[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 152 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2122]
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 HONORING DR. ALICIA JUARRERO: OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSOR 
                              OF THE YEAR

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                        HON. ALBERT RUSSELL WYNN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 22, 2002

  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Alicia Juarrero, a 
professor of philosophy at Prince George's Community College, who is 
being honored by the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching 
and The Council for Advancement and Support of Education as the 
Outstanding Community College Professor of the Year.
  Dr. Juarrero at Prince George's Community College, located in my 
congressional district in Largo, Maryland. She has been nationally 
recognized among her community college colleagues as the best of the 
best. Dr. Juarrero's accomplishments speak to the caliber of professors 
at the community college level. Often times the invaluable work of our 
community college professors goes unrecognized, so it is especially 
rewarding for a local professor from my district to receive such an 
honorable award.
  Dr. Juarrero earned her undergraduate degree, master's and Ph.D from 
the University of Miami. She has been a professor at Prince George's 
Community College since 1975. Dr. Juarrero starts each semester with 
great zeal, beginning with a quote from Plato: ``Thinking is the 
talking of the soul with itself.'' She has been called a ``teacher's 
teacher,'' often serving as a great resource for her follow colleagues.
  It is truly an honor to have Dr. Juarrero as a professor at Prince 
George's Community College. She is a great reflection of a tremendous 
institution. I urge my colleagues to join me in honoring a gifted and 
highly respected teacher.

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