For senior Karla Alonso, one of the most important parts of graduating this year
will be that all the members of her family will be able to appreciate the pomp and circumstance that mark such an occasion, by attending the 2nd Annual Dolores Huerta Chicana/o Latina/o Graduation Celebration, sponsored by the department of Chicana/o Studies, the Dominguez Hills chapter of MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán), and the Chicana/o Studies Association.

Professor Brendan McNulty of the Earth Sciences, Geology and Geography Department in the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences has won this year’s Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Award by keeping his head
in the clouds – really in the clouds. In studying the crust of the earth, he has come to know parts of the Andes mountains, often working at altitudes of 14,000 feet and higher.

To earn the Lyle E. Gibson Distinguished Teacher Award, you have to be the real thing: knowledgeable, committed, innovative, compassionate, concerned, and effective. The 2006 recipient, professor of
communications Donn Silvis, has all those attributes – and he has something else related to the real thing: a superb collection of Coca-Cola cans and bottles in his office.