The University of New Mexico Office of International Programs and Studies seeks nominations for the 2004-05 International Excellence Awards. Nominations for deserving faculty, staff and students must be submitted to the OIPS by Friday, March 4.
The International Excellence Awards honor individuals who made outstanding contributions to further the international mission of the University of New Mexico. The recipients are selected by the international excellence awards committee, comprised of faculty, staff and students. The committee will select one faculty member (full or part-time) from the main campus and one from the Health Sciences Center campus, one staff member, and one student (international, domestic, graduate or undergraduate.)
Members of the committee and staff of the Office of International Programs and Studies are not eligible.
The awards are based on service in any one or more of the following areas:
* Outstanding scholarship and/or research with an international focus
* Support and advising for international students
* Advocacy and support for study abroad and student exchange programs
* Promotion of international collaboration involving faculty and staff
* Contribution to UNM area studies, language or other international programs
* Development of new international programs
* Providing international experiences for our students
* Bringing international perspectives into the curriculum
* Outstanding contributions to international understanding and goodwill
* Other international activities that benefit the campus and the larger community
To nominate a faculty member, staff member or student, please submit a letter of nomination and a copy of the nominee’s CV or resume to Ken Carpenter, Office of International Programs and Studies, Mesa Vista 2111, MSC06 3850. E-mail submissions may be sent to carpenk@unm.edu.
This year’s recipients will be honored at a reception on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 from 3 to 5 p.m. in Hodgin Hall, Bobo Room.
For more information contact Ken Carpenter, 277-4032.
PREVIOUS INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS RECIPIENTS
2003-04
Professor Michael E. Campana, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and Director of the Water Resources Program
Manon Robyn Côté, Program Coordinator, Latin American & Iberian Institute
Jason Ben-Meir, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology
2002-03
Professor Guillermina Engelbrecht, Director, Latin American Programs in Education, College of Education
Professor Arthur Kaufman, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Ruth Hashimoto, University Volunteer
Carolyn Gonzales, Public Affairs
Deborah Boehm, Graduate Student, Department of Anthropology
Professor Peter Pabisch, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Lawrence Carreon, Physician Assistant, Student Health Center
Alyssa Cymene Mathilda Howe, Doctoral Student, Department of Anthropology
Dr. Ramiro Jordan, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Executive Director of the Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Consortium
Dr. Laura Martinez, Associate Professor of Nursing and Coordinator of the Program for Mexican Nurses
Fred Perez, Director of Recreation Services
Jijun Tang, President of the Chinese Student Friendship Association and Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering
1999-2000
Dr. Dorothy Vanderjagt, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Co-Director of the Minority International Research Training program.
Rosario Johnson, Department Administrator, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
1998-1999
Dr. Robert H. Glew, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Co-Director of the Minority International Research Training Program
Cynthia D. Garcia, Financial Aid Advisor, El Centro de la Raza
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
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