Dr. Ted Martinez, Jr. and Russell
Castañeda Calleros accept the 2009 Bellwether Award from Dr.
Dale F. Campbell, the Professor and Director of the
Community Colleges Leadership Consortium and Futures
Assembly at the 2009 Community Colleges Futures Assembly.”
The Bellwether Awards annually recognize
outstanding and innovative programs and practices that are
successfully leading community colleges into the future.
Applications for the 2009 awards were competitively reviewed
and finalists were selected based on how well the programs
addressed: 1) the conference theme; 2) the identified
critical issue; 3) the published criteria. The categories in
which awards are given include:
Instructional Programs & Services:
Programs or activities that have been designed and
successfully implemented to foster or support teaching
and learning in the community college.
Planning, Governance & Finance:
Programs or activities that have been designed and
successfully implemented to improve efficiency and
effectiveness in the community college.
Workforce Development: Public
and/or private strategic alliances and partnerships that
promote community and economic development.
Ten finalists, one of which was Rio Hondo’s
GO RIO Program, were selected in each category. Finalists
were required to present at the 2009 CC Futures Assembly and
were encouraged to provide evidence of program results. GO
RIO was selected as the 2009 Bellwether Award winner in the
Planning, Governance, & Finance category. As a result, Rio
Hondo College has been invited to write and submit an
article regarding GO RIO to be published in the Community
College Journal of Research and Practice in early 2010.
