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COSTA MESA FOUNTAIN VALLEY

Telecourse Series Wins Emmy Award

“Universe: The Infinite Frontier,” a telecourse series at Coastline Community College, has won its creators an Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for excellence in instructional programming.

The award honors Coastline executive producer Leslie Purdy, series producer and director David P. Stone and coordinating producers Harry Ratner and Laurie Harer. Composer David Anthony and script editors Marian Inova and Robert Nash are also cited.

Purdy said the course took 18 months and a team of 30 people to produce.

“It will be used as a college credit course by thousands of students each year, not only at Coastline but also at many other colleges and universities nationwide,” Purdy said. “We’re thrilled by this recognition.”

The series is part of Coastline’s TV-based course in astronomy. Made up of 26 half-hour episodes, it has garnered five national and international awards in addition to the Emmy.

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IRVINE

IVC Administrator Honored as ‘Mentor’

Pauline Merry, vice president of student services at Irvine Valley College, was honored Thursday at the annual Suffrage Day luncheon sponsored by Women For: Orange County.

Merry, who joined Irvine Valley College in December, “is a mentor for students and is an inspiration for young people who want to reach their dreams,” said Irvine Councilwoman Paula Werner, event coordinator.

A former nurse, Merry was dean of admissions and counseling at West Los Angeles College before coming to Orange County.

Other women honored Thursday were Son Kim Vo, coordinator of the Intercultural Development Center at Cal State Fullerton; Nydia Hernandez, bilingual and cultural mentor for the Santa Ana Unified School District; Lucille Keuhn, a Newport Beach community volunteer; and Audrey Prosser, a real estate business owner and president of Women in Business International.

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LA PALMA

Hospital Launches Leadership Program

The La Palma Intercommunity Hospital Foundation, the fund-raising arm of the hospital, has launched a program to teach volunteer leadership to college and high school students.

The first step was to appoint an Associate Board of Directors comprising 15 college students and a Junior Board of Directors with 21 high school students.

One of the first projects for the student boards will be a fund-raising hospital-bed race this fall. Backed by business and corporate sponsors, volunteer teams will race real hospital beds carrying make-believe patients as part of the city’s annual La Palma Days celebration.