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Sandra Blackman, Associate Instructor of History at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, is one of four winners of the California Community Colleges Hayward Award for Excellence in Education for 2023-24.

Blackman is an advocate of employing zero cost textbooks as well as a plethora of free and low-cost online sources. She also incorporates the diverse backgrounds of her students – such as age, race, ethnicity and country of origin – into the history they are studying while honoring the validity of their own personal experiences.

This year’s awardees were honored on March 25 at the Board of Governors meeting in Sacramento. The Hayward Award for Excellence in Education program, established in 1989 and named in honor of former California Community College Chancellor Gerald C. Hayward, are presented annually to celebrate outstanding community college faculty members for their commitment to their students, college and profession.

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