President's Bio: Awards, Honors, and Special Recognition

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2016:

Honoree at the Hudson County Chamber of Commerce Annual Gala
Honoree at the Executive Women of New Jersey’s “Salute to the Policy Makers Awards Dinner”
2016 Philippine-American Friendship Committee Inc. (PAFCOM) Grand Marshal
Special guest at the Fireworks Viewing Reception and Dinner at the Chinese Consulate General in New York City
Guest of Congressman Frank Guarini at the John Cabot University New York Gala

2015:

Special guest at the Reception in the Chinese Consulate on the occasion of Ambassador Zhang Qiyue assumption of the post of Consul General of the People of China in New York
Special guest at the New York celebration of the Chinese new year sponsored by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs in Beijing and the Consulate’s General Office
Special guest of Congressman Frank Guarini at the John Cabot Gala
Guest of Gerald Keenan, Executive Vice President of the New Jersey Alliance for Action, 2015 Golf Classic Dinner
Special guest at the One To World 25th Annual Fulbright Awards Dinner

2014

Special guest of the Philippine-American Friendship Committee, Inc. Grand Marshals Gala
Awarded Outstanding Alumnae for Georgia State University
Special guest at the Portugal’s National Day
Honoree at the United Way Luncheon for the Mary Norton Award
Invited guest at the Festa della Primavera-Spring Awards reception hosted by the American Foundation of Savoy Orders

2013

Invited attendee as guest of Senator Cunningham, Governor’s Budget Address
Invited guest at the Festa Della Primavera-Spring Awards reception hosted by the American Foundation of Savoy Orders, honoring Congressman Frank Guarini
Invited guest to march in the Philippine-American 23rd Parade and Festival
Invited guest at the Philippine-American Friendship Committee, Inc. of the Consul general and members of the Philippine Consulate in New York

2012

Special guest at the celebration of the 190th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, The Consulate General of Brazil in New York
Honorary Member, The National Society of Leadership and Success

2011

Participant in focus group meetings of Presidents and Vice Presidents to think about the future of higher education and what training programs might best prepare future leaders, hosted by American Council of Education, Philadelphia Pa.
Served on Administrative Expert Team from the United States to lead the Higher Education Workshop for the University of Rijeka and the Croatian Rectors’ Group funded by the State Department

2010

2009

Participant in Advancing to the Presidency, American Council of Education, Washington D.C.

2008

2007

Chosen for the Institute of Educational Management in Higher Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Chosen by Queens Courier as Top 10 Business Women in Queens

2003

2000-2002

Member of Leadership Gwinnett Class, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce
Member of AACSC Grant to improve Mathematics for Elementary Education Majors, 2001-2002
Member of Quality in Undergraduate Education Project – Pew Charitable Trust Grant for Quality in Undergraduate Education, 2000-2002
Georgia Teaching Fellow Program, University of Georgia Faculty in Resident Recipient, 2000-2001
David Baker Award, Rotary Club of Dunwoody, 2000-2001

Pre-2000

One of four recipients of Board of Regents grant: Calculus curriculum revision for semester conversion for DeKalb College, 1996
Faculty Development in Georgia Sabbatical grant for graduate studies in Mathematics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1994-1995
One of five principal investigators for National Science Foundation grant for the implementation of Mathematics in the Calculus curriculum-“Project 2000”, 1993
Outstanding New Faculty Teaching Award, DeKalb College, 1990
Outstanding Board Member, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1987
Star Teacher, Lithonia High School, 1982
Teacher of the Year, Lithonia High School, 1979
Outstanding Student Award, Mortar Board, Georgia State University, 1974