Commendation of Nancy Hunt

AS-2760-06/Los Angeles Del. - May 4-5, 2006

WHEREAS, Nancy Hunt has served California State University (CSU) Los Angeles and the Academic Senate CSU for three years (it seems like only yesterday that she arrived); and

WHEREAS, Her light has burned brightly (by burning her candle at both ends); and

WHEREAS, She has served as a member of the Teacher Education and K-12 Relations Committee (TEKR)for the past two years (such wisdom is refreshing); and

WHEREAS, She has been a long time member of the Executive Committee of the CSU Los Angeles Academic Senate, serving in addition as its secretary (where she learned to deal with contradictions); and

WHEREAS, She has lent her expertise in the theory and operation of the Joint Doctorate programs that the CSU has with the University of California (UC) through her experience as a core faculty member in the CSU Los Angeles-UC Los Angeles Joint Ph.D. in Special Education, where she has walked many students across the podium each June to receive their Ph.D. degrees; (after walking them through all the complexities of working with the University of California); and

WHEREAS, Those who have worked with her have come to appreciate her depth of knowledge, diligence, and commitment to the faculty of the CSU; therefore be it

RESOLVED: That the Academic Senate CSU commend Nancy Hunt for the excellence of her service to TEKR and to the Senate, extending its deep gratitude for her time and effort assisting with the reports and recommendations of the Senate regarding the new doctorate of education degree, and wish her continued success in her work on the CSU Los Angeles campus.