Regional Awards

Plaque: Outstanding Service to International Education.  Recipients must have demonstrated outstanding performance of a sustained and serious nature, including projects and/or services of national impact, reflecting on and/or raising the region's visibility outside the southwest region, and must be members of NAFSA. Certificate: Awarded to individuals whose activities were recognized as innovative and of special service to the region.  Some of them wrote books, other have been very special hosts to international students, or hard-working counselors, or major contributors.  Members of this region want to voice a public "thank you" to recognize them and to encourage them to keep up their good work.

The following people have been honored by Region III:

Year Award Recipient Institution(at time of award)
2006 Certificate Dennis Dunham University of Central Oklahoma
  Duck Bill Beverly Heyen University of Texas-Austin
2005 Plaque John Singleton Texas Christian University
Certificate Michele Stelljes Baylor College of Medicine
2004 Plaque Adria Baker Rice University
Plaque Rebecca Crowell Collin County Community College
Plaque Maggie Pinson University of Texas Medical Branch
Plaque Janice Thomas University of New Orleans
Certificate Penny Lyons Southern Arkansas University
Certificate Larry Tremblay Louisiana Board of Regents
2003 Plaque Deane Willis University of Texas-Austin
Plaque David Ware David Ware Associates
Certificate Jane Dunham University of Texas-San Antonio
2002 Plaque Don Meeks The Language Company, Oklahoma City (retired)
Plaque Linda Jahn International Academic Credential Evaluators
Certificate David Schaumburg University of Houston
Certificate Max Mathis University of Oklahoma
2001 Plaque Regina Henry Oklahoma State University
2000 Plaque Sue Marlay Arkansas State University
Plaque Michele Stelljes Baylor College of Medicine
Plaque Bridget Canty University of Houston
1999 Plaque Beverly Heyen Richland College
Plaque Mary Ann Kelly Louisiana State University
1998 Plaque Kathy Sands Texas A&M University
Certificate Pat Martin Rice University
Certificate Al Mladenka Texas Christian University
1997 Plaque Anita Gaines University of Houston
Plaque Rose Mary Valencia Univ. of Texas Health Science Center - Houston
Certificate Mary Ann Kelly Louisiana State University
Certificate Leroy Broussard University of Southwestern Louisiana
Certificate Sandra Rodriguez Rice University
1996 Plaque Ellen Shatswell INS
Certificate Lee Savage University of Oklahoma
1995 Plaque Robert Watkins University of Texas-Austin
Plaque Jean Ringer Texas A&M University
Plaque Debbie Danna Loyola University
Certificate Gail Acree Baton Rouge, La
Certificate Eva Bowman
Certificate Mark Brewer Northwood University
Certificate Leroy Broussard Univ. of Southwestern LA
Certificate Malvern Burnett LA
Certificate Cathy Cake Tulane University
Certificate Cathy Carucci Univ. of Southern Mississippi
Certificate Gaye Childress
Certificate Susan Collins Louisiana State University
Certificate Dan Erickson Louisiana Tech University
Certificate Mark Hallett University of New Orleans
Certificate Deborrah Hebert Southeastern Louisiana University
Certificate Brian Hughes Tulane University
Certificate Terral Jackson Southern University
Certificate Penny Jessop Tulane Univ. School of Public Health
Certificate Mary Ann Kelly Louisiana State University
Certificate Steve Kelly Louisiana State University
Certificate Lou Nunes-Brewer Northwood University
Certificate Josephine Okoronkwo Southern University, New Orleans
Certificate Marcelle Saussy Tulane University
Certificate Nancy Turner Council of International Visitors, New Orleans
Certificate Vicki Vance
Certificate Kathy Ward LA
Certificate David Ware New Orleans, LA
Certificate Ronit Weingarden Tulane University
Certificate Charles Wells Tulane University
Certificate John Williamson Nicholls State University
Certificate Jim Wolff Delgado Community College
1994 Plaque Iris Perkins Texas Southern University
Certificate Vera Wade University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
1993 Plaque Kitty Villa University of Texas-Austin
Plaque Bill Lennon Tulane University
Plaque Jack Burke University of Houston
1992 Plaque Ronald Paddack University of Central Oklahoma
1991 Plaque Millie Audas University of Oklahoma
Plaque Tom Hoemeke University of North Texas
Plaque Joseph Jones Texas Southern University
Certificate Beverly Heyen Brookhaven College
Certificate Sue Williams Washington, OK
1990 Plaque Jane Dunham Rice University
Plaque Lucy Keller IIE
Certificate D'Ann Burke University of Houston
Certificate Sandy Slattery Japan-America Cultural Exchange
1989 Plaque Inge Jordahn Louisiana State University
Certificate Anna Jo Wilson Oklahoma City, OK
1988 Plaque Margie Kidd University of Texas-Austin
Plaque Judy Young University of Texas-Arlington
Plaque Martha Morse Houston International Service Committee
Certificate Myron Low Austin College
Certificate Pam Stephenson Texas International Education Consortium
1987 Plaque Rose Mary Valencia University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston
Plaque Joe Neal University of Texas-Austin
Plaque (posthumous) Max LaGrone University of Texas-Austin
Plaque Alice Reynolds Pratt IIE
Plaque J. William Fulbright Former U.S. Senator, Arkansas
Certificate Jacque Segars Behrens Texas Tech University
Certificate Stephen Cooper Louisiana State University
Certificate Jack Burke University of Houston
Certificate Lois Crooks ELS Language Center, OKC
Certificate Jessie Jordan Texas A&M University
Certificate Marie Lavallard Fayetteville, AR
Certificate Mary Ann Palka International Hospitality Committee of Austin
Certificate Ronald Parra INS, Houston
Certificate Mona Rizk-Finne Texas A&M University
Certificate Ellen Shatswell INS, Houston

Other Recognition

Year Award Person or Institution
2004 Partners Award Global Credentials Evaluators, Inc.
American Spirit Award Mariela Melero Chami
  American Spirit Award Madeline Burgess