If you have ever walked into a Media and Society class, and been tricked into thinking that you were in for business law, then you have met Al Miller. Although the Moorpark College professor is retiring from full-time to part-time faculty, his passion for teaching his students will always be there.

Moorpark College President, Pam Eddinger, remarks that although the faculty will miss working with him, it’s the students that will miss him the most.

“Professor Miller has seen and participated in amazing developments in last 35 years with the emergence of technology in journalism,” she said. “I think our students will miss his keen insights and observations as we enter yet another exciting era in journalistic reporting with the advent of multi-modal and multi-media news delivery.”

After serving the campus for 36 years as a full-time professor teaching about seven classes per semester, Miller is retiring and will now only teach two classes.

“I’ve really enjoyed every class I’ve ever taught here,” Miller said. “Probably Media and Society is the most relevant to today’s technology. Just being in the class forces one to keep up to date with events.”

Although Miller will miss the perks of being a full-time member of the college, he looks forward to his retirement because he will enjoy more time to focus on family matters, and also rereading some of the classics he’s been meaning to catch up on.

Miller has made some pivotal achievements for the campus community during his time at Moorpark. He served as a member of the Academic Senate and served as Campus President for two terms. Also, he started the Veterans Association that gave support to Vietnam Veterans.

He also has held a big role in crusading for the no-smoking on campus policy and to have twelve week late start semester classes.

One of his greatest achievements was when he, along with 33 students, started the first national public radio station in Ventura County, now known as KUSC, which eventually sold to USC and still stands today as a classical music station.

Now that Miller is only teaching two classes, Eddinger says students will miss taking his classes. Brian Clements, 18, a psychology major highly enjoyed taking his class.

“He was witty and charismatic. The ‘American Love’ album that he gave to us was well worth the wait,” he said.

Another student, 19-year-old Josh Iscovich said, “I’ll remember his voice, which stood out the most. The way he spoke to everyone really brought a smile to your face and it almost made it seem like being in class at 8 am was okay.”

To hear music from “Al Miller’s American Love Album,” see his myspace at http://www.myspace.com/mralmiller