University of Texas at El Paso



Diana Natalicio Achievements: 1988-2018YearHeadlineTextMedia Caption1988?Appointed president by the UT System Board of Regents.?1990?Elected to the El Paso Women’s Hall of Fame.President Natalicio pictured in 1989.1991?Appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.?1994?Appointed by President Bill Clinton to the National Science Board, where she served two six-year terms, including three two-year terms as the NSB’s vice chair.1994?Appointed to the NASA Advisory Council.?1995?Selected chair of the board of directors of the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE).President Natalicio pictured in 1996. 1997?Recognized with the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education.?1998?Elected to the Hall of Honor, El Paso County Historical Society.?1999?Elected to the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame.President Natalicio pictured in 1999.2000?Appointed to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities by President Clinton.?2000?Appointed to the Education Advisory Team for the Bush Presidential Transition.?2001?Receives honorary doctoral degrees from Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, and from Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.?2004?Appointed to the Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees.?2004?Appointed to the NASA Education Advisory Committee.President Natalicio in a 2002 issue of Nova Quarterly. 2005?Appointed to the Internet2 Board of Trustees.President Natalicio at a 2005 press conference announcing UTEP's connectivity to Internet2.2006?Voted El Pasoan of the YearPresident Natalicio at the 2005 UTEP Homecoming Parade.2006?Received Distinguished Alumnus Award, Texas Exes, UT Austin.?2007?Awarded Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award, American Council on Education (ACE) and the Alfredo G. de los Santos, Jr. Award for Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Inc. (AAHHE).?2008?Named one of the 2008 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Texas, Texas Diversity Magazine.?2008?Named one of 35 people who will shape the future of Texas, Texas Monthly Magazine.?2008?Marked 20th year as President of UTEP.?2009?Selected to the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Executive Committee.?2010?Received Christiaan Petrus Fox Citizen of the Year Award, Fort Bliss.?2011?Receives Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, honoris causa, Georgetown University, School for Continuing Studies.?2011?Receives the Orden Mexicana del ?guila Azteca (Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle), highest honor bestowed on foreign nationals by the President of Mexico.?2013?Received the TIAA-CREF Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence, which recognizes leadership and commitment to higher education and contributions to the greater good.?2013?Sworn in as board chair of the American Council on Education, the largest national higher education organization.?2015?Awarded the national Academic Leadership Award by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.?2016?Named to the TIME magazine 100 Most Influential People list.?2017?Named among the Top 50 World Leaders by Fortune magazine.?2017?Conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree from St. Louis University and a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Northeastern University, Boston.President Natalicio was conferred an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at Northeastern University’s 115th commencement ceremony 2018?Starts her 30th year as UTEP President. She is the longest-serving president of a doctoral research university currently in office, and the all-time longest-serving female president of a four-year public university or college.? ................
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