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Attendees of the 2014 Cuesta College AGS Teacher Appreciation Night. Left to right: AGS student Emily Granger, honoree Ed Conklin, AGS student Carlee Boyd, honoree John Arno, Superintendent/President Gil Stork, honoree Bill Demarest, Michelle Judd (wife of honoree Dennis Judd), honoree Mike Serpa, honoree Amity Perry-Boada, honoree Anthony Gutierrez, AGS President Chris Blicha, AGS student Daniel Cadwell and AGS student Natalie Granger. Not pictured: honorees Ray Ried, Jude Rock, Dennis Judd and James Eickemeyer.

Attendees of the 2014 Cuesta College AGS Teacher Appreciation Night. Left to right: AGS student Emily Granger, honoree Ed Conklin, AGS student Carlee Boyd, honoree John Arno, Superintendent/President Gil Stork, honoree Bill Demarest, Michelle Judd (wife of honoree Dennis Judd), honoree Mike Serpa, honoree Amity Perry-Boada, honoree Anthony Gutierrez, AGS President Chris Blicha, AGS student Daniel Cadwell and AGS student Natalie Granger. Not pictured: honorees Ray Ried, Jude Rock, Dennis Judd and James Eickemeyer.

In keeping with its mission to promote and recognize academic excellence, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Cuesta College’s academic honor society and service organization, honored 10 instructors for going above and beyond expectations and influencing students’ academic success at the fourth annual Teacher Appreciation Night on Dec. 4.

The instructors were nominated by AGS members and selected by AGS Executive Cabinet officers. At the event, the AGS members spoke about how the instructors provide great value to the college, and the teachers had a chance to thank their students.

“Being a teacher is not an easy job, and it is our hope, as the school’s honor society, that this night will let the honorees know how much their hard work is valued and how highly they are esteemed by us all,” said AGS President Chris Blicha.

“There’s no greater honor for faculty than to be recognized by their students,” said Superintendent/President Gil Stork. “What these AGS students are really doing is reaffirming the influence and impact that teachers have on student success.”

The award recipients, who have taught at the college up to 26 years, are:

  • John Arno, broadcast, 7 years
  • Ed Conklin, English, 25 years
  • Bill Demarest, math, 3 years
  • James Eickemeyer, physics, 16 years
  • Anthony Gutierrez, student life and leadership, 8 years
  • Dennis Judd, history, 26 years
  • Amity Perry-Boada, business, 18 years
  • Ray Ried, engineering, 16 years
  • Jude Rock, English, 6 years
  • Mike Serpa, math, 3 years

Alpha Gamma Sigma is a state-wide community college student honor society with the purpose of fostering, promoting, maintaining and recognizing scholarship. The Gamma chapter at Cuesta College provides members with scholarship opportunities, social activities and leadership-building skills. For more information, please contact the Student Life & Leadership Office at (805) 546-3289.

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