August 2023: Accomplishments of the 新澳门六合彩资料 community
Adrian Camacho named July Employee of the Month
Adrian Camacho, an executive assistant to the associate vice president, has been named .
Camacho, who has worked at The Beach for two years, handles logistics, coordination, and communication management for major events on campus.
鈥淎drian always shows initiative and has exceptional planning and event skills. He has done an outstanding job handling all of the logistics for a number of important and high-profile events just in the last month,鈥 said Kerry Johnson, associate vice president for Undergraduate Studies. 鈥淔or the Resource Fair at A Day at the Beach, he coordinated almost 100 organizations and groups who participated in the event."
Student selected for Television Academy Foundation program
Fourth-year student Rachelle Duran has been selected for the prominent Television Academy Foundation 鈥 program. She is one of 10 college students selected nationwide, among the foundation鈥檚 2023 summer interns.
The Bob Bennett Future Leaders program supports students from the summer internship program. The initiative gives financial support to interns for professional development and leadership training.
Alumna鈥檚 restaurant earns Michelin star
Lauren Pretty 鈥17 is the co-owner of the Long Beach restaurant , which recently received a , one of only six restaurants in the state to newly receive the coveted designation.
A Michelin star is awarded to outstanding restaurants worldwide that use top ingredients, flavors, techniques and exemplify masterful cooking on a consistent basis.鈥
Heritage's six-course menu features meat and seafood sustainably sourced from California, as well as ingredients鈥痯icked from local farmers markets and the Prettys鈥 nearby farm.鈥
Alumna publishes debut book
Laura Picklesimer 鈥16, is set to release her debut book 鈥淜ill For Love,鈥 Sept. 12.
鈥淜ill for Love鈥 is a satirical thriller about a Los Angeles sorority sister who is struggling to keep her dangerous impulses and haunting nightmares under control. The book has been listed by Publisher鈥檚 Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Literary Hub as one of the most anticipated books of the year.
Picklesimer attended 新澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 MFA program from 2014-2016 and was a contributor and fiction editor. She previously was a writer at the Orange County Register and is currently an English instructor at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga.
Alumnus named top 40 finalist in prestigious national art competition
Derick Edwards '23, is one of 40 finalists to compete for the sixth edition of the
Edwards' art piece 鈥淩ated M鈥 will go on display at the New York Academy of Art in November to compete for the final prize. The first-place winner will receive $10,000 and the runner-up will receive $5,000.
His art piece made it to the final 40 out of 700 total submissions.
CalTrans awards grant to College of Engineering program
was awarded a from CalTrans to continue pushing the program forward.
Started in 2017, the Joint Training & Certification Program is a partnership between 新澳门六合彩资料 and that provides training and certification for technicians in the transportation construction industry. JTCP has certified more than 4,500 technicians since 2017.
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