The ASUCD recently presented its 2013-14 Excellence in Education Awards, one in each undergraduate college, plus educator of the year: Rebekka Andersen, an assistant professor in the University Writing Program.

Here are the recipients, by college:

• College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences — Frank Mitloehner, associate professor, animal science.
• College of Biological Sciences — Jay Rosenheim, professor, entomology (his home department, entomology and nematology, is in CA&ES, but he teaches “Introduction to Biology: Principles of Ecology and Evolution” (BIS 2B) in Bio Sci.
• College of Engineering — Stephen Robinson, professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering.
• College of Letters and Science — Abigail Boggs, lecturer, American studies.

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The Minority Corporate Counsel Association announced that it will present its lifetime achievement award to Professor Emeritus Cruz Reynoso of the School of Law.

The presentation is scheduled for July 25 during the association’s Diversity Gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

From civil rights attorney representing California farmworkers, Reynoso rose to become an associate justice of California’s 3rd District Court of Appeal and the state Supreme Court — becoming the first Latino to serve on the state’s highest court.

President Clinton appointed him to the Commission on Civil Rights and subsequently presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

Reynoso co-founded the Hispanic National Bar Association, and, in 2011, he received the association’s highest honor, the Lincoln-Juarez Award, named Abraham Lincoln and Benito Juarez, the presidents of the United States and Mexico, contemporaries, both lawyers who fought injustice.

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Kevin R. Johnson, dean of the School of Law, has been re-elected president of Legal Services of Northern California, a public service law organization.

The board of directors has been electing Johnson as the presidence since 2003. He's been a member of the board since 1996 and part of the organization's executive committee since 1998.

Founded in 1956, Legal Services of Northern California operates in 23 Northern California counties, offering free legal services to low-income clients.

Johnson, the Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o studies, is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of immigration law and policy, refugee law, and civil rights

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The Chinese Academy of Sciences has named Professor Zhe Chen as an overseas member of the academy’s Scientific Review Board. Chen is a professor of human development and family studies in the Department of Human Ecology,

The board provides evaluations and recommendations concerning the academy’s strategic plans, research priorities and policies, academic programs, and award programs.

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The Graduate School of Management’s MBA student recruitment brochures are winners — again — in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE, awards program.

The GSM’s 2013 recruiting brochures, prepared by the school’s marketing and communications unit, earned a silver award in  district competition. This year, the unit took a big step up, earning bronze in the CASE Circle of Excellence Awards Program for entries from around the world.

The GSM unit prepared three 2014 brochures: one for the full-time MBA program, and one each for the Sacramento and Bay Area MBA programs.

Recognition for the latest award goes to Marianne Skoczek, associate director of marketing and communications, who served as the project manager and lead editor, and Tim Akin, the executive director, who participated in the writing and editing, as well as the early design conceptualization. They worked closely with James Stevens, who, as senior assistant dean of student affairs in the GSM, has responsibility for recruitment and admissions.

Besides printing the brochures, the GSM also published them on the Issuu digital platform as Web-based, mobile-optimized and interactive documents, which feature active links to the GSM's website and social media sharing features.

See all three brochures.

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