Individual Award

总统科学、数学和工程卓越导师奖(PAESMEM)表彰了杰出的导师努力或计划，这些努力或计划加强了历史上代表性不足的群体在科学、数学和工程领域的参与。20多年来，新墨西哥州立大学土木工程教授里卡多·B·雅克兹一直在指导数百名学生，并成为他们的榜样。作为新墨西哥州的Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)主任，他为社区大学生提供了新的研究活动，并为来自代表性不足群体的高中生提供了在他们的高等教育中渴望STEM学习的理由，从而赢得了声誉。Jacquez在建立K-12、社区学院以及本科生和研究生课程的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，并让他们接触到有助于他们为工作做好准备或为研究生学习做准备的活动和经验。自1993年新墨西哥州LSAMP成立以来，STEM学位授予量已从1992-93年度的253个增加到2003-04年度的580个。在同一时期，授予代表人数不足的学生的学士学位比例从24%上升到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.