CONTACT: Sandra Begay-Campbell, (505) 844-5418

July 31, 2003

UNM REGENT BEGAY-CAMPBELL TO RECEIVE "EMERALD HONOR"

Begay-CampbellUniversity of New Mexico Board of Regents member Sandra Begay-Campbell, who is an engineer and a senior member of the Sandia National Laboratories' technical staff, has been selected to receive the Women of Color Emerald Honor for Community Service by Career Communications Group (CCG), Inc., publisher of U.S. Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine, Hispanic Engineer and Information Technology magazine and Women of Color Conference magazine.

Begay-Campbell will receive the award at the Third Annual Women of Color Research Sciences and Technology Awards Conference scheduled for Sept. 12-13 in Nashville, Tenn. The conference celebrates the often-unheralded contributions of minority women in science and technology.

CCG, the largest minority-owned media services company of its kind in the nation, produces information on careers and educational opportunities for minority and female professionals and students.

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