News @ De Anza

Mike Appio, a longtime instructor and chair of De Anza's Design and Manufacturing Technologies (DMT) Department, has been named this year's De Anza College Educator of the Year by the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce.

Four members of the De Anza College community will be honored in March with Excellence Awards from the national League for Innovation in the Community College. They were selected for their outstanding service to the college and its students.

De Anza has again been named one of the nation's top 150 community colleges by the prestigious Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, which has invited De Anza to enter a $1 million prize competition for colleges with outstanding performance in teaching, learning, equity and other factors.

Three members of the De Anza College community will be honored this month with Excellence Awards from the national League for Innovation in the Community College. The recipients were selected for their outstanding service to the college.

De Anza has been named a "Champion of Higher Education" for its success in expanding transfer opportunities for a growing number of students earning associate degrees for transfer, which guarantee admission to the CSU system.

Four members of the De Anza community will be honored this week with Excellence Awards from the national League for Innovation in the Community College. The recipients were selected in recognition of their outstanding service to the students of De Anza College.

De Anza's Online Education Center has won national recognition for developing two comprehensive resource hubs for students and faculty members, providing extensive tools to assist with the transition to online this spring.

English instructor Francesca Caparas has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship to spend next year teaching and conducting research in the Philippines.

The winners of this year's League for Innovation Excellence Awards are all familiar faces on De Anza's campus, with well-deserved reputations for going out of their way to support students, help others and make the college a better place.

A short animated film by Film/TV student Nick Ybarra has been selected for showing at this year's Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival, which showcases outstanding work from around the world.