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When classes at Sierra College's Nevada County campus resume Aug. 31, students should expect to see plenty of new places and faces, including the woman who now leads the campus as executive dean.
Stephanie Ortiz comes to Litton Hill in Grass Valley after spending nearly two decades at the larger Rocklin campus. Read the article.
A Sierra College botany professor was recently recognized as the 2009 Placer Conservator of the Year.
Placer Land Trust presented Joe Medeiros with the 2009 Placer Conservator Award at a fundraising dinner on July 18 at High Hand Nursery in Loomis. The Placer Conservator Award honors extraordinary individuals who enrich the quality of life in Placer County through resource conservation. … Read the article.
Molly Roza, a Roseville native who performed in area community theater productions, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship to Austria to pursue studies in modern history.
Roza attended Sierra College and graduated this spring from Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Ga, where she majored in history and minored in German. She is now in Vienna where she will pursue a doctorate at the University of Vienna, said her father. John Roza, a Roseville chiropractor. Molly Roza is the eldest of five children, all of whom have been home schooled, said her father. … Read the article.
Chelsea Martin realizes she may be luckier than most people who need the help of others to get by.
Martin, 24, lives in a simple apartment with a patio and a cat. Martin was born with spina bifida, yet is mobile enough to take classes at Sierra College four days a week and use public transportation when she needs to. … Read the article.
… Turtle Bay welcomes Dick Hilton, author of Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic Reptiles of California and Professor of Geology and Paleontology at Sierra College. Dick will enlighten and engage visitors about the different dinosaurs that roamed California millions of years ago! …
Softball star Rochelle Vanyi will enter her third college in three seasons later this year.
She has left a major impression on her first two softball programs.
Vanyi, a Rocklin High graduate, was a star at Youngstown State University as a freshman and she just completed a record-breaking season at Sierra College this spring. Now Vanyi will play softball on a partial scholarship at Sonoma State University. … Read the article.
Former Oakmont High right-hander and recent Cleveland Indians draft pick Preston Guilmet made his professional debut Tuesday with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers in Single A.
An interesting side note – the centerfielder for the State College Spikes, the Single A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was Kyle Saukko, a 2007 Granite Bay High graduate who played one season at Sierra College in 2008 before being selected by the Pirates in last year’s draft. … Read the article.
Once he figured out his next destination, Scott Enos couldn't wait to get started on his Division I career.
The kicker out of Sierra (Calif.) College signed a scholarship agreement with UH last month and moved to Hawaii to start summer school about a week later. … Read the article.