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Cerritos College President Linda Lacy’s hope for a hall of fame is coming to life. The Cerritos College Hall of Fame has been founded to honor individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the college. Lacy said it “gives the college an opportunity to say thank you.”

The fields for nomination are:

Athletics

Distinguished Alumnus

Distinguished Classified/Confidential

Distinguished Faculty

According to Amy Condit, Foundation Development Officer, nomination applications for all categories will be online, and the website will hopefully be up this week. Applications will be due on Nov. 30.

Lacy said that the Hall of Fame is to be one of her goals for the 2011-2012 year.

“The idea of the hall of fame is to recognize those individuals, bring them back and say ‘hey, we appreciate all you’ve done for the college and the students.’”

Condit said that the hall of fame is a way to “help unite the campus and build morale.”

Nominations will be taken into consideration by a sub-committee who will then pass on its chosen prospects on to a third and final committee who will decide which individuals will become chosen.

Once inductees are chosen, there will be an inaugural induction ceremony at the Cerritos Sheraton on April 12, 2012. The ceremony will tentatively consist of a cocktail hour, dinner, a possible video presentation, and the presentation of awards to those inducted.

The ceremony will be open for public attendance; ticket prices are still being discussed with the Sheraton Hotel.

Lacy hopes to have a place in future building plans to display all of the awards, specifically in the gym. When finished, she hopes to have a lobby with lighted trophy cases.

Until then, the awards will most likely be displayed in the Cheryl A. Epple Board Room.

Sports Information Director John Van Gaston spoke about how the idea came into play.

“It started with Dr. Lacy, she wanted to have a campus wide hall of fame with different categories, and part of that is athletic-based.”