Nomination for Adjunct
Faculty Member of the Year
Robert Zucker, Adviser of the Aztec Press
Robert Zucker began at Pima Community
College in 1995 as a part-time teacher of one class. He became
Operations Manager for the Aztec Press and has been running the
lab, buying supplies and maintaining equipment ever since.
In the summer of 2000, three weeks
before school began for the Fall, the Aztec Press lost its advisor.
With no one else to step into the job, Bob took on the tremendous
responsibility. He had to begin at square one and learn everything
about running a college newspaper in a matter of weeks. He had
to deal with budgeting and finance, preparing lesson plans, meeting
with students, creating a staff and much, much more. To make
matters worse, the only other person who knew anything about
the newspaper was on sabbatical for the entire semester.
Within the first two months, it was
quite obvious that Bob was doing a remarkable job. Things were
much more organized, advertising revenue was going up and the
paper was looking spectacular. Seven months later, it's even
more apparent. On top of these accomplishments, Bob has had to
keep up on his own life.
He is an instructor at the University
of Arizona and owns, manages and runs his own publication, the
Entertainment Magazine. On most days, Bob will begin his morning
early to contact clients and work on stories and design for the
Entertainment Magazine. Then he will head over to the UofA to
teach two classes. Then he flies over to the Aztec Press to teach
yet another class, sift through paperwork and deal with the students
and staff. He stays late into the evening, often until 8 or 9
p.m.
Robert Zucker makes things happen.
He has been continuously struggling with numerous setbacks and
obstacles, and yet all aspects of his life continue to thrive,
especially the Aztec Press.
Sincerely,
- Jennifer Judge, Editor in chief
of Aztec Press
- Eric Sagara, Editor in chief
of Aztec Press
- Nancy Kelleher, Ad Production
Manager of Aztec Press
- Heidi Lytle, Business Manager
of Aztec Press
- Christy Dennison, Office Manager
of Aztec Press
- Misti Smith, student
- Deborah Kravitz, student
- Jess Smith, Office secretary
for Aztec Press
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