HONORS:

• Fellow, Society for Values in Higher Education, 2003.
• Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program to Brazil, Center for International Education U.S. Department of Education. (15 university senior administrators), 2001.
• Thomas Barr Fellowship to attend Salzburg Seminar (Austria)  #382; Youth and Civic Participation: Models of Engagement, 2000.
• Special Recognition Award. Greater Kansas City Hispanic Heritage Committee. 2000.
• University of Kansas City Trustees Faculty Fellow 1996-97. ($10,000 stipend--UMKC’s highest award for research and creative activity).
• Outstanding Alumnus, Ball State University School of Music, April, 1996.
  Kauffman Excellence in Teaching Award, UMKC Conservatory of Music, 1994.
• Alumni Achievement Award, School of Music, Ball State University, 1988.
• Rackham Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (all-University award) The Rackham Graduate School of the University of Michigan, 1986.
• Fulbright Pre-Doctoral Research Award Mexico, 1985-86.
• Charles Owen/James Salmon Percussion Award. Univ. of Michigan, 1985.
• Wallace Award (one of two all-University awards to the general faculty). Drake University, 1983.
  

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES:  

Leading and Sustaining Change , Plenary IV. April, 2003. AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal Conference. Maria Hesse, President, Chandler-Gilbert Community College; Nancy Shapiro, Associate Vice Chancellor, University System of Maryland; Laurence Kaptain , Vice Provost for Faculty Programs and Academic Quality, University of Missouri-Kansas City; and David Schwalm, Vice Provost East College, Arizona State University West.

New Models of Leadership in Higher Education . January, 2003. AAC&U National Conference in Seattle .

  “ The Role and Nature of Faculty Development and Support at Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Intensive Schools ”   with Kathleen McKinney, Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Illinois State University and Margaret W. Cohen, University of Missouri - St. Louis, Gary M. Shulman, Department of Communication, Miami University-Ohio. “ Mission , Values and Identity: A National Conference for Carnegie Doctoral /Research Intensive Institutions,” Illinois State University , July, 2002.

“ Creating Learner-Centered Environments in Large Enrollment Courses . “

“ Starting Off Well: Campus Supports for New Faculty .”

Teaching Renewal Conference, University of Missouri-Columbia, February, 2002.

University of Missouri New Faculty Teaching Scholars: A Campus and University System Initiative for the Scholarship of Teaching and System-Wide Collegiality . AAHE Roles and Rewards National Conference, Phoenix , January, 2002.

 

 

“ Assessing Faculty Development ,” with Lesley Caferelli. Professional Organizational Development Network in Higher Education National Conference, St. Louis , October, 2001.

" Collegiate Engagement and Collaboration with Non-Profit K-16 Organizations ."   (with Cirecie Olatunji, Assistant Professor of Education, Xavier University Louisiana;   Karen Scates, President and CEO, Kid's Voting USA2001 National Conference in Higher Education, AAHE, Washington, DC. March, 2001.

"An Integrative Campus Resource: The Resident Ethnic Music Ensemble." Association for General and Liberal Studies National Conference, Chicago , November, 2000.

“La marimba de un solo teclado Afroecuadoriana y Chiapaneca.” International Festival of the Marimbist: The Marimba Entering the New Millennium. Tuxtla Gutiérrez , Chiapas , December, 1999.

“Extant Single Keyboard Marimba Traditions of Chiapas , Mexico and Northwestern Coastal Ecuador . North Carolina Chapter Percussive Arts Society, State Conference, March, 1999.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITY

Sociedad Hidalgo—Board of Directors (Kansas City-based Latino cultural organization).

Compassion Foundation—Board of Directors (Kansas City-based foundation to improve education and social conditions of children in the maquilladora district of Ciudad Juarez).

Pembroke Hill School Arts Council.
Member, Economic Development Committee for Jackson County—Arts and Culture Sub-Committee.
Grupo Atotonilco--Board of Directors (Kansas City-based Mexican folkloric dance troupe).
Hispanic Showcase Benefit Concert—Planning Committee, June 15, 2001.
COMBAT 3rd Annual Poetry Contest---Planning Committee for May 5, 2001—hosted by UMKC (sponsored by the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office).  

Significant outcomes 2000-2001
1) Published 2 monthly newsletters, Beginning in July, 2000
2) Established Assistant/Associate Deans Council, February, 2001
3) Established a re-configured Blueprint Undergraduate Council for Excellence, April,2001
4) Established a two-day conference for Transformation in Higher Education May 14-15, 2001. Led the selection/identification of 40 Meriwether Lewis faculty fellows and a 20 member Corps of Discovery. They will interact with:

Harry Boyte, senior fellow, codirects the Center for Democracy and Citizenship, the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota.
     
John O’Connor visiting scholar at the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE), previously Vice Provost for Information Technology and professor of English and American Studies at George Mason.

James Groccia is the Director of the Program for Excellence in Teaching, Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate School, and a member of the Graduate Faculty in the department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Clayton Lillienfeldt National Manager: Institutional & Social Development, he was tasked with issues of diversity, transformation, racism, project management & program monitoring & evaluation, conflict management, workers rights, issues of poverty eradication, team building and problem solving.

5) Initiated Fulbright Conference (with presenters from Washington, D.C. and Mexico City), hosted by the Office of International Academic Programs
6) Established University of Missouri Teaching Scholars
7) Advanced student learning outcomes through leadership on A Community of Learners

EDUCATION:      
 Doctor of Musical Arts (percussion performance) University of Michigan, 1987.
 Certificate (performance) El Conservatorio Nacional, Guatemala, 1980.
 Master of Music (percussion performance) Univ. of Miami (Florida), 1975.
 Bachelor of Science (performance/education) Ball State University, 1974.
 Attended Northern Illinois University, 1970-71.
 
LANGUAGES:           
Spanish --advanced conversational/speaking, reading, and basic written skills.