[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 34 (Monday, February 27, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  GINGER ONTIVEROS VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE ALUMNI HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

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                             HON. PAUL COOK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 27, 2017

  Mr. COOK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the outstanding 
service and induction of Ginger Ontiveros to the Victor Valley College 
Alumni Hall of Fame. Ginger was the previous Executive Director of 
Victor Valley College Foundation and was instrumental in changing the 
landscape of higher education within Victor Valley. As an alumnus of 
VVC, Ginger is extremely compassionate and thoughtful towards the needs 
of students and exceled in her role as Executive Director of the VVC 
Foundation.
  During her 15 years with the Victor Valley College Foundation, Ginger 
provided Victor Valley College with vast opportunities through securing 
gifts for VVC, easing enrollment challenges for students, and assisted 
in the development of the renowned Dr. Prem Reddy Health & Science 
Building at VVC. This is only a few of the many programs that Ginger 
implemented which fostered mentors from the Victor Valley community to 
give back to students attending Victor Valley College.
  On behalf of the U.S. House of Representatives, I would like to thank 
Ginger Ontiveros for her tireless work and dedication to the students 
of the High Desert and faculty of Victor Valley College. Ginger 
Ontiveros' work has shaped education within Victor Valley and I am 
pleased to hear that she will be inducted in the Victor Valley 
College's Alumni Hall of Fame.

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