Presidential Awards For Excellence In Science, Mathematics, & Engineering Mentoring

在新墨西哥州立大学的30年里，他指导了49名本科少数民族学生。Kuehn博士的学员中有11人获得了科学硕士学位，8人获得了博士学位，19人获得了医学博士学位，11人进入了技术队伍。库恩博士的一名学生成为美国第一位获得化学博士学位的印第安女性。1992年，Kuehn博士建立了一个桥梁项目，以促进美国原住民学生从五所新墨西哥州社区学院转到四年制学术课程。自从这个桥梁项目开始以来，64%（72）的美国印第安人参与者成功地转入了科学学士学位课程。桥梁项目的毕业生包括两名美国印第安人博士学位获得者，七名硕士学位获得者和23名学士学位获得者。

During his 30 years at New Mexico State University, Dr. Kuehn mentored 49 undergraduate minority students. Eleven of Dr. Kuehn's mentees earned master's degrees in science, eight earned doctoral degrees, nineteen earned medical doctor degrees, and eleven entered the technical workforce. One of Dr. Kuehn's mentees became the first Native American woman to receive a doctorate in chemistry in the United States. In 1992, Dr. Kuehn established a bridge program to facilitate the transfer of Native American students from five New Mexico community colleges to four-year academic programs. Since the inception of this bridge program, 64% (72) of the American Indian participants successfully transferred into baccalaureate degree programs in science. Graduates of the bridge program include two American Indian Ph.D. recipients, seven master's degree recipients, and 23 baccalaureate degree recipients.