The most awards in a single year prior to 2020 by the College were three silver awards in 2019. This year, the College Relations team (consisting of Alumni & Parent Relations, Development and Marketing & Communications) earned six awards.
To give some context to the gravity of this recognition, Region 5 consists of colleges from Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Nearly every institution of Higher Education in the region is a member of NASPA, meaning deans from hundreds of schools in the region were eligible for this award, and Dean Bennion was the sole winner in the region.
The tools and resources that De La Paz is researching as part of this fellowship can be applied many different ways. But he wants to bring it back to the College and apply it to this community.