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Citrus College Serves as Pilot Location for Award-Winning Employment Development Program An employment development program that has been piloted at Citrus College was recently presented at the world’s largest conference and exposition dedicated to green building. The Developing Energy Efficiency Professionals (DEEP) program was presented at Greenbuild 2012, which was held in San Francisco November 14 through November 16. Designed to train and educate California community college students in the areas of energy efficiency and demand side reduction, DEEP was launched at three colleges in fall 2011: Citrus College, Mt. San Antonio College, and El Camino College. Not only has the program’s innovative approach caught the interest of Greenbuild organizers; it was also recently recognized at the Green Community Colleges Summit in September. DEEP and its participating colleges received the 2012 Leadership Award for Curriculum. “Receiving the Leadership Award for Curriculum means understanding
By Stacy Armstrong environmental sustainabil- program, which played an ity and climate change has important role in the cretraction,” said Dee Patel, ation of our sustainability DEEP program associate. template and has assisted DEEP is a collaboration with the promotion of our with the California Commu- green initiatives.” nity College Chancellor’s Primarily studentOffice, the Foundation for driven, DEEP allows parthe California Community ticipants to teach others Colleges, and Southern about energy and increase California Edison. As part college-wide sustainability of the program, each par- awareness. The students ticipating college receives are guided by program funding for forty hours coordinators, faculty, and per week to be distributed administrative staff at each among four to six part-time college. Together, they DEEP student interns. In work to integrate new conaddition, each institution is cepts of sustainability into given an operating budget existing classes. to use to purchase project “Citrus College houses materials, conduct outreach the DEEP program within campaigns, and promote the environmental scion-campus events. ence area of our Natural “Citrus College has and Physical Sciences Dibeen honored to pilot this vision,” Perri said. “The unique program,” said Dr. DEEP students have served Geraldine Perri, Superin- as the link between college tendent/President of Citrus sustainability, academic inCollege. “The students fusion of sustainability conwho have been involved cepts, and the green workwith DEEP have had ex- force.” posure to the green workIn addition to learning force, as well as hands-on about sustainable lifestyles, learning experiences that DEEP students are also will be valuable to their fu- exposed to the benefits of ture careers. The college transferring to four-year colhas also benefitted from the leges, and they learn how
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a resident of Duarte with her husband, Brad, for almost 30 years. They have raised five children, all graduates of Duarte public schools. Finlay holds a B.B.A. in Marketing from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, and has a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Cal State Long Beach. She did Doctoral work at Claremont Graduate University and has been an adjunct professor at Cal State Long Beach in the Public Administration Graduate School. Margaret is President of the Duarte Education Foundation, serving the educational needs of all students in the school district. She has been PTA President at Royal Oaks Elementary School and also was the President of the Monrovia-Duarte PTA Council. She also currently is a member of the Duarte Rotary Club. Outside of the City, Margaret has served on the Los Angeles County Library Commission, has been President of the California Contract Cities Association, is on the Executive Committee
for the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority for risk management for cities, is a Director on the County Sanitation Districts Board, is a member of the LA County Sheriff’s Liability Trust Fund Board, and is a member of the Southern California Association of Governments Regional Council. Nationally, Margaret was selected by her peers to sit on the National League of Cities Board of Directors. Her recent awards include the prestigious Coro Fellowship and being honored by American Mothers Inc. as the 2012 California State Mother of Achievement. Reilly and her late husband moved to Duarte in 1987 to raise their two now grown daughters, Kate a graduate of Northwestern University and Beth a graduate of U.S.C. As her children matriculated through the Duarte School system, Reilly became highly involved as a volunteer with school and community groups. Over the 25 years, she served as president of Valley View PTA, Northview Intermedi-
ate and Duarte High School PTSAs, and president of Monrovia-Duarte Council of PTAs. She also served as Chairman of the Duarte Unified School District Education Council. Reilly continues her support for Duarte schools in her current volunteer roles as Parliamentarian for the Duarte Council of PTAs and treasurer of the Duarte Falcon Booster Club. Reilly graduated from the State University of New York with a degree in management and the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. degree in nutrition. She began her career as chief dietitian for the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, and was food service director for Alhambra Community Hospital, and manager of the Tearoom for Bullock's Pasadena before leaving the workforce to raise her family. As a Duarte Council member, her priorities are to create an economic environment that attracts new businesses, supports existing businesses, and brings tax revenue, sales, and jobs to Duarte.
their educational interests relate to professional careers in energy. “This has been an amazing opportunity for Citrus College and its students,” said Mrs. Joanne Montgomery, president of the Citrus Community College District Board of Trustees. “By serving as a pilot location for this ground-breaking program, Citrus College is once again helping to pave the way to a more sustainable future. Our hope is that the lessons learned during the early stage of implementation will greatly benefit our colleagues and that the program will serve as yet another step toward a greener California.” Patel is confident the DEEP program will eventually be expanded to include other colleges. “The idea is to take the DEEP Program to all 112 colleges in the California Community College System,” she said. “Some of the best minds can be found in the System, and they are seeking innovative solutions.”
Man Attempts to Lure 15-Year-Old Girl into Car in Monrovia Police Seek Public's Help
On Thursday, November 29, 2012, at approximately 8:10 a.m., a 15-yearold high school student was walking to school in the 500-600 block of West Olive when she was approached by a male white suspect driving a white, four-door, pickup truck, unknown size. The suspect asked the student to get into his vehicle, but the student refused, stating she did not know him. He drove forward and turned onto the 600 block of Monterey, parking along the curb. He waited for the student to approach. As the student approached the vehicle again, the driver offered the student $200 to get into his vehicle. The student re-
fused, and the suspect left the area. The student notified school officials as soon as she arrived at school. It is unknown if this is related to the incident which occurred on November 8, but detectives are investigating and are coordinating their investigation with school officials. Suspect Description: male, white, 30-35 years old, unknown height, thin build, black shaggy hair medium length, wearing black framed prescription glasses. The victim could not describe the suspect’s clothing. Suspect Vehicle Description: older model, white, four-door, pickup truck.
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