Professor Gayle Noble of Coastline Community...

Professor Gayle Noble of Coastline Community College recently

received the Stanback-Stroud Diversity Award from the Academic Senate

for California Community Colleges and the Foundation for California

Community Colleges. She received the award for helping students

succeed ... Jana Shuler of Newport Beach recently completed 30 hours

of state-mandated training and was sworn in by Judge Donna Crandall

to become a mentor and advocate for abused children through the

court-appointed Special Advocates of Orange County ... Michael Carter

was recently named the new president and general manager of

StacoSwitch of Costa Mesa. The company is a manufacturer of keypads,

keyboards, controllers and push-button switches. Carter was

previously president and chief executive of Corlund Electronics ...

Michael Beitman, 14, of Newport Beach and a student at Pegasus Middle

School, won first place in the junior division, electricity and

electronics during the science and engineering fair, which was part

of the 2004 Youth Expo at the Orange County Fair and Exposition

Center ... Jason K. Lau, son of George T. and Kristyn K. Lau of Costa

Mesa, studied geography in Prague during the spring 2004 term as part

of Dartmouth College’s foreign study program ... Orange Coast College

Vice President of Student Services Jess Craig was recently awarded

the Robert Brown Distinguished Service Award by the California Assn.

of Community College Registrars and Admissions Officers. Craig has

been in his position at OCC for three years ... Anastasia B. Aguilar,

Jane K. Alder, Pernille Bell, Matthew D. Cubeiro, Kathleen L. Davis,

Elliott J. Doostmard, Chelsea C. Edmonston, Tarin B. Ely-McGregor,

Brian C. Finster, Taryn L. Flamson, Fran A. Grossman, Timothy B.

Jones, Kara L. Kanen, Michael P. Kelly, James B. Kindgren, Kenneth Y.

Lee, Julie C. Lin, Matthew R. Lindsey, all of Newport Beach, were

named to Orange Coast College’s dean’s list for the fall semester of

2003.