College News

Terry Janecek, a 27-year employee at Moreno Valley College, has been selected as the College’s Classified Employee of the Year. Janecek has served as an employee at the Riverside Community College District since 1994, with most of his career spent at Moreno Valley.

Joumana McGowan, Ed.D., has been hired as the vice president of Academic Affairs at Moreno Valley College. McGowan comes to Moreno Valley College with over 25 years of experience in higher education, having previously served as an administrator at both Citrus College and Mt. San Antonio College.

The Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees has selected Emily Craig as the District’s 2023 Alumnus of the Year. Craig graduated from the Moreno Valley College paramedic program, Class 12. Since 1959, the Riverside Community College District has selected an alum for the award.

Sandra Martínez, dean of Enrollment and Engagement, has been selected by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities as one of 50 fellows who will be part of the fifth cohort of its Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo.

Felipe Galicia, a Moreno Valley College biology instructor, was awarded the rank of Full Professor at the April 18 Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees meeting. Galicia was one of six faculty members selected, the other five being from Riverside City College.

Jeff Rhyne, professor of English at Moreno Valley College, will deliver the Riverside Community College District 61st Distinguished Faculty Lecture. His lecture will analyze reports on global warming and arguments about the climate crisis to theorize why more people are not alarmed, and thus more...