrath, Danny Edwards, Nancy Kaplan-Beigel, Paul DeBolt, Pat McKean, Zach Gillon, Penny Tilton, Jobina Navratil, Amara Aguilar, Waleed Rashidi, Rubina Gulati, Jay Seidel, Rich Cameron, Beth Grobman, Melea Allen, Dympna Ugwu-Oju, Jacque Thomley, Allison Kirkham, Aaron Dobruck, Bhavisha Patel, Patricia Stark, Alyssa Alimena, Bruce Robbins, Jeff Tollefson, Doug Walsh, Justin Lafferty
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