Obama to honor UCI history professor
Obama to honor UCI history professor
- September 5, 2015
- Vicki Ruiz, Chicano/Latino studies and History Distinguished Professor, is featured in The Orange County Register Sept. 5, 2015
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From the OC Register:
For Vicki Ruiz, UC Irvine distinguished professor of history and Chicano/Latino studies,
being a recipient of the National Humanities Medal is more of a testimony, she said,
to the field of Latino history than to herself.The medal recognizes those who have
fostered the understanding of humanities and widened the public's involvement with
history, philosophy, languages and literature.
For the full story, please visit http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ruiz-337472-ocprint-history-humanities.html.
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