‘Building a Bright Future’ to help with new building
‘The Stars Among Us,’ the 2008 College of Education gala, will be held Saturday, April 5 at 6 p.m. in Ballroom C at the UNM Student Union Building. This year’s theme, “Building a Bright Future,” will help fund the CoE’s new Education Office and Classroom Building.
This fun and exciting black tie optional event will include wonderful food, libations, entertainment and a silent auction. Additionally, the Distinguished Alumni Awards and the third Chester C. Travelstead Endowed Faculty Fellowship for Teacher Education award will also be announced at the gala.
“The Gala is a wonderful opportunity to honor those individuals who have been recognized with Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Chester C. Travelstead Endowed Faculty Fellowship for Teacher Education award; as well as to give attendees a first look at some of the COE new building plans,” said Andrew Lipman, CoE development officer. “Those attending will also be treated to entertaining jazz piano with Stu MacAskie and Albuquerque Poetry Slammers.”
The 2008 gala will be dedicated to raising funds for the new education office and classroom building. The plans for, CoE’s Phase II Classrooms, will help replace lost classroom space when the old education classroom building was demolished; utilize a multi-use concept with education classes in the evenings and UNM over-enrolled courses during the daytime hours; modernization that meets new technological demands; consolidation of faculty, staff and students to increase and enhance communication; and allow for new accessibility options for students with disabilities.
The recipients of the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Awards include J. Placido Garcia, Jr. and Debra M. Sandoval-Woodward.
J. Placido Garcia, Jr.
The son of a well-respected educator and superintendent of the Socorro Consolidated Schools, Dr. Garcia began his career in education as a classroom teacher in Los Lunas in 1968. His experience includes work with the Socorro Consolidated Schools, Albuquerque Job Corps for Women, Albuquerque Public Schools, Bureau of Educational Planning and Development at UNM, New Mexico Research and Study Council at UNM and Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute.
Garcia has served on numerous boards and commissions including the UNM College of Education Advancement Council, Higher Learning Commission of the Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the New Mexico Diversity Leadership Council Board of Directors. He has also authored a number of publications including Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, ‘The student evaluation standards: how to improved evaluation of students’ in 2003.
Garcia earned his BA in secondary education (1969), his MA in secondary education and educational administration (1972) and his Ph.D. in educational administration (1976) all from UNM.
Debra M. Sandoval-Woodward
Currently an art teacher with Level III dual certification at Belen High School, Sandoval-Woodward has been an educator in Central New Mexico for more than 25 years. Sandoval-Woodward earned her BA in Fine Arts an MA both from UNM. She began her teaching career as an art teacher at Menaul High School in Albuquerque. She has also taught at school districts in Belen, Bernalillo and Los Lunas.
Her teaching accomplishments also include a Graduate Tuition Fellowship from the Art Education Department; Teacher of the Year Award (1995); and as a finalist for the 2008 Golden Apple Award, given to the top teachers in New Mexico.
In addition to being an excellent teacher, Sandoval-Woodward is also an accomplished artist having exhibited her arts and crafts at galleries and stores in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, as well as New York City and Los Angeles.
Tickets for the event are $50 per person or $80 for couples. For more information about the event or to make reservations contact Margaret Duran, CoE development specialist at (505) 277-0835.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at March 28, 2008 10:38 AM