By Jonathan Morales

2022年4月6日

Tim Collom may be the first 萨克拉门托 State student to receive one of the University’s highest honors before he earns his degree.

Collom is a few credits short of his business degree – he has a plan to finish – but his work in the community in the two decades since he left 囊状态 has been recognized. Collom will receive the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service at Commencement in May at Golden 1 Center. He also was to be honored on April 6 during a ceremony at 囊状态’s Julia Morgan House, along with honorary degree recipients Mary O. Lee and Esteban Villa.

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罗伯特·s·尼尔森校长向科洛姆颁发了这枚奖章，这枚奖章定期颁发给为大学、高等教育或公众和共同利益提供杰出服务的个人。

“This is such an honor. When President Nelsen called me, I thought, ‘You’re kidding me,’ ” Collom said. “I'm just blown away.”

科洛姆拥有他于2000年创立的House Real Estate公司。 The company employs nearly 30 individuals and established Collom as one of the region’s leading real estate agents.

为了在一天结束时放松一下，他会去他的艺术工作室，在那里他一直画到深夜。 It’s a hobby he has been involved with since a teenager, when his ADHD led him to constantly doodle in class to keep busy. 他在大学和成年后继续画画，并最终遇到了其他艺术家，包括广受赞誉的画家和萨克州立大学校友韦恩·蒂博。

“I was around all these people that were in the arts, and I loved it,” Collom aid. “I was thrown into this world accidentally, and I never took any classes, I never had any formal education at all, but I just practiced nonstop.”

他的艺术作品是他整个职业生涯中参与的许多社区工作的基础。 他定期向各种组织捐赠绘画，用于筹款拍卖，并定期在萨克拉门托各地的教室担任客座艺术讲师。

最近，在2020年和2021年野火肆虐该州时，他设计并出售了一幅特殊的加州艺术版画，为加州消防基金会筹集了20万美元，以帮助野火受害者。

“Through his art, he has touched so many lives, benefitting those individuals who are in most need. He has made a remarkable impact on our region and our state.” ——罗伯特·s·尼尔森总统

在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，他与两名护士合作设计并销售特殊的医疗擦洗帽，向全国各地缺乏足够个人防护装备的护士和医生发送了价值约10万美元的帽子。

At The Gallery at SMF, a space he opened at the 萨克拉门托 International Airport in 2019, he showcases other local artists’ work.

“A tremendous businessman who has helped so many people find a home here in 萨克拉门托, Tim Collom has gone beyond his profession,” Nelsen said. “Through his art, he has touched so many lives, benefitting those individuals who are in most need. He has made a remarkable impact on our region and our state.”

“Tim embodies the values and mission of 萨克拉门托 State, and it will be my honor to award him with the President’s Medal of Distinguished Service at Commencement.”

科洛姆计划很快回到金色中心的讲台上参加他自己的毕业典礼。 He is just two classes short of his degree, and plans to take one class each semester – “the hardest one first,” he said – to finish up.

The University, he said, is “the foundation of what 萨克拉门托 is” and a place that has benefitted so many people in the Capital Region.

“囊状态 is an ongoing treasure to the city of 萨克拉门托, and it’s the longest thing we’ve seen (in the city) that’s worked really, really well,” Collom said. “囊状态 to me is kind of the capital of 萨克拉门托. It’s been such a cool place for me.”