PRESENT AND PAST AWARD WINNERS
SWCOLT
TEACHER OF THE YEAR
2011 Yo Azama - CA
2010 Stephen Van Orden - UT
2009 Nellie Spurlin - TX
2008 Toni Theisen –
CO
2007Jamin Lynch – CA
2006
Christine Lanphere – CA
2005 Desa Dawson – OK
SWCOLT
AWARDS
Excellence in Teaching – Elementary
2005 Nancy S. Hernandez,
Phoenix Country Day School
,
AZ
2000 Edna Alvarado, La Mesa Elem.,
Albuquerque, NM
1999 Lewis Johnson,
Hook Junior HS,
Victorville
,
CA
Excellence in Teaching
– Secondary
2009 Shelli Brown, Vines High School, Plano TX
2007 Cesiah M. Boryczka, Earl Warren
High School, San Antonio, TX
2006 Dale Crum, Deer Creek MS,
Littleton, CO
2005 Laura A. Bertrand, Explorer
MS, AZ
2004 Joyce Pierro Lentz,
Las Cruces, NM
2003 Nancy Oakes, Rio Rancho HS, NM
2002 Christine S. Wells, Cheyenne Mountain JHS, Colorado
Springs, CO
2001 Kathleen Zipf, West Mesa HS, Albuquerque, NM
2000 Marty Christopher, Woodward HS, Woodward, OK
1999 Patricia Kule, Fountain Valley School,
Colorado Springs, CO
Excellence in Teaching
– Post-Secondary
2011 Dr. Donna Shelton, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah,OK
2008
Dr. Marina Peters-Newell, French Instructor,
Coordinator of Lower Division Languages, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
NM
2007 Tony Spanos, Weber State
University, Ogden, Utah
2005 Miko
Kurita Foard, Arizona State University,
AZ
2004 Francisco Zermeño, Hayward,
CA
2002 Suzanne Bader Hendrickson, Arizona
State University,
Tempe, AZ
2001 Elfie
Manning, Las Vegas, NV
2000 Agnes Dimitriou, University
of California in Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
1999 Pete Kastner-Wells, University of Northern Colorado,
Greeley, CO
Friend of the Profession
2009 Ralph Pohlmeier, Stevens Learning Systems, Bethany, OK
2008
Dr. Jessica Stowell, Associate Director of
Confucius Institute at University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2007 James Buchanan, Arts
Communication High School, San Antonio, Texas
2004 Christiane
Frederickson, Oakland, CA
2001 María Inés García, Texas Education Agency, Austin, TX
2000 Julie Gonzales
1999 William "Gully"
Stanford, Colorado
State Board of Education, Denver, CO
Honorary Lifetime SWCOLT Member
2011 Janine Erickson, Denver Language School, Denver, CO
2010 Gordon Hale, The Adelson Campus, Las Vegas, NV
2009
Thomas Keith Cothrun, The College Board, Duluth,
GA
2008 Helene Zimmer-Lowe, Executive Director, AATG
SWCOLT
SHOLARSHIPS
FRENCH
Académie de Languages de Trois-Pistoles, Quebec
2011 Susan Carlock, Clovis, CA
2010 Jennifer Jones, NM
French Embassy
2006 Barbara Russek,
Alice Vail Middle School, AZ
2004 Lorraine Leftwich
- Bernalillo HS - Bernalillo, NX
2003 Lela Kimber, K.O. Knudson MS, Las Vegas, NV
2002 Mayrene Bentley,
Northeastern State, Tahlequah,
OK
2001 Kelly M. Olsen, Killeen
HS, Killeen, TX
2000 Linda Bayes
GERMAN
Goethe Institut
2010 Shannon Szuszalski, NM
2004 Debbie Singer - Monarch HS -
Boulder
,
CO
2002 Carolyn M. Killgore, The
Woodlands HS, The Woodlands, TX
2001 Debbie Singer, Monarch HS, Boulder, CO
2000 Sandra Almgren
2000 Ron Hubbard
1999 Pam Su'a,
West Jordan
MS
,
West Jordan
,
UT
SPANISH
Centro Mundolengua, Sevilla, España
2011 Erika Stinnette, NV
2010 Matthew Zealand, CA
Academia Latinoamericana de Español Scholarship, South America
2011 Linda Colenda, Angelfire, NM
2010 Jessica Larson, NM
Centro Bilingüe –
Cuernavaca
,
MX
2005 Sharon
Jennings, Pine Tree HS, Longview, TX
2004 Susan Peña - Oceana HS - San Francisco, CA
2002 Cynthia Baca, Pueblo SD #60, Pueblo, CO
2001 Patricia Smith, Florence
HS, Florence, TX
2000 Nancy E. Schuetz
Interamerican University Studies Institute –
Querétaro, MX
2007 Julie Rivera, Legacy High School, Las
Vegas, NV
2006 Michael Hydak,
Austin CC, TX
2005 Lucy Linder, Río Salado CC, Tempe, AZ
2004 Susan Bogner
- Monarch HS - Lousville,
CO
2004 Diane Christensen - Layton HS - Salt
Lake City, UT
2003 Sheila Ainsworth, Indian
Hills MS, Sandy, UT
2002 Dona Dougherty, McQueen HS, Reno, NV
2001 Gina Taylor, Red Oak, TX
2000 Ron Hubbard
1999 Christine S.
Wells, Cheyenne Mountain JHS, Colorado Springs, CO
Spanish Embassy
2006 Georgina Georgelos,
Pima Community College, AZ
2005 Linda Mayer, Pine Valley
Elementary School, USAFA, CO
2004 Maritza
Sloan - Plano West Senior HS - Plano, TX
2003 Rosa Isela
Ramos, Stephen F. Austin HS, Sugar
Land, TX
2002 Mira Canio, Longmont HS,
Longmont, CO
2001 Shwanté
Washington, Paul
Laurence Dunbar HS, Fort Worth,
TX
2000 Mary Ann O'Hara
Cemanahuac University Studies Institute
2010 Allison Knopic, AZ
2008
Natalie Figueroa, Albuquerque, NM
2007 Virginia Porto, Bixby High School, Bixby, OK
2006 Victoria Grablander,
Eaton HS, CO
Universidad Internacional—The Center for Linguistic Multicultural Studies
2010 Rachel Mamiya, HI
2006 Manny Durazo,
Pima CC, AZ
2003 Maria Zambrano,
Sandra Day O'Connor HS, San Antonio, TX
Costa Rica Connection
2002 Cynthia Joy, Reagan HS,
Austin
,
TX
2001 Anita J. Robbins,
Latta
Public
Schools
,
Ada
,
OK
Central American Inst.
for International Affairs
2000 Jean McCollum