Alumni Honors
SOLES seeks to recognize those graduates who have excelled in their professional lives. All SOLES Alumni are eligible for the Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award. The Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award is the university's highest honor bestowed upon its alumni.
2018 Honoree
2018 Honoree
Catherine "Caity" S. Riddle Meader, MA '10
Executive Director, Family Services of Tulare County
Past Honorees
2016 Honoree
Diana Combs Neebe, MEd '08
English Teacher and Instructional Technology Coach, Sacred Heart Prepatory
2015 Honoree
Janine Mason, BA '86, MA '11
Executive Director, The Fieldstone Foundation
2014 Honoree
Stuart Grauer, EdD '89
President/Head of School, The Grauer Foundation for Education/The Grauer School
2013 Honoree
Jeff Carlstead, EdD '04
Owner/Manager, Carlstead Inc. Hotel Development and Management
2012 Honoree
Arnulfo Manriquez, MA '05
President, Maximizing Access to Advance our Communities (MAAC Project)
2011 Honoree
Cynthia Flores, MA '79
Campus Director at Coachella Valley Campus, Brandman University
2010 Honoree
Rich Newman, EdD '05
Principal, Monterey Ridge Elementary
2009 Honoree
Patricia A. Makokis, EdD '00
Blue Quills First Nations College
2009 Honoree
Leona Makokis, EdD '01
Blue Quills First Nations College
2008 Honoree
Rabbi Laurie E. Coskey, EdD '00
Executive Director, Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice of San Diego County
2007 Honoree
Rebecca C. Smith, MEd '93
Vice President Communications, San Diego Workforce Partnership
2006 Honoree
Juanita Santos Nacu, MA '90, EdD '98
Educator of Heritage & Tagalog, University of California, San Diego