Florida International University
1970s
Hope Jacobson 77, MS 85, EdD 98 was awarded the Bill Crutchfield Award For Outstanding and Distinguished Service from Special Olympics FL. She has been a volunteer with the organization since 1974 in a wide range of roles, including coaching athletes, teaching in the Athlete Leadership University (Academy), and fundraising and facilitating community-based programs. She also was a coordinator for Athlete Leadership Miami. Now retired from Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS), she is currently an adjunct professor in FIU’s College of Arts, Sciences and Education and works as a substitute teacher for MDCPS.
1990s
Carmen Cruz ’92, ’93 was named the first Latinx president of the Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies. In February of 2020, Cruz also received a national multicultural award, the Janet E. Helms Award for Mentoring and Scholarship from Columbia University, and was invited to do a keynote for the longest stand