President’s Commission on Ethnic Minority Issues awardees (From Left): ARHU Senior Academic Advisor Paula Nadler; Professor S. James Gates; graduate student Marie Ting; Ed Saunders, husband of award recipient Delores Saunders; Professor Ana Patricia Rodriguez; ARHU Program Manager Jessica White; ARHU Office of Student Affairs Director Audran Ward; ARHU Senior Academic Advisor Jennifer Garcia; Director of Stamp Student Union and Campus Programs Elbridge James; and ARHU Associate Dean Gabriele Strauch.
Non-Instructional Unit Minority Achievement Award
Presented to the Office of Student Affairs, College of Arts and Humanities for its development of programs sensitive to the diverse backgrounds of students and its efforts to alert faculty and staff of the need for more award, scholarship, and leadership opportunities for minority students.
Non-exempt Staff Minority Achievement Award
Presented to Delores Saunders, business service specialist, Urban Studies and Planning Program for her commitment to students and her off-campus community efforts.
Exempt Staff Minority Achievement Award
Presented to Elbridge James, director, Stamp Student Union and Campus Programs for his active role in the Montgomery County NAACP and his support of ethnic minorities in his department.
Graduate Student Minority Achievement Award
Presented to Marie Ting, a doctoral candidate in higher education and graduate assistant in the Office of the Associate Provost for Equity and Diversity, for her work to encourage significant interaction among students of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
Faculty Minority Achievement Award
Presented to S. James Gates, professor of physics, for his dedication to advancing the role of minorities in science through graduate student recruitment; and to Ana Patricia Rodriguez, assistant professor, Spanish and Portuguese, for her contributions as a role model and mentor to Latinos and the larger university community.
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