EUGENE–More than two dozen University of Oregon students and faculty of color received special recognition for their hard work and dedication at the 2000 OMA Awards and Graduation Ceremony, hosted May 19 by the UO Office of Multicultural Affairs during Spring Family Weekend.

Five students–Hong Tran, Hilary Davis, Teresa Garcia, Jose Alonso Oliveros and Renesa Tucker-Fair–were named recipients of this year’s Jewel Hairston Bell awards, each of which includes a $500 prize.

Maria Navales, a senior business administration major of 1513 Adams, Milpitas, Calif., received the Andersen Consulting Diversity Scholarship. The $1,000 award is based on academic achievement, leadership and need.

Twenty other students garnered Office of Multicultural Affairs Excellence Awards in recognition of their academic success, leadership and campus involvement.

In addition to the student awards, faculty members Anselmo Villanueva, an adjunct professor of educational leadership, and Kenneth Kempner, an associate professor of educational leadership, technology and administration, each received Outstanding Faculty Awards to honor their commitment to working with students of color and increasing ethnic and racial diversity at the university.

The Bell Award honors outstanding students of color whose presence and performance have furthered the cause of cultural and ethnic diversity at the University of Oregon. A committee of faculty and community members selects recipients of this award from a list of nominees submitted by UO faculty.

Bell, in whose honor the awards were established, headed the UO multicultural affairs office, then known as the Council for Minority Education, from 1983 to 1986. She was director of Tufts University’s African American Center in Cambridge, Mass., at the time of her death in August 1990.

Students receiving the Jewel Hairston Bell Awards in recognition of their academic success, leadership and strong campus involvement are:

BEAVERTON–Hong Tran, a senior political science and sociology major, 17998 N.W. Cambray St.

EUGENE–Hilary Davis, a senior educational studies major, 3798 Westleigh St.; and Teresa Garcia, a junior international studies and environmental studies major, 3540 Alameda.

INDEPENDENCE–Jose Alonso Oliveros, a senior planning, public policy and management, and sociology major, 388 S. 7th St.

PORTLAND–Renesa Tucker-Fair, a senior communication disorders and sciences major, 15828 N.E. Eugene Court.

Students receiving the OMA Excellence Awards in recognition of their academic success, leadership and strong campus involvement are:

BEAVERTON–Sylvia Gil, a senior political science major, 6000 S.W. Menlo Dr., Apt. 4.

EUGENE–Darlene Dadras, a junior theater arts and Romance languages major, 409 W. Broadway; Autumn DePoe, a senior political science major, 4949 Cone Ave.; Jason Mak, a senior general science and ethnic studies major, 1597 Hackamore Way; Carlton Oakes, a master’s degree student in arts management, 2250 Patterson St., Apt. 121; and Donna Ralstin, a first-year law student, 3588 Sisters View Ave.

GRESHAM–Christie Wong, a sophomore advertising major, 2010 S.W. Willow Parkway.

JUNCITON CITY–Denita Blount, a senior educational studies major, 485 S.W. Juniper.

ONTARIO–Mario Sifuentez, a junior history and political science major, 591 S.W. 12th St.

PORTLAND–Wylie Chen, a senior planning, public policy and management major,
2525 N.W. 141st Place; Mayra Gomez, a junior planning, public policy and management, and sociology major, 9494 St. Louis Ave.; Yih-Huei Liu, a junior general science and psychology major, 1839 N. Terry St.; Ronnie Seawood, a junior business administration pre-major, 1020 N. Holland; Jamila Singleton, a junior planning, public policy and management major, 2335 N.E. 55th Ave.; and Rhonda Stevens, a junior accounting major, 7308 N. McKenna.

SALEM–Rachelle Pavao, a senior sociology major, 4110 Auburn Rd. N.E.

MONTECITO, CALIF.–Enrique Lima, a senior comparative literature major, 116 MiraMar Ave.

SANTA MONICA, CALIF.–John Lopez, a senior architecture major, 2920 Exposition Blvd.

HONOLULU, HAWAII–Katy Ho, a senior public relations major, 1947 Alaeloa St.

PEARL CITY, HAWAII–Cara Kawahara, a senior biology major, 1947 Hoomalolo St.

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