Deadline: Friday July 15, 2005
The Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration
(CONAHEC) (http://conahec.org)
invites member institutions and the higher education community
in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, to nominate individuals and/or
institutions for:
- The “CONAHEC Award of Distinction for Outstanding
Contributions to North American Higher Education Collaboration",
and
- The "Manuel T. Pacheco Award".
ABOUT THE CONAHEC AWARD OF DISTINCTION FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS
TO NORTH AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION COLLABORATION
The CONAHEC Award of Distinction is designed to acknowledge
the achievements and contributions of persons or organizations
involved in international higher education in Canada, Mexico,
or the United States, and whose involvement has demonstrated
substantial and effective contribution to the goals of educational
integration, collaboration, and leadership. This award will
be presented to individuals or organizations that have made
significant contribution at either institutional or national
levels.
Deadline for nominations: Friday July 15, 2005
Submissions will be reviewed by a trinational committee designated
by CONAHEC’s Board of Directors.
The award will be presented at CONAHEC’s Tenth North
American Higher Education Conference, to be held October 12-15,
2005 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. For more information about
the conference, visit our portal at http://conahec.org.
Eligibility: Nominees are not required to
be members of CONAHEC.
Selection Criteria for the Award of Distinction:
This award is presented to an **individual or organization**
that meets at least one or more of the following criteria:
- Outstanding contribution to the process of the integration
of the North American academic community and educational
systems of the three countries.
- Outstanding contribution to the development of education
in his/her own country.
- Outstanding contribution to the development of international
education and collaboration in North America.
Previous Recipients.
Past CONAHEC Awards of Distinction have been awarded to:
- Sylvia Ortega, founding president of AMPEI and current
Mexican Undersecretary for Educational Services for the
Federal District of Mexico (1997)
- David Strangway, former President of the University of
British Columbia and current President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (1998)
- Victor Arredondo, former Mexican Director General of
Higher Education and current State Secretary of Education
in Veracruz, Mexico (1999)
- Diana Natalicio, President of University of Texas, El
Paso (2001)
- François Tavenas, Rector Emeritus, Université
Laval (2002)
- Tom L. Wood, former President, Mount Royal College (2004)
Nominations:
Nominations must be submitted by email to Sean Manley-Casimir
at smanleyc@email.arizona.edu
no later than Friday July 15, 2005.
The nomination must include:
a) Name and contact information of the NOMINEE
b) Name and contact information of the nominator
c) A brief biographical description of the NOMINEE
d) Reasons for which the nomination is submitted.
ABOUT THE MANUEL T. PACHECO AWARD
Named on behalf of Manuel T. Pacheco, a distinguished international
educator, this award acknowledges his work and effort in promoting
CONAHEC and its trilateral educational focus. This award is
given to an outstanding individual from Mexico, Canada, or
the United States who has demonstrated exceptional achievement
and contribution to the development and progress of CONAHEC,
its mission, and in meeting its program objectives. The award
recipient must be a member of a CONAHEC member institution.
The Awards Committee will accept nominations from CONAHEC
member institutions until Wednesday June 15, 2005.
Submissions will be reviewed by a trinational committee designated
by CONAHEC’s Board of Directors.
Deadline for nominations: Friday July 15, 2005.
The award will be presented at CONAHEC’s Tenth North
American Higher Education Conference, to be held October 12-15,
2005 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. For more information about
the conference, visit our Web site at http://conahec.org.
Selection Criteria for the Manuel Pacheco Award:
The award will be presented to an **individual** either from
Mexico, Canada, or the United States who meets at least one
or more of the following criteria:
- Has made outstanding contribution to the development
and strengthening of CONAHEC as an organization and has
furthered the organization's mission and goals.
- Is or has been a member of a CONAHEC member institution.
- Has made an outstanding contribution to the development
of higher education opportunities in his/her country and,
by doing so, strengthened the country's integration to the
North American academic community.
Previous Recipients:
Past Manuel T. Pacheco Awards have been given to:
- Manuel T. Pacheco, former President of University of Arizona
(1998)
- Norman Collins, former representative of The Ford Foundation
in Mexico and Central America (1999)
- Richard W. Jonsen, former Executive Director of WICHE
(the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
(2001)
- Walter Uegama, former Vice President of Continuing Education,
University of British Columbia (2002)
- Juan Carlos Romero, former President of Universidad de
Guanajuato and current Governor of Guanajuato, Mexico (2004)
Nominations:
Nominations must be submitted by email to Sean Manley-Casimir
at smanleyc@email.arizona.edu
no later than Friday July 15, 2005.
The nomination must include:
a) Name and contact information of the nominee
b) Name and contact information of the nominator
c) A brief biographical description of the nominee
d) Reasons for which the nominee should be considered.
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