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KCET, Union Bank to honor CSULA education professor
Gay Q. Yuen named a ‘Local Hero’ at May 21 event
Los Angeles, CA – Gay Q. Yuen–a pioneer in bilingual education for more than 30 years and a professor of education at California State University, Los Angeles–will be honored as a “Local Hero” by KCET, the local PBS station, and Union Bank in an awards ceremony Thursday, May 21, at the KCET Studio in Los Angeles.
Yuen and three other “local heroes” will be recognized during KCET’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebration beginning at 6:30 p.m. Reporters are welcome to attend the reception and awards ceremony by contacting Michelle Suzuki of MSC Public Relations at (310) 444-7115.
Professor Yuen was appointed to the Los Angeles Mayor’s Council of Education Advisors to help lower dropout rates and truancy, and to make schools safer in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She is also involved with the Mandarin-English Dual Language Program at City Terrace Elementary School.
Additionally, Yuen directs Cal State L.A.’s Pacific Rim Institute, which supports Asian and Asian American educational research. She frequently consults with educational agencies in Asia—working in China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and the Pacific Islands—as an expert on minority education, multicultural education and teacher education.
Tune in: Short television segments about each of the winners will be screened during the ceremony and also broadcast on KCET throughout the month in conjunction with special heritage month programming.
For more about Yuen and the honor, go to http://kcet.org/local/2009/05/dr-gay-q-yuen-education.html. For KCET’s press release, go to http://www.kcet.org/about/press-room/press-detail.php?ID=1620009791.
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