Human Resource students Brittany Guzman and Karina Ayala were awarded Lyn Boone Memorial Scholarships of $4,000 each in April at the annual HR Symposium held in Santa Clara. First awarded in 1994, the merit-based scholarships recognize outstanding HR students who show a passion for the profession and excel in 10 characteristics of professionalism including intellectual ability, written and oral expression, emotional maturity and community contributions.

As a child in Oklahoma City, Althea Fortune McClam always dreamed of going to college. She still remembers being eight years old and announcing to her family, “I want to go to UCLA.”

“I don’t know how I knew that,” she said. “I think I saw something about UCLA on television.”

Three students have been accepted into the Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) through their affiliation with Stanislaus State, with the goal of becoming California State University tenure-track instructional faculty members.

The three include Brett Ashmun, a full-time lecturer in liberal studies; Christine Parisek, a master’s student in ecology and sustainability; and Kelly Ward, who will be pursuing her doctorate in sociology.

The ethnic studies program at Stanislaus State presented the second annual Ethnic Studies Conference themed “Community Power in the Central Valley” on May 14. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members gathered to discuss social justice and education.

The free one-day conference included creative workshops, performances and educational panel discussions with leading experts. Through critical dialogue, attendees were given the opportunity to learn about the growing movement to support ethnic studies education in the Central Valley and Bay Area.