Distinguished International Alumni Award
The CEHD Distinguished International Alumni Award recognizes outstanding achievements of international CEHD alumni to educational progress in their country.
CEHD is committed to deepening global relationships through research partnerships, study abroad, international degree-seeking students, and scholar exchanges. The Distinguished International Alumni Award reflects our commitment to fostering meaningful engagement around the world, and honors the outstanding CEHD alumni who are using their education to make a difference in their home (or another) country.
Recipients will be honored annually at the CEHD Exceptional Alumni Awards Celebration.
If you have any questions, please contact us at cehdas@umn.edu or 612-625-5963.
Criteria
Any alumni from the College of Education and Human Development with an M.A, M.Ed, MSW, EdD, or Ph.D who has contributed to outstanding educational progress in their country.
2024 Distinguished International Alumni Award Recipient
Millicent Adjei (MA '12, Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development; PhD '19, Comparative and International Development Education)
Millicent Adjei (she/her) is the Director, Diversity and International Programs and Adjunct Faculty at Ashesi University. She joined Ashesi University in 2012, and started the university's Office of Diversity and International Programs. As part of her role at Ashesi, she has helped increase intercultural understanding on campus, and has helped Ashesi initiate several study abroad and funding partnerships with top universities and organizations worldwide. She is part of the team that manages a $13 million MasterCard Foundation Scholars Programme at Ashesi. She is also a board member for the Girls' Exploration and Empowerment Club, an after school learning center for underprivileged girls in Ghana.
Millicent Adjei | 2024 Distinguished International Alumni Award
2015: John Flomo, Liberia
2014: Zayed Al Harethi
2013: Halil Dundar, Turkey
2012: Michelle de Haan , Canada
2011: Yoav Lavee, Israel
2010: Vilma D'Rozario, Singapore, and Sung-Kyung Yoo, Korea
2008: Shu-ching Kao, Taiwan
2007: Ahmad Ajarimah, Saudi Arabia
2006: Geraldene Hodelin, Jamaica
2005: Frosso Motti-Stefanidi, Greece
2003: Tong-In Wongsothorn, Thailand
2002: Huann-shyang Lin, Taiwan
2001: Abdulaziz Kamal, Qatar, and Yong-lin Moon, Korea
2000: Sam Hwan Joo, Korea, and Elizabeth Vukeh Tamajong, Cameroon
1999: Noriko Hiraki, Japan
1998: Fouzia Saeed, Pakistan
1997: Somwung Pitiyanuwat, Thailand