School of Education Alumna Awarded Distinguished Achievement Award
Cal Aggie Alumni Association honors one of our own
Mary Catherine Swanson (Credential ‘67), a member of the School’s Board of Advisors, has been awarded the 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award by the Cal Aggie Alumni Association. Her award is in recognition of exemplary achievement for her work as the founder of AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination). Swanson started the student support program in 1980 with 32 students in one San Diego school. The program now serves more than 300,000 students in 4,000 schools in 45 states and 15 countries. Read about all of this year’s recipients at the CAAA Web site.
