The Anniversary 50 Project

The research team met up with Kathy Donnell, Director of Supt/President's Office, this morning. We appreciate her taking the time to talk with us before the holiday. Sandi has this to share:

Today, Gilbert, Danielle and I all had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know Kathy Donnell during  an interview with her at the San Jacinto campus. Ms. Donnell has had a long relationship with our school: she attended MSJC as a student in the last couple years of the 1960's and she has been an administrator at the college for 17 years. She graciously shared with us some of her favorite memories from her time as a student, including pranks she helped pull on campus and her relationship with the esteemed Milo Johnson, and she passionately explained to us why she loves MSJC so much and why it is such an important part of our community.  It is truly touching to be able to conduct these interviews with people who have so much enthusiasm, love, and pride for this college. One of the most amazing parts of each interview we have done is that the people we talk to have fond, nostalgic personal memories of the school, and/or their own relationship to or individual successes with it, but they become the most emotional when describing their hopes, dreams, and plans for the future of the school and what they want to accomplish for us, as current students, and for the generations that will follow in our footsteps.