Over the past 40 years, the College Media Association has honored nine faculty members throughout the nation with the Distinguished 2-Year Magazine Adviser Award.

  On October 27th, Dr. Richard Gaspar became the 10th recipient of the award. He joins Nancy White as HCC’s second recipient, and HCC is the only college in the nation to have two faculty members receive the award. He is also the only recipient of the award in the last 20 years.

  Dr. Richard Gaspar advises the Triad and Galeria magazines at Hillsborough Community College. He also advises the Hawkeye student newspaper.

  He taught at the middle school and high school level before beginning his teaching and advising career at Hillsborough Community College. Gaspar has an impressive background in education at all levels and in diverse activities such as drama and technology.

  One of his colleagues at HCC writes, “As a professor and adviser, Rick has proved his leadership skills time and again…He does so with ease, confidence, and dedication to excellence. Above all, he is an educator who is a CMA role model…Dozens of his students have gone on to universities, colleges and jobs as a result of his professional, ethical and responsible advising.”