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Each year, the Orange County chapter of REFORMA seeks to support the recruitment and retention of library school students to the profession of librarianship through local REFORMA chapter scholarship funds. This year, OC REFORMA awarded a total of five scholarships, totaling approximately thirty-five hundred dollars.
We are excited to announce the following 2009 OC REFORMA scholarship recipients:
Ayala Family Scholarship, $1000.00
- Edward Luna-San Jose State University SLIS program:
Serrato Family Scholarship, $1000.00
- Erica Dietz- San Jose State University SLIS program:
OC REFORMA Chapter Scholarship, $500.00
- Margaret Puentes-San Jose State University SLIS program
- Zulma Zepeda-San Jose State University SLIS program
- Alma Magana-San Jose State University SLIS program
Three scholarship recipients attended the June 24th meeting to receive their respective scholarship in person.
OC REFORMA Chapter Scholarship: $500.00
Margaret Puentes-San Jose State University SLIS program
Patty Lopez (Scholarship Chair) presents check to 2009 Chapter Scholarship recipient, Margaret Puentes
2009 Ayala Family Scholarship $1000.00
Edward Luna-San Jose State University SLIS program
2009 Ayala Family Scholarship recipient, Edward Luna, pictured with OC REFORMA member John Ayala
2009 Serrato Family Scholarship $1000.00:
Erica Dietz -San Jose State University SLIS program
2009 Serrato Family Scholarship recipient Erica Dietz pictured with OC REFORMA member Richard Serrato
OC REFORMA Members & Scholarship Recipients:
First Row from Left: Monica Lopez (OC REFORMA President), Patty Lopez (Scholarship Chair), 2nd Row from left: John Ayala, Margaret Puentes, Edward Luna, Erica Dietz, & Richard Serrato.
OC REFORMA would like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication demonstrated by this year’s scholarship committee. We would like to say thank you to Patty Lopez for serving as the chair of the 2009 scholarship committee. We would also like to thank Barbara Miller, John Ayala, Ron Rodriguez, and Richard Serrato for serving on the selection committee. Finally, OC REFORMA would like to recognize and thank chapter member, Billie Frierson, for her generous donation as well. Great work team!
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2009 Arnulfo D. Trejo LOTY award goes to Susan Luevano!!!
On June 18th, OC REFORMA chapter member Susan Luevano, Anthropology, Ethnic, and Women’s Studies Academic Librarian at California State University Long Beach (CSULB), was selected as the 2009 Trejo Librarian of the Year, a very prestigious award given to librarians dedicated in promoting and advocating services to the Latino and Spanish-speaking communities as well as advocacy work on behalf of historically underrepresented diverse communities. Please access the National REFORMA press release to learn more about Susan’s selection by the LOTY selection committee:
June 18th Press Release: Award Announcement 2009
Susan’s remarkable contributions to REFORMA, both at the national and local level, and her dedication in serving underrepresented diverse communities as an Academic Librarian at CSULB will be recognized at the next REFORMA National Conference this July in Chicago. On behalf of OC REFORMA, congratulations Susan on receiving the 2009 LOTY award!
OC Chapter President Monica Lopez presents flowers to 2009 LOTY recipient, Susan Luevano during the 7/24 REFORMA meeting
Did you know that this is the second year in a row that an OC REFORMA chapter member has been awarded this important award! In 2008, fellow OC REFORMA chapter member Ron Rodriguez received the LOTY award. Click the following link below for more information:
2008 Arnulfo D. Trejo Librarian of the Year: Ron Rodriguez
Just in case you missed it, here is Ron’s LOTY Acceptance Speech at the REFORMA National Conference in 2008 in the beautiful city of El Paso, Texas.
Since the inception of the Trejo LOTY award in 1991, OC REFORMA has had thus far a total of four outstanding members selected for this impressive award, including Al Milo in 1995 and John Ayala in 2001. The OC REFORMA membership is proud of this historic milestone, a milestone worth spotlighting and celebrating in 2009.
From left: Al Milo (1995), Susan Luevano (2009), John Ayala (2001), Ron Rodriguez (2008)
Accordingly, this brings us to conclusion of our highlights for the June 24th meeting. If you were unable to attend our last OC REFORMA chapter meeting, please join us for our next regularly scheduled meeting on Friday, August 28th at the El Modena Branch Library at 9:30 am. Our host will be Irma Morales, Branch Manager of El Modena.
For additional pictures of the June 24th OC REFORMA meeting, please access our Flickr photo album at:
REFORMA Orange County Photo Album
Muchas Gracias,
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