Like last year we awarded two Faculty Service Awards again. This years’ recipients were Eduardo Brondizio for his support of Latinos through mentoring and scholarship and in particular for his Mathers Museum exhibit entitled, “An Ethnographic and Photographic Guide to Caboclos of the Amazon Estuary” and Alberto Torchinsky for his tireless betterment of Latinos through his many continuous administrative efforts over the past 25 years.

This years’ recipient of the Staff Service Award was Rosa Ayers for her many outreach initiatives to improve the Latino experience in Bloomington and in the state, and in particular for her work with Mujeres en Conexión.

The recipient of the Student Service Award was Manuel Martínez who is a Sophomore and is nominated for his many volunteering activities in Groups, La Casa, the New Beings student organization and was also selected to participate in the MEDIC-B summer research program, and gained admission into the Hudson-Holland Scholars program all during his Freshman year.

Let us recognize not only the award recipients but also all the nominees and the many others who work daily to improve the Latino Academic community at IUB.