[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12386]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING THE DEDICATION OF KAREN E. HALLIDAY

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                         HON. ELLEN O. TAUSCHER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 14, 2007

  Mrs. TAUSCHER. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Karen Halliday, as 
she retires as Las Positas College president, after nearly 35 years of 
teaching and serving students in the California Community College 
System.
  Karen Halliday began teaching as an adjunct faculty member in 
Learning Disabilities and Special Education at various Bay Area 
universities. As a faculty member and Learning Disabilities Specialist 
at De Anza College in Cupertino, she helped develop the first Learning 
Disabilities program in higher education in California. She later 
became the director of the Educational Diagnostic Center at De Anza 
College.
  In 1987, Karen Halliday was the first faculty member to receive the 
Foothill-De Anza Community College Teacher of the Year Award. In 1988, 
she joined the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office in 
Sacramento, as the Specialist for the Disabled Students Program and 
Services.
  In 1989, Karen Halliday became the Vice President of Student Services 
at Las Positas. In 2002, she was named president of Las Positas 
College. During her tenure, she successfully led the college through 
the passage of Measure B, a $498 million district facilities bond.
  In 2003, thanks to her encouragement and guidance, the Las Positas 
College Foundation was created to ``foster growth and success, both in 
its students and in the communities it serves.'' Later that year, the 
foundation was granted 501(c)3 status.
  Karen Halliday has been a member of the Executive Board for the 
Association of California Community College Administrators and the 
Chair of the Legislative Commission for the California League of 
Community Colleges. She has authored several publications, along with 
numerous Board of Governors Agenda Items related to Matriculation, 
DSPS, and Student Services.
  As Karen Halliday retires, I would like to thank her for her 
dedication to higher education in our community, and her contribution 
to the field of disabled students' services. I wish her the best of 
luck in her future endeavors.

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