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Innovative educator, best-selling author, dedicated teacher, true maverick, gourmet cook, problem solver extraordinaire, community college advocate, worker for justice, caring friend, woman of style and substance. These are some of the words used to describe Diana Hacker at a recent celebration of her life, where colleagues, students, editors, and friends told stories about Diana's commitment to excellence in everything she did.
Diana began teaching at Prince George's Community College in 1967, when it was a small school in a sleepy town outside of Washington, D. C. Her efforts over the next thirty-five years were instrumental in improving instruction at the college as it grew in both quality...