51 Millennium - Twenty-second Edition ARTS, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT Texas at San Antonio, Austin Community College and The George Washington University. Mr. Giron joined the faculty of Montgomery College in 1986 as an English professor and went on to serve as the English department chair from 1992 to 1995 and again from 2010 to 2013. He also served as the acting dean of the Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts Division in the fall of 1993. He retired in 2018 from teaching and was recognized as a professor emeritus in 2019. During his tenure, Mr. Giron coordinated the Honors Program and directed the Millennium Scholars Program on campus. He also established and served as the editor of the award-winning literary journal, The Sligo Journal. He twice earned the Outstanding Faculty Award in 2002 and 2015. At Gival Press, Mr. Giron has aided hundreds of authors to begin their literary careers and supported established authors on the global stage through book publications and literary contests. Since its inception, Gival Press has published 86 titles in print and 47 e-book titles. He established ArLiJo (short for the Arlington Literary Journal) in 2005, an online journal that publishes art, photography and literary works by contributors worldwide. Mr. Giron has written six collections of poetry and edited five anthologies of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. His work has appeared in both national and international publications and has won numerous accolades, including the 2023 Pinnacle Achievement Award for "Songs for the Spirit/Canciones para el Espiritu" and the 2009 National Best Book Award for Fiction & Literature for "Poetic Voices Without Borders 2." Recently, he has been working with the Smithsonian Institution, which intends to acquire his grandfather's (Casimiro E. Giron) music collection and his father's World War II personal effects. Robert L. Giron is a multifaceted poet, author, publisher and educator who established Gival Press, a literary press, in 1998. He began his career in academia as an English instructor at his alma mater, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, while acquiring his graduate degree. In 1975, he served as an English professor at El Paso Community College until 1981; he later taught English at St. Mary's University, The University of ROBERT L. GIRON PROFESSOR EMERITUS, MONTGOMERY COLLEGE OWNER AND EDITOR, GIVAL PRESS Arlington, VA
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjExMDk4NQ==