March 2024 Staff Spotlight: A Life of Service-Neelam Canto-Lugo

Chrystal GillmingStaff Spotlight, Yuba Spotlight

A Life of Service Sommer Hanson Back home in California after a recent trip to Bangladesh, Neelam Canto-Lugo still wakes up throughout the night. The retired Yuba College professor and volunteer for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is used to adjusting to the different time zones. In retirement, Canto-Lugo is fond of waking up to the flowering … Read More

February 2024 Staff Spotlight: Bringing history to life- Claire Eberhardt

Chrystal GillmingStaff Spotlight, Yuba Spotlight

Bringing history to life SOMER HANSON Enter Claire Eberhardt’s home and it may feel like a museum. From Roman coins to a 1920s driver’s license, artifacts are on display at the Yuba College history and humanities professor’s home.“I try to collect something real or a replica from every time period I’m teaching in all my classes,” Eberhardt said. “I bring … Read More

January 2024 Staff Spotlight: The Animal Doctor- Dr. Kyle Mathis

Chrystal GillmingStaff Spotlight

The Animal Doctor SOMER HANSON While in Sri Lanka with the Peace Corps in the early 1990s, Dr. Kyle Mathis was given a book of first aid tips and life hacks to assist him if he or a neighbor needed medical attention with no doctor available. Reading about different health problems sparked an interest in Mathis to pursue medical school … Read More