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LAS Student International Excellence Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who take advantage of the College's various international offerings and excel in them. The award was established in 2006.

2007 Karin Brandt (Political Science and International Studies)

Karin Brandt, a senior political science and international studies major, has received the LAS Student International Excellence Award. While a student at Iowa State, Brandt has served as an undergraduate research assistant for the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in Uganda, researching refugee and forced migration issues in northern Uganda and Burma. She has also been an intern on literacy development in northern region of Ghana after completing a study abroad program at the University of Ghana in Accra in the spring of 2006.

2006 Cilia Maria Ruiz-Paz (Psychology and International Studies)

Cilia Maria Ruiz-Paz, a junior psychology and international studies major, has received the LAS Student International Excellence Award. Ruiz-Paz has participated in a student exchange program with Rotary International to France and has been accepted into the fall 2007 undergraduate program for Semester at Sea. She serves on a number of student organizations including as president of the Asociacion de Latinoamericanos, and the Latino Heritage Month Committee. She has also served as a member of Iowa State’s President’s Advisory Committee on Diversity.

2006 Elizabeth Rock (Political Science and International Studies)

A double major in political science and international studies with a minor in Spanish, Elizabeth Rock has studied abroad in Spain and Belize while at Iowa State. She was also enrolled in the first Arabic course offered on campus, has participated in the Model United Nations student group and served as an intern for the Iowa Council for International Understanding. She plans to attend graduate school to study international relations.