Dr. Ruiz has been serving as interim president for the past 18 months. Earlier, she served in a number of other posts at the college including interim dean of instruction, associate vice president for academic and student affairs, and vice president of student affairs.
Angela Morales, an instructor in composition and creative writing at Glendale Community College in California, received 2017 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay from PEN America.
The honorees are Angela Morales of Glendale Community College, Naomi Halas and Kathleen Matthews of Rice University, Maria A. Serrat of Marshall University, Kathleen Lane of the University of Kansas, Carol Tonge Mack of the University of Cincinnati, and Julie M. Goddard of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
