Saint Vincent RPCV Ana Alejandre Ciereszko appointed to endowed chair at Miami Dade College



Saint Vincent RPCV Ana Alejandre Ciereszko appointed to endowed chair at Miami Dade College

9 chosen for teaching chairs

A jazz musician, a midwife, and a professor of leadership are among the nine Miami Dade College faculty members being honored with Endowed Teaching Chairs.

Miami Dade College has named nine professors as recipients of the 2004 Endowed Teaching Chairs.

The honored instructors, who represent six campuses and several academic disciplines, were selected by a committee that evaluated student retention and success, effective teaching strategies and professional growth.

''MDC is proud to recognize those who devote themselves to preparing MDC students to excel in the career path of their choice,'' college President Eduardo Padrón said.

The recipients, who will be honored Oct. 20 at a banquet, will hold chairs for three years and receive an annual award of $7,500. More than 200 Endowed Chairs have been awarded since the program began in 1992.

The 2004 Endowed Teaching Chairs are:

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ANA ALEJANDRE CIERESZKO, Steel Hector & Davis Endowed Teaching Chair, Kendall Campus: A Cuban-born MDC alumna who served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in St. Vincent, Ciereszko directed a joint articulation project for Miami-Dade College and the state university system, as well as a statewide distance learning demonstration project. She has developed a Virtual College physical science course online and continues to revise three study guides and lab manuals that she has co-authored with colleagues.

Ciereszko, who lives in southwest Miami, also is the recipient of a Fellowship to the National Hispana Leadership Institute and the 1997 Women in Science Award from the Coalition of Hispanic American Women.

When this story was posted in September 2004, here was the front page of PCOL Magazine:

Director Gaddi Vasquez: The PCOL Interview This month we sat down for an extended interview with Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez. Read the entire interview from start to finish and we promise you will learn something about the Peace Corps you didn't know before. Then read the questions and answers one by one and leave your comments on the issues raised during the interview including Infrastructure Upgrades and the new Situation Room at Headquarters, Is there a Budget Crunch this year at Peace Corps, Peace Corps' Long Term Expansion, the Changes to the Five-Year Rule made last year, Safety and Security Issues, the Cooperative Agreement with NPCA, RPCVs in Policy Making Positions at Peace Corps Headquarters, Peace Corps' Departure from Russia in 2002, Director Vasquez's Accomplishments as Director, the Peace Corps Safety and Security Bill before Congress, Continuity at the Agency during Changes in Administration, the Community College Program, and the Director's Message to the Returned Volunteer Community.

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