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The Forum’s Peter A. Wollitzer Advocacy Award was established to honor a Forum member who has been remarkably effective in influencing educational institutions to understand and support education abroad through the dissemination of the Forum’s goals: standards of good practice, data collection and research, curricular development and academic design, and assessment. The award will be given to an individual, but individual achievement pre-supposes institutional efficacy and impact and provides inspiration to the field of education abroad. Awardees can be individuals who work on a U.S. or foreign university campus or for domestic or foreign providers or organizations.
Please use the links to the left for guidelines for the award nominations.
The Forum is proud to congratulate Dr. James Langridge, University of Wollongong and founding Board Member of the Forum, as the recipient of the 2010 Wollitzer Award.
To a rousing standing ovation, James Langridge of the University of Wollongong accepted the Peter A. Wollitzer Advocacy Award at a plenary session at the Forum’s Annual Conference in Charlotte, NC. Jon Booth, Executive Director of Syracuse University Abroad, and a member of the Award’s Selection Committee, stated in his introduction to the ceremony, “The Peter A. Wollitzer Award is to honor a Forum member who has been remarkably effective in influencing educational institutions to understand and support education abroad. We all need heroes. We all need role models. The Forum set up this award to identify heroes and role models amongst The Forum membership.” His full remarks about the Award may be read here: Introduction to the 2010 Wollitzer Award .
Rob Castle, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Wollongong, read a citation to honor Langridge, which read in part, “This year’s recipient, Dr James Langridge, has created a significant international focus for the direction of international education within his own university, at a state and national level and in several countries around the world. He has been a key player in transforming his university into a truly global university. He has driven/guided the international mission and has developed programs, student exchange agreements and off-shore operations in regions which were not on the radar for many of his counterparts.”
The full citation may be read here: Citation for 2010 Wollitzer Award winner, James Langridge
The Forum is proud to congratulate David A. Larsen, Arcadia University CEA, the recipient of the 2008 Wollitzer Award. Lorna Stern Laniak's warm citation for Dr. Larsen spoke of the breadth and depth of his service, and led to a rousing ovation. Dr. Larsen has provided us with some words of appreciation.
The recipient of the Wollitzer Award in 2007 was Professor R. Michael Paige, of the University of Minnesota. Diane Elton's award citation, presented at the Forum Conference in Austin, TX, noted Dr. Paige's many achievements, accomplishments and dedication on every level to education abroad.
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