Alfred Herrera receives national award for improving higher-ed access for underrepresented students
Alfred Herrera, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Partnerships in the Center for Community College Partnerships, has received the 2013 Inclusion, Access and Success Award from the National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC). The award honors persons who have been instrumental in making post-secondary education opportunities available to historically underrepresented students.Honored both nationally and internationally for his work, Herrera has for more than 30 years been a strong advocate on behalf of undocumented and underserved students in higher education and has conducted training and information sessions across the country about supporting these students.
Herrera focuses on developing and strengthening collaborative relationships between UCLA and feeder community colleges and developing academic enrichment programs geared towards helping underserved students become competitively eligible for the UC. He is also responsible for developing and implementing summer academic residential programs to assist students in their academic development.
For more information and a video interview with Herrera at the NACAC national conference where he accepted the award, click here.
Gay Macdonald to retire as head of UCLA Early Care and Education
Gay Macdonald, executive director of UCLA Early Care and Education (UCLA ECE) for the past 22 years, will retire on June 30, 2014. Under her leadership, UCLA ECE has become the largest and most successful operation of its kind in the UC system, noted Brad Erickson, executive director of Campus Services Enterprises, in a letter to the UCLA community. UCLA ECE has opened four new centers since her arrival in 1991: University Village, the Fernald Center, the Krieger Center and the UCLA-Bright Horizons Center.“Gay has been an exemplary leader and role model to many at UCLA and in the child care community,” Erickson wrote in his letter to the UCLA community. “UCLA ECE … has become a model for quality care and innovative child care and development programs, and has been an incubator for generations of child care professionals and leaders.”
McDonald is the co-author of the book “Preschool Pathways to Science” (Paul H. Brookes Publishing, 2009), a guide to introducing developmentally-appropriate scientific reasoning and critical thinking skills for young children. The book recently went into international publication.
