Neighbors
Orange Coast College honors graduate Jennifer Collins received a
$1,000 scholarship from the Orange County-Long Beach Chapter of the
California Society of CPAs. Collins received the Outstanding Future CPA
Award for overall academic performance, excellent communication skills,
leadership ability and interest in pursuing a career in accounting. She
will transfer as an economics major to UC Berkeley in September. . . .
Margaret A. Gratton, Orange Coast College’s seventh president, will
retire in mid-July after serving six years in office. Gratton, 64, is the
only woman to have ever served as OCC’s president in the college’s
54-year history. During her tenure, Gratton hired 100 new faculty
members, aided online and service learning, expanded the honors program
and Middle College High School, and increased the college’s outreach and
transfer initiatives. A recent banquet in her honor was held in the
college’s Art Center. . . . Ryan L. Simpson, a 1998 graduate and
valedictorian of Estancia High School, has received his bachelor’s degree
in management from the U.S. Air Force Academy. The Costa Mesa resident
also received a commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force. . . .
Cal State Long Beach has recognized both undergraduate and graduate
students who achieved academic excellence in their field. Art Montes of
Costa Mesa and Rachel Holtz of Newport Beach were inducted, along with 60
other psychology students, into Psi Chi, the university’s national honor
society in psychology. Induction into the society is reserved for
students who are ranked in the top 35% of their class in general
scholarship and superior scholarship in psychology. Shirley Furman of
Corona del Mar was inducted into the university’s international honor
society of nursing, Iota Eta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, along with 54
other nursing students and community nurse leaders. Furman was selected
as a community leader because of her demonstration of excellence in
clinical practice, education and research. The university also honored
students in the College of Health and Human Services by presenting them
with a Roger F. Greaves Scholarship for the 2002-03 academic year.
Natalie Bunzen of Costa Mesa was one of the five recipients. By
maintaining at least a 3.3 cumulative grade-point average and having
completed a minimum of 75 undergraduate units, Bunzen qualified for the
$1,000 scholarship. Bunzen received her bachelor’s degree in psychology
from UC Irvine and is now pursuing her master’s degree at Cal State Long
Beach to become a registered dietitian.
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