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MiraCosta College Part-Time Faculty Members Earn Statewide Recognitions Two part-time faculty members, Edwina Williams and Krista Warren, receive statewide recognition for their dedication and commitment to teaching within the system of California Community Colleges. EDWINA WILLIAMS MiraCosta College associate sociology instructor Edwina Williams received the 2018 Hayward Award for her excellence in teaching, professional activities and commitment to students. This annual award, given to only four faculty members in California’s 114-campus community college system, who are nominated by peers from their college. Born and raised in Oceanside, Edwina was attending El Camino High School when she became pregnant and dropped out. Not wanting to become another statistic, Williams enrolled in the High School Diploma Program at the MiraCosta College Community Learning Center. “I felt incomplete,” she said. “I felt I was missing out on a life better than the one I was experiencing.” One associate degree, one bachelor’s degree and one master’s degree later, she has been teaching part-time as a sociology instructor since 2016 with a career plan to become a full-time professor at MiraCosta College upon earning her Ph.D. "I feel honored to be recipient of the 2018 Hayward Award. However, the academic and professional success I have experienced throughout the years would not have been attainable without the social support and mentorship I have received from my colleagues at MiraCosta College. Many of the educational leaders whom I have been fortunate enough to work alongside are dedicated to creating equitable conditions for students. They collectively believe in the power of student-centered learning and encourage their students to have active voices both inside and outside of the classroom. They believe in their students’ capacity to lead and to achieve. It is because I have been exposed to such awesome educators, that I have embraced this form of pedagogy and won this prestigious award," explains Edwina Williams. Williams has made a tremendous contribution to MiraCosta College both in and out of the classroom. She implemented a global literacy program, Project LIKE (Literacy is Knowledge Empowerment), with a mission to provide youth attending nonprofit and public agencies with free global literacy resources and support. Project LIKE has been successful in offering youth free extended-learning activities through service learning projects and paid internships for college students. “It is rare for a faculty member, especially part-time at a community college, to become so connected so quickly and so authentically. Her focus is very much on the success and well-being of underrepresented students, with whom she identified, and who see in her an encouraging model of caring and intelligence,” comments Susan Herrmann, MiraCosta Academic Senate president. Named for former California Community College Chancellor Gerald C. Hayward, the Hayward Award honors outstanding community college faculty who have a track record of excellence both in teaching and in professional activities and have demonstrated commitment to their students, profession, and college. KRISTA WARREN MiraCosta College Noncredit Associate Faculty Krista Warren was awarded with the Part-Time Faculty of the Year from the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC). Presented annually to one outstanding part-time faculty member, Warren is recognized for her leadership and contributions to community colleges. "It is the greatest privilege for me to have been honored by the Faculty Association of the California Community Colleges (FACCC) as this year’s Part-Time Faculty of the year. I am forever grateful for the noncredit students with disabilities that I teach each week, and the faculty and staff I work with at MiraCosta College and other colleges throughout the State of California, all of whom I share this honor and award with," explains Warren. Since 1992, Warren has worked as an associate faculty member at MiraCosta College, where she teaches noncredit life skills and vocational classes for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Prior to joining the faculty ranks at MiraCosta College, Krista spent 13 years as a career counselor at Camp Pendleton, where she coordinated educational transitional planning for the US Marine Corps Transition Assistance Program. Warren’s passion is not only prevalent in the classroom, as she is a tireless advocate for adult education within California Community Colleges. She is also a champion of adult education and demonstrates her commitment through her service as a board member on a number of local, regional and statewide community college organizations, including the MiraCosta College Faculty Senate and the college’s associate faculty union, for which she is currently president. About MiraCosta College The MiraCosta Community College District has served the coastal North San Diego County area for over 80 years. More than 17,000 credit students per semester in over 70 disciplines enroll in associate degrees, university transfer and workforce readiness certificate programs. The college also serves a wide spectrum of educational needs in the region ranging from programs for adult education, basic skills, and ESL to a California Community College pilot program offering the nation’s first baccalaureate degree in biomanufacturing. MiraCosta College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.
