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BOISE STATE ANNOUNCES HUMANITARIAN AWARD WINNERS A sophomore accounting major and the former head of student housing have been named recipients of the fifth annual Larry Selland Humanitarian Award. The award is presented each year by the Boise State University Women’s Center in honor of Dr. Larry G. Selland. Selland, who died of cancer in 1996, was a former dean, executive vice president and interim president of Boise State. He is remembered as a tireless advocate for diversity and was an early supporter of the Women’s Center. Two Selland Awards are given each year, one for a student and one for a faculty or staff member. This year’s awards will be presented at a breakfast on Monday, March 19. For the first time, the staff award was bestowed posthumously. Dr. Richard D. McKinnon, who died of a lung ailment in January, was the former director of student housing and worked at Boise State for 18 years. He was honored as much for his conviction, integrity and faith as he was for his career accomplishments. "He knew everyone’s name from the housekeepers and janitors to the resident assistants and the residents themselves," Ben Hambelton, director of the Simplot Micron Instructional Technology Center, wrote in his nomination letter. "Dick was beloved by his fellow workers and the student residents who knew him." The student winner, Laura Cortazar, is a sophomore majoring in accounting. She was nominated based on her outstanding service to humanity as a whole and to her family in particular. The daughter of Mexican natives, Cortazar began acting as an interpreter for her parents at the age of 9. She has also spent countless hours visiting rest home residents and aligning herself with student service groups. "She is proud of her Mexican heritage and also proud of her American birth and citizenship," wrote Carol Carroll and Terrie Gillenwater, who work with Cortazar at Boise State’s College of Health Sciences. "She feels that each person is special in his or her own way." For more information on the Selland Award, contact Women’s Center coordinator Melissa Wintrow at 426-4259. Contact: Media Contact:
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