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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT NAMES PRESIDENT CROPPER EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR Cal Maritime President Tom Cropper was recently honored by International Trade Education Programs (ITEP) as its 2016 Educator of the Year. The award recognizes an individual who has gone above and beyond to inspire high school students to fulfill their academic dreams and become successful in their chosen careers. ITEP is a Southern California nonprofit organization that prepares high school students for diverse career opportunities in high-growth sectors. ITEP partners with ports, transportation, logistics, and related industries to develop innovative programs that integrate internships and career mentoring with the curriculum of Southern California high schools. “This year, ITEP celebrates Rear Admiral Thomas Cropper’s leadership and commitment to [ITEP’s] longstanding partnership with Cal Maritime,” said ITEP CEO Amy Grat. “Together we are building the talent pipeline at the Port of Los Angeles and across the maritime industry.” “I believe this award is really a recognition and acknowledgement of the work of a lot of people,” said Cropper. “Our admissions department, our faculty, the people at ITEP, Southern California High Schools, and Cal Maritime alumni all have played a part in this important partnership, and I’m proud to accept this award on behalf of all of them.” “Under President Cropper, the number of ITEP students entering Cal Maritime has increased dramatically,” said Grat. “Currently 15 ITEP alumni are enrolled at Cal Maritime, and another seven have graduated and successfully launched their maritime careers.” 4
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(L-R) LORRAINE HORTA, BANNING H.S. ’16; RENEE SALCEDA, BANNING H.S. ’16; PRESIDENT CROPPER, JOSE SANCHEZ, BANNING H.S. ‘15; MAYRA CORRALES, BANNING H.S. ‘14; FLOR HERNANDEZ, BANNING H.S. ’14. NEW BOAT IN USE BY A CLASS.
In presenting the award to President
Achievement Award winner at the 2015
Cropper, Port of Los Angeles Executive
Cal Maritime Gala, is deeply involved with
Director Gene Seroka remarked that “in
ITEP and continuously supports the pipe-
addition to the ITEP alumni who go on to
line of students who have traveled from
continue their education at Cal Maritime,
Southern California to Cal Maritime.
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many additional ITEP students over the past twelve summers have benefited from trips to Cal Maritime for more in-depth professional development and maritime skills training.” Each year, ITEP has brought between 30 and 40 Global Safety and Security Academy students from Phineas Banning High School to Cal Maritime for the intensive training program. The ITEP-Cal Maritime connection is growing steadily to include students from other high schools in the region. For the fall of 2016, 11 students from ITEP programs were accepted to Cal Maritime - nine from Phineas Banning High School
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Replacements for two of Cal Maritime’s wooden stick boats arrived on campus
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in early 2016. The process to replace the aging craft actually started back in 2012. Rich Muller, coordinator of the waterfront, worked closely with faculty who
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teach small craft classes to select a new, appropriate design. Faculty and waterfront and maintenance staff collaborated on the project. At least one of the old boats will live on. It was donated to Discovery Maritime Museum (Klamath Falls, Oregon and
and two from Carson High School.
Isleton, California). A representative from
Captain Jim Morgan, a 1976 alumnus of Cal Maritime and recent Lifetime
the museum came to campus with sev-
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