MiraCosta College Part-Time Faculty Members Earn Statewide Recognitions
Two part-time faculty members, Edwina Williams and Krista Warren, receive statewide recognition for their dedication and commitment to teaching within the system of California Community Colleges.
EDWINA WILLIAMS
MiraCosta College associate sociology instructor Edwina Williams received the 2018 Hayward Award for her excellence in teaching, professional activities and commitment to students. This annual award, given to only four faculty members in California’s 114-campus community college system, who are nominated by peers from their college.
Born and raised in Oceanside, Edwina was attending El Camino High School when she became pregnant and dropped out. Not wanting to become another statistic, Williams enrolled in the High School Diploma Program at the MiraCosta College Community Learning Center. “I felt incomplete,” she said. “I felt I was missing out on a life better than the one I was experiencing.”
One associate degree, one bachelor’s degree and one master’s degree later, she has been teaching part-time as a sociology instructor since 2016 with a career plan to become a full-time professor at MiraCosta College upon earning her Ph.D.
"I feel honored to be recipient of the 2018 Hayward Award. However, the academic and professional success I have experienced throughout the years would not have been attainable without the social support and mentorship I have received from my colleagues at MiraCosta College. Many of the educational leaders whom I have been fortunate enough to work alongside are dedicated to creating equitable conditions for students. They collectively believe in the power of student-centered learning and encourage their students to have active voices both inside and outside of the classroom. They believe in their students’ capacity to lead and to achieve. It is because I have been exposed to such awesome educators, that I have embraced this form of pedagogy and won this prestigious award," explains Edwina Williams.
Williams has made a tremendous contribution to MiraCosta College both in and out of the classroom. She implemented a global literacy program, Project LIKE (Literacy is Knowledge Empowerment), with a mission to provide youth attending nonprofit and public agencies with free global literacy resources and support. Project LIKE has been successful in offering youth free extended-learning activities through service learning projects and paid internships for college students.
“It is rare for a faculty member, especially part-time at a community college, to become so connected so quickly and so authentically. Her focus is very much on the success and well-being of underrepresented students, with whom she identified, and who see in her an encouraging model of caring and intelligence,” comments Susan Herrmann, MiraCosta Academic Senate president. Named for former California Community College Chancellor Gerald C. Hayward, the Hayward Award honors outstanding community college faculty who have a track record of excellence both in teaching and in professional activities and have demonstrated commitment to their students, profession, and college.
KRISTA WARREN
MiraCosta College Noncredit Associate Faculty Krista Warren was awarded with the Part-Time Faculty of the Year from the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC). Presented annually to one outstanding part-time faculty member, Warren is recognized for her leadership and contributions to community colleges.
"It is the greatest privilege for me to have been honored by the Faculty Association of the California Community Colleges (FACCC) as this year’s Part-Time Faculty of the year. I am forever grateful for the noncredit students with disabilities that I teach each week, and the faculty and staff I work with at MiraCosta College and other colleges throughout the State of California, all of whom I share this honor and award with," explains Warren.
Since 1992, Warren has worked as an associate faculty member at MiraCosta College, where she teaches noncredit life skills and vocational classes for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Prior to joining the faculty ranks at MiraCosta College, Krista spent 13 years as a career counselor at Camp Pendleton, where she coordinated educational transitional planning for the US Marine Corps Transition Assistance Program.
Warren’s passion is not only prevalent in the classroom, as she is a tireless advocate for adult education within California Community Colleges. She is also a champion of adult education and demonstrates her commitment through her service as a board member on a number of local, regional and statewide community college organizations, including the MiraCosta College Faculty Senate and the college’s associate faculty union, for which she is currently president.
About MiraCosta College
The MiraCosta Community College District has served the coastal North San Diego County area for over 80 years. More than 17,000 credit students per semester in over 70 disciplines enroll in associate degrees, university transfer and workforce readiness certificate programs. The college also serves a wide spectrum of educational needs in the region ranging from programs for adult education, basic skills, and ESL to a California Community College pilot program offering the nation’s first baccalaureate degree in biomanufacturing. MiraCosta College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.