Individual Award

科学、数学和工程指导卓越总统奖（PAESMEM）旨在表彰那些在科学、数学和工程领域提高历史上代表性不足的群体参与度的杰出指导工作或项目。杰奎兹是新墨西哥州州立大学的土木工程教授，二十多年来一直是数百名学生的导师和榜样。作为路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）在新墨西哥州的主任，他赢得了为社区大学生提供新的研究活动的声誉，并为来自代表性不足的群体的高中生提供了渴望在中学后教育中学习STEM的理由。Jacquez在K-12，社区学院以及本科和研究生课程中建立专业学习社区伙伴关系方面发挥了作用。他让学生参与研究，培养他们的批判性思维和沟通技能，并让他们接触有助于他们的劳动力准备或准备研究生学习的活动和经验。自1993年新墨西哥州LSAMP成立以来，STEM学位授予从1992 -93年的253个增加到2003-04年的580个。在同一时期，向代表性不足的学生颁发学士学位的比例从24%增加到42%。

The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) recognizes outstanding mentoring efforts or programs that enhance the participation of historically underrepresented groups in science, mathematics, and engineering.Ricardo B. Jacquez, professor of civil engineering at New Mexico State University, has mentored and served as a role model for hundreds of students for more than two decades. As Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) director at New Mexico State, he has earned a reputation for providing new research activities for community college students, and for giving high school students from underrepresented groups reasons to aspire to STEM study in their postsecondary education. Jacquez has had a role in building professional learning community partnerships in K-12, community colleges and undergraduate and graduate programs. He involves students in research, develops their critical thinking and communications skills, and exposes them to activities and experiences that contribute to their workforce readiness or preparation for graduate studies. Since New Mexico LSAMP's inception in 1993, STEM degree awards have increased from 253 in l992-93 to 580 in 2003-04. Over the same period, the percentage of baccalaureate degrees awarded to underrepresented students has increased from 24 percent to 42 percent.