SWCOLT is seeking nominations for Second Language Education Awards and Language Study Scholarships.   The nomination deadline is to January 15, 2009.  Award winners must reside in the SWCOLT region. Scholarship winners must be a member of SWCOLT. SWCOLT will offer up to $300.00 reimbursement for travel to all of the scholarship winners.
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PRESENT AND PAST AWARD WINNERS

SWCOLT TEACHER OF THE YEAR

            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

2007 Cesiah M. Boryczka, Earl Warren High School, San Antonio, Texas

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

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

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

2008 Thomas Keith Cothrun, Associate Director, World Languages and Cultures, Advanced Placement Program, The College Board, Duluth, GA

SWCOLT SHOLARSHIPS

FRENCH

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

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 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

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

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