Mary Paul (English) and Dr. Joseph Ross (Biology), who are among the faculty leaders in DISCOVERe program, have been selected to join the Apple Distinguished Educators Class of 2017. They are among five Californians in the new class of 130. Only 36 of those selected this year are higher education. They join 2,500 education innovators around the world as authors, advisers, ambassadors and advocates of what’s possible with new technology in teaching and learning. Fresno State's Otto Benavides (Curriculum and Instruction) is a previously named Apple Distinguished Educator.