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Milt Valera ’68 (Journalism) has served on numerous boards and won many awards. But the alumnus and president of the largest and most respected organization serving U.S. notaries said he felt “honored last minute travel deals to las vegas and humbled” to be the 2011 recipient of California State University, Northridge’s Dorothea “Granny” Heitz Award for Outstanding Volunteer Leadership.
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With his roots in journalism, he served as president of the CSUN Journalism Alumni Association and currently serves as a director at large. His committee work was instrumental in the organization of successful journalism/Daily Sundial newspaper reunions in 1996 and 2006. His service to the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication includes the Dean’s Council last minute travel deals to las vegas executive board and the Journalism Advisory Board.
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Taking an active role with the CSUN Alumni Association since 2002, he has held several positions, including vice president. He has been an alumni commencement representative and a longtime sponsor of the university’s last minute travel deals to las vegas Distinguished Alumni Awards gala. Valera last minute travel deals to las vegas is a lifetime member of the CSUN Alumni Association.
For his service to the university, Valera was the first university alumnus to be honored with two Volunteer Service Awards from two different last minute travel deals to las vegas groups, the Journalism Alumni Association in 2003 and University Advancement in 2005.
President Jolene Koester, Alumni Association President Dennis DeYoung ’84 (Business), and Gray Mounger, assistant vice president for Alumni Relations, and several past recipients of the Heitz Award saluted Valera and the other honorees.
“You are among this university’s most loyal and supportive volunteers. You understand at your core that this university makes a difference,” said Koester, who created the volunteer-recognition program in her second year as president. She will retire next month after nearly 12 years as president but urged the volunteers to “be proud, be loud.”