Contact:	Ken Frandsen, 277-7402 Laurie Mellas-Ramiez, 277-5915
May 3, 2002 NOLL RECEIVES FIRST UNM GRADUATE FACULTY MENTOR AWARD Elizabeth Noll, associate professor of Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies in the University of New Mexico College of Education, has received the first Harvey Foundation Graduate Faculty Mentoring Award. Ken Frandsen, interim dean of graduate studies, presented Noll with the award during a recent ceremony at University House. He noted the important role of mentoring for graduate faculty and shared that Noll was one of 27 faculty nominees. Nominations submitted by graduate students credited Noll with the willingness to give time, advice and encouragement and the ability to "demystify the Ph.D. process and offer insights into joining the academy as a professor someday." The award includes an honorarium of $3,000 and a release from instructional responsibilities for one course in the semester following the award so that the recipient can devote additional time to mentoring graduate students. ###

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