CU-Boulder Announces 2005 Equity And Excellence Awards
May 4, 2005

The Office of Diversity and Equity at the University of Colorado at Boulder has awarded 2005 Equity and Excellence Awards to five faculty, staff and students.

Associate Professor Ruben Donato of the School of Education received the faculty award. Carol Miyagishima, director of the Chancellor's Leadership Residential Academic Program and Ethnic Living and Learning Community, received the staff award. They were chosen for their commitment to academic excellence, cultural pluralism and diversity in the university community.

Students are selected for their demonstration of outstanding service to the university community and within multiculturally diverse communities on campus, as well as a commitment to academic excellence. Winners of the student awards were Hillary Jorgensen, a senior majoring in English; Michelle Miles, doctoral candidate in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication; and Shengwang Du, doctoral candidate in physics.

Awardees were honored at the 20th Annual Equity and Excellence Graduation Celebration and Awards Banquet on April 28. Each winner received a certificate and a $200 award.

A request for Equity and Excellence Award nominations is announced each spring and a committee of former recipients recommends the awardees.

In addition to the Equity and Excellence Awards, Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, associate vice chancellor of diversity and equity, received the outstanding leadership award. Albert Ramirez, former administrator and retired faculty member in the psychology and ethnic studies departments, received a special honor for establishing the banquet 20 years ago.

Contact: Mary Ann Sergeant, (303) 492-0680
Vanessa Lozano, (303) 735-4939
Monteith Mitchell, (303) 492-5526

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