Award for Excellence in Education Abroad Programming

The Education Abroad Advisory Committee (EAAC) seeks to recognize outstanding faculty members who foster cultural competence and/or community engagement in their work to direct education abroad programs.

The two award categories are Cultural Competence and Community Engagement. The Office of Education Abroad solicits nominations for the Award for Excellence in Education Abroad Programming by emailing all student participants after the conclusion of each faculty-directed program. Nominees are contacted in November with the instructions for completing an application packet.

Nominee application packets are reviewed by the Education Abroad Advisory Committee and recipients are recognized by the President and Provost at the spring All Faculty Reception.

Past recipients

2024

Jennifer LaPrade and Bill Sandel – Cultural Competence

Melanie Carden-Jessen – Community Engagement

Vanessa Rodrigues de la Vega – Cultural Competence & Community Engagement

2023

Mary Willis – Cultural Competence

2022

Tamara Arthaud – Cultural Competence

Ximena Uribe-Zarain – Cultural Competence

2021

Char Berquist – Cultural Competence

2020

David Romano – Cultural Competence

Leslie Seawright – Cultural Competence

2019

Bob Pavlowksy – Cultural Competence

2018

Lora Hobbs – Community Engagement

Vadim Putzu – Cultural Competence

2017

Kent Ragan – Cultural Competence

2016

Carmen Boyd – Community Engagement

Cara Smith – Cultural Competence

2015

Courtney Thanh Pham – Cultural Competence

2014

Gwen Walstrand – Cultural Competence

2013

Letitia White Minnis – Community Engagement

Roger Dowdy – Cultural Competence