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including the High School Equivalency Program and the National Youth Sports Program.
athletic programs. She also is the liaison to the Student Athletic Council and is a board member of the Student Athletic Advisory Council.
Greg Lush, associate professor in electrical and computer engineering, was the recipient of the Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award. (See profile on p . 10.) A last-minute addition to the convocation program was the announcement of Patricia "Trisha., Ainsa, professor of teacher education, as the recipient of the 2000 Minnie Stevens Piper Award, one of only 10 in the state. In her 22 years at UTEP, Ainsa, who specializes in early childhood education, has served as the acting director of the Special Education Center and as project director of Computer Literacy in Children, a Title VII grant. She is the faculty athletics representative to the WAC and NCAA, acting as the liaison between UTEP's academic and
Abraham Chanz Jr., left, professor ol music, was recognizedas a new pl'llesser emeritus bJ UTEP President Diana Natallclo atlhe annual Honors ConrocaUon shoriiJ before his dealh In eariJ MaJ. Other emeriU lacuiiJ announced at conrocauon were: • Eugene Alan Dean, professor of physics, • Rick M. DeMarinis, professor of English, • Robert M. Esch, associate professor of English, • Carl E. Hall, associate professor of mathematical sciences, • Norma G. Hernandez, professor of teacher education, • James L. Milson, professor of teacher education, • Janet S. Omundson, associate professor of accounting, • Maureen A. Potts-Thompson, associate professor of English, • David B. Rozendal, associate professor of civil engineering, and • Robert H. Schmidt, professor of geological sciences.
A new addition to this year's Honors Convocation was the Entering Student Program's Outstanding Advocate for Entering Students Award. The award's first recipient was Dorothy Ward, director of academic programs. Under Ward's leadership, a team of UTEP faculty and staff designed the new first-year University Seminar course, the centerpiece of the Entering Student Program. She also located instructors, peer leaders and librarians to teach the course, provided faculty development workshops, and successfully delivered the class to more than 800 first-year student6 at UTEP, all in less than a year's time.
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