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U.S. PRESIDENTIAL AWARDSExcellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring
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Beth Olivares, dean for diversity initiatives in Arts, Sciences & Engineering, was selected to receive a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.

Olivares, who joined the ĀŅĀ×Ēæ¼é staff in 1994 and is also director of the David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity and a faculty development and diversity officer, received the award in June at a ceremony at the White House. She was one of 14 educators, along with an organization, selected for the award, which was presented ā€œto recognize the crucial role that mentoring plays in the academic and personal development of students studying science and engineeringā€”particularly those who belong to groups that are underrepresented in these fields.ā€

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ā€˜Champions of Changeā€™

Medical Center neurologist Ray Dorsey (top) and Warner School of Education graduate student Anibal Soler Jr. (bottom) were honored at the White House as ā€œChampions of Changeā€ for working to improve the lives of the people they serve.

Dorsey, the David M. Levy Professor in Neurology, was recognized as a leading advocate for better research programs and treatments for Parkinsonā€™s disease. Soler, the principal of East High School in ĀŅĀ×Ēæ¼é, was honored for helping to lead efforts to improve the academic success of the schoolā€™s students. In July, the University and the Warner School began serving as the superintendent of East High. The honorees are chosen through a presidential program designed to recognize ordinary Americans who, according to the White House, ā€œare doing extraordinary things in their communities to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world.ā€