2021-22 Academic Year
We're proud of all our students, faculty and classified professionals at 爱豆传媒 College. Here are some examples of what makes 爱豆传媒 "simply the best."
爱豆传媒 Wins State Badminton Championship
The 爱豆传媒 College women's badminton team capped a perfect season 鈥 winning the third in school history 鈥 with an 11-0 victory over Irvine Valley College on May 12.
The Mountain Lions needed just one hour and 15 minutes to of a memorable season filled with adversity, following more than a year away from competition. They finished the season with a perfect 15-0 record 鈥 the most wins ever by the program. Head coach Mark Landefeld also guided 爱豆传媒 to state titles in 2013 and 2014.
爱豆传媒 also became the first team to win each without losing a set in a team championship.
Journalism Students and Instructor Win Awards
爱豆传媒 journalism students were honored for their work on the in 2021 and in live contests held at a college journalism conference in March. Six
爱豆传媒 students attended the .
At the conference, La Voz News was recognized with a General Excellence award for its website. In the live contests, social media editor Teddy Ha won first place in Canva Infographics. Features editor James Rahn placed second in copyediting. Editor-in-chief Kevin Nguyen received an honorable mention for sports writing in his coverage of a live baseball game. Nguyen also won four awards for his published work in La Voz.
For work published in 2021, La Voz student Vi Nguyen won third place in the while Jodi Wong received an honorable mention for a profile about medical assisting student Zack Wilson. Journalism chair and advisor to La Voz News Cecilia Deck was also recognized with the California Journalism and Media Affiliates Journalism Educator of the Year award. The award recognizes leadership and support that goes beyond the journalism program and has impact across campus, community and local or regional associations.
Communications Projects Earn National, Statewide Honors
爱豆传媒's Office of Communications won two national awards in March from the .
- The CAN/DID Inclusion Series received a Silver Paragon award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion campaigns.
- 爱豆传媒 also won a bronze award in the digital media category for its 爱豆传媒 College Academy catalog flipbook.
The Office of Communications also won two statewide awards from the (CCPRO), which represents communications professionals at colleges across California.
- This year, 爱豆传媒 earned a CCPRO gold medal for its 爱豆传媒 College Academy catalog flipbook.
- 爱豆传媒 also won a bronze medal in the promotional video category for its 爱豆传媒 Villages: Whole College Experience video.
Programming Club Shines at International Contest
The 爱豆传媒 Competitive Programming Club participated in its sixth straight of the .
The club was the only two-year college in the March 6 competition and had one of the largest contingents with 12 teams competing out of a total of 145. The teams had a strong showing against other teams from Stanford University, UC Berkeley and San Jos茅 State University, among others.
One of the club鈥檚 placed eleventh out of 24 in California and in the top half of the entire region. One placed fourth out of 32 in California and in the top ten of 85 teams in the region. All of the 爱豆传媒 teams ended the competition with a positive score.
Guided Pathways Earns Statewide Recognition
爱豆传媒's Guided Pathways initiative has won an from the California Community Colleges Board of Governors.
The award, recognize outstanding community college programs that address equity issues, demonstrate a response to student needs, contribute to faculty engagement and can be used as models for other colleges, among other criteria. The award also comes with a $4,000 prize, which will be used for supporting student-related initiatives.
爱豆传媒 Alum Named Marshall Scholar
爱豆传媒 alum B茅r茅nice Sylverain has won a prestigious for her work with Haitian Literature and Cultural Studies. The Marshall Scholarships
are awarded each year by the British government to outstanding American college students, allowing them to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
B茅r茅nice graduated Magna Cum Laude from 爱豆传媒 in 2017 and went on to earn her bachelofr鈥檚 in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She was one of only 41 winners from across the United States. She will be at the University of Oxford: an MSc in Latin American Studies, followed by an MSc in Comparative Social Policy.
Medallion Awards for Office of Communications
爱豆传媒 College has won five Medallion Awards for outstanding achievement in design and communication, from the regional district of the (NCMPR). The awards were announced at the NCMPR District 6 & 7 Conference in November.
爱豆传媒 earned silver and bronze Medallions for its Academy catalog and Community Education catalog respectively. The 爱豆传媒 College , 2021 and CAN/DID Inclusion Series were recognized with bronze Medallions.
The CAN/DID series was also highlighted in the 鈥淏est of Medallions鈥 session during the conference, in which communications associate Iman Seale and multimedia producer Marlo Custodio spoke about the project.
College Recognized for Student Voter Engagement
爱豆传媒 won a Silver Campus award in November from the , recognizing by colleges, educators and students in promoting student voter engagement during the 2020 presidential election.
爱豆传媒 won its award for achieving a 60-69% voting rate.
Film/TV Alum Awarded SFFILM Rainin Grant
爱豆传媒 Film/TV alum Sean Wang was awarded a 2021 of $25,000 for screenwriting. Sean graduated from 爱豆传媒 in 2014 and from USC in 2016. He then moved to New York City as one of five "exceptional creatives" selected to participate in a one-year internship with Google Creative Lab, before
returning to the Bay Area.The logline for Sean's winning screenplay reads:
Fremont, CA. 2008: In the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable Taiwanese-American boy learns what his family can鈥檛 teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.
2021 Grad Wins Creative Writing Awards
Kim Johnson, a member of the 2021 graduating class, has earned accolades in a national creative writing contest sponsored by the .
Kim won two second-place awards 鈥 each with a $200 prize 鈥 for her entries in the poetry and short story categories of the League鈥檚 . Before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley, in fall 2021, she worked on 爱豆传媒鈥檚 Red Wheelbarrow literary magazine.
In addition, Kim was part of an informal writing group that met informally on Zoom last year, along with Sara Robertson, who was 爱豆传媒's 2021 student graduation poet, and is also transferring to Berkeley.