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June 2009 > School News
Paula Argientieri with her Education 190 supporters GSE Rises at Chancellor's Public Service Awards
Students and faculty with close ties to the Graduate School of Education received four of 11 Chancellor's Public Service Awards at a ceremony in their honor in Sibley Auditorium, on April 23.Two undergraduate minors in education were selected:
Alejandro Velez, a student in the Haas School of Business, received the Mather Good Citizen Award, which recognizes a graduating senior for public service. Velez founded the SAGE Project, a one-on-one mentorship program that has grown in two years from 10 mentors at one Berkeley elementary school to more than 300 students at 10 schools in Berkeley and Oakland.
Renee Garcia-Tolman, from the Department of Ethnic Studies, received the Undergraduate Award for Civic Engagement for her work with Berkeley Scholars to CAL, a program out of Stiles Hall that provides comprehensive academic and social support to African-American and Chicano/Latino fifth-, ninth- and 12th-graders.
Two graduate student awardees were selected:
Paula Argentieri, a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School of Education, has served as the lead graduate student instructor and coordinator for Education 190, the core class for education minors, for the past 14 semesters.
Another graduate student, Nilofar Sami, from the psychology department, was recognized for her volunteer work on behalf of Cal Prep.
The Faculty Service-Learning Leadership Award went to Deborah McKoy, a lecturer in GSE and the College of Environmental Design. McKoy received the recognition for her ongoing efforts to engage students in public-planning research and action in the Oakland area, by such means as the nationally recognized Y-PLAN course she teaches through the Department of City and Regional Planning.
The Chancellor's Public Service Awards are sponsored by Cal Corps Public Service Center, the Office of Government and Community Relations, and University Events.
More background information and a complete list of winners is available on the Chancellor's Public Service Awards website.
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