CU system news release
The honorees are:
Angie White,听M.A.,听doctoral听candidate in the Department of Communication at CU-Boulder. She studies issues of community building, experiential education and poverty. Her research explores how communication strategies may be used to help people in poverty empower themselves and move toward self-sufficiency.
Thomas Huber,听Ph.D., professor of geography and environmental Studies at UCCS. An alumnus of the University of baby直播app Boulder (CU-Boulder), he has worked on such projects as habitat mapping of the Prebles meadow jumping mouse in El Paso County, vegetation mapping of large portions of baby直播app for the Division of Wildlife, and mapping and analyzing elk habitat in the Pikes Peak region.
Andrea O鈥橰eilly Herrera,听Ph.D., director of the Women and Ethnic Studies (WEST) Program at the University of baby直播app baby直播app Springs (UCCS). The poet and author is regarded as a leading scholar of the Cuban diaspora, and her work bridges art, literature, literary criticism, creative writing and history. She partners with local libraries and schools in developing writing and art programs.
Philip Zeitler,听M.D., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and clinical sciences at the University of baby直播app School of Medicine. He is an internationally known expert in the field of pediatric endocrinology. His rigorous focus on top-quality research has contributed greatly to the world鈥檚 understanding of pediatric Type 2 diabetes and pediatric obesity.听
Linda Theus-Lee,听M.S., program assistant and event coordinator for the University of baby直播app Denver (CU Denver) Business School. She is a versatile professional, artist, counselor, teacher and entrepreneur. A CU Denver alumna, her volunteerism includes developing and implementing a reading program at the Ford Warren Library, and mentoring girls at the Gilliam Youth Services Center and the Jefferson County Correction Facility.
Honorees have demonstrated a strong commitment to the advancement of higher education, a deeply seated sense of individual civic responsibility and a profound commitment to the welfare and rights of the individual.听
鈥淭he winners of the Thomas Jefferson Award show how the CU community adds value not only to our institution, but throughout the state and beyond,鈥� said CU President Bruce D. Benson. 鈥淏y teaching, doing research and providing service, our people have a profound effect on improving quality of life for countless others.鈥�
A committee of CU baby直播app, staff and students selects winners. Recipients receive an engraved plaque and a $2,000 honorarium, and are recognized by the CU Board of Regents.
The Thomas Jefferson Award was established at the University of Virginia in 1951 by the Robert Earll McConnell Foundation to honor teaching baby直播app who exemplified the humanistic ideals associated with Jefferson. By 1962, six other institutions 鈥� including CU 鈥� had established a Jefferson Award. In 1980, the university added a student category; in 1988, the staff category was approved. Funding for the awards is derived from earnings on an endowment provided by the McConnell Foundation and from a bequest by Harrison Blair, a CU alumnus.
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Contact:
Jay Dedrick,听303-860-5707,听Jay.Dedrick@cu.edu
Angie White
