By Jonathan Morales

2021年9月10日

每年，博彩平台都会表彰那些以特殊方式为大学及其社区做出贡献的校友和朋友，他们体现了博彩平台的教育价值观。

自1972年以来，萨克拉门托州立校友会每年都会对这些杰出的个人颁发杰出校友奖。

今年，校友会向五人颁发杰出服务奖，表彰他们的专业成就和社区服务，并向一名新校友颁发新星奖。

过去数年，理大亦曾颁发荣誉校友奖予理大的朋友，以及终身成就奖。

This year’s honorees will be recognized during a ceremony Thursday, Oct. 14.

杰出服务奖

Dr. Fred Baldini ’82, MA ’95 (Kinesiology)

巴尔迪尼曾任健康与人类服务学院院长，现为塞缪尔·梅里特大学教务长。在博彩平台的31年里，他通过创建新的学术项目和建立福尔索姆大厅作为健康科学中心，产生了重大影响。

Dr. Josefina Dominguez ’08 (Biological Sciences)

作为单身母亲的第一代大学生，约瑟芬娜·多明格斯（Josefina Dominguez）尽管在进入大学和读完大学的道路上没有什么指导，但她还是把自己的目标定得很高。 作为该领域为数不多的女性之一，她现在是萨克拉门托萨特医疗中心的一名血管外科医生，治疗患有危险和致命血管疾病的患者。

Dr. Ed Manansala ’92 (Business/HR), MSW ’98, Credential ’01, ’04:

Ed Manansala’s experience working as a mentor and coach in 萨克拉门托’s Oak Park Neighborhood inspired him to earn his master’s degree in Social Work and help bring long-term, positive, systemic changes to the neighborhood and others like it. He serves as El Dorado County’s superintendent of schools, where his passion for education and serving his community is helping change lives.

Col. Patricia Webb MA ’89 (International Affairs)

当年轻的帕特里夏·韦伯（Patricia Webb）说她想成为一名宇航员时，她的母亲建议她做一名空姐。 Webb, however, stuck to her dream of taking to the skies, earning her pilot’s license at age 21 and embarking on a groundbreaking career as an Air Force navigator. 自2011年以上校身份退休以来，她一直从事反恐工作，为总统内阁成员和国会议员提供建议，同时还在美国国家情报大学（National Intelligence University）任教。

Kristin Wright ’07 (Sociology), Credential ’09, MA ’12 (Special Education)

Kristin Wright was buoyed by her personal experience as the mother of a child with disabilities as well as the culture of inclusion embedded into 萨克拉门托 State’s Special Education Credential Program. Now the 萨克拉门托 County Office of Education’s director of Equity, Prevention, and Intervention, Wright works to bring equity to thousands of students with disabilities.

新星奖

Jamil Kochai ’14 (English)

贾米尔·科查伊出生在巴基斯坦的一个难民营，婴儿时期移民到美国。 At age 12, he made a trip back to Afghanistan, his family’s homeland, and it was that experience – combined with his large, multigenerational family – that inspired his highly acclaimed debut novel, 《洛加尔的99夜. 他认为Sac州立大学的教师鼓励他追求自己对写作的兴趣，并帮助他开始了自己的职业生涯。

For more information about this year’s 杰出校友奖 ceremony, visit the 萨克拉门托州立校友会网页.