MiraCosta College Dedicates 2008 Medal of Honor Program to Bill Foran

MiraCosta College is pleased to announce its 2008 Medal of Honor recipients, the college’s highest academic honor. The students will be honored at a luncheon to be held on the Oceanside campus May 10.

This year’s ceremony will be dedicated to the memory of Dr. William Foran, former Vice President of Student Services for MiraCosta College, who passed away May 2. Dr. Foran established the Medal of Honor program at the college in 1966 and continued to support the program even after his retirement in 1986. Dr. Foran attended almost every Medal of Honor ceremony over the years and was awarded a special commemorative medal at the event’s 40th anniversary ceremony.

Medals of Honor for Academic Excellence are awarded each year to 12 students who are nominated by the teaching faculty and who earn a minimum G.P.A. of 3.5 in degree-applicable courses. The event is sponsored by the MiraCosta College Foundation and each recipient is given a scholarship of at least $500 provided by community members, businesses, and service organizations.

The following students will be honored at the ceremony:

• Maryna Chumakova of Oceanside, a biochemistry major who plans to attend Cal State San Marcos (CSUSM);

• Ian Dorsey of Carlsbad, who will transfer to UC San Diego (UCSD) as a computer engineering major;

• Rebecca Jenkinson of Oceanside, who plans to attend CSUSM with the goal of becoming a middle-school teacher;

• Rachel Liu of San Diego, who studied business at MiraCosta and will transfer to UC Santa Barbara;

• Logan Lossing of Oceanside, who will transfer to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to continue his study of mathematics;

• Alex Mattingly of Oceanside, who plans to transfer to San Francisco State University to study kinesiology;

• Joseph Mullen of Carlsbad, a business administration major who will attend the University of San Diego;

• Andrew Pinkard of Vista, who plans to study chemistry at either UCSD or UC Berkeley;

• Cathy Robin of Oceanside, who plans to continue her work in MiraCosta’s Tutoring Department and volunteer with children’s programs at her church;

• Timothy Stockwell of Carlsbad, who will study math and physics at UCSD;

• MyLinh Tran of Oceanside, who plans to study at UCSD with the goal of becoming a pharmacist;

• Dmitriy Yegorov of San Diego, who plans to major in applied mathematics and electrical engineering at UCSD.

For further information about the event, contact Bonnie Hall at (760) 795-6613 or Kathy Perkins at (760) 795-6895. A photo of Bill Foran is available for download on our web site.