A Pulitzer Prize-winning author has joined the faculty at UC Riverside. Jane Smiley, whose novel “A Thousand Acres” won the prestigious award in 1992, will work in the school’s creative writing department, according to a statement released Wednesday. She will be a distinguished professor of creative writing and will start …
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Dr. Darrell Ezell has been appointed program director of interfaith action, an inaugural program at Claremont Lincoln University. Ezell, an expert in inter-religious affairs, will teach and be in charge of faculty recruitment and program development, according to a report in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. He has worked for …
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Kathy Wright has been named recipient of the 30th annual Athena of Riverside Award. Wright, who retired six years ago after a 37-year career in education, is the former superintendent of the Alvord Unified School District, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. She played a major role in getting …
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Actress Lynda Carter, best known as the star of the TV show “Wonder Woman” in the 1970s, has received a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars. Carter, who received her star a week ago Saturday, was the 369th person to be so honored, according to a report in …
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Dr. Robert Williams, a 1959 graduate of Chaffey High School, has been named the 2014 Tiger of the Year by the Board of Directors of the school’s alumni association. Williams is a Distinguished Research Scholar with the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore and is the institute’s former director, a …
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Pastor Todd Rettberg of Sierra Vista Community Church in Upland has won the Christian Small Publishers Book of the Year Award. Rettberg was recognized for his work “Life’s A Pain: Journeying by Faith When Every Step Hurts,” which was released in 2013, according to a report published in the Inland …
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