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Nominations are being sought for the International Educator Award which recognizes a faculty member who has significantly contributed throughout his or her career to international education at Cal Poly. All Cal Poly faculty are eligible to nominate peers, although only faculty employed at least half-time in a teaching position are eligible for consideration. Nominations, including self-nominations, are being solicited from the deans, department chairs, and all faculty members.
To nominate a faculty member, three copies of both a letter of nomination and the nominee’s curriculum vitae must be submitted to John Battenburg, Director of International Education and Programs.
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Architecture Professor Receives International Educator Award
November 17, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: John Battenburg, Director of International Education & Programs
805-756-2945
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Professor Don Swearingen of the Architecture Department in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design is the recipient of the 2008 Cal Poly International Educator Award. The annual honor, sponsored by the International Education and Programs Council, recognizes a faculty member who has significantly contributed to international education at Cal Poly.
Professor Swearingen will receive the award during the International Education Week Reception on Friday, November 21. This reception is to recognize faculty and staff who have contributed to international education at Cal Poly.
Professor Swearingen has been a faculty member in the Architecture Department at Cal Poly since 1974. While in graduate school, he was awarded the George C. Marshall Scholarship to study industrialized buildings systems in Copenhagen, Denmark and Stockholm, Sweden from 1969-1971. Professor Swearingen continued his involvement in international education activities by conducting research on adaptive reuse of older structures in Sweden during his sabbatical leave from Cal Poly in 1980-1981. The subsequent year, Professor Swearingen was appointed Resident Director of the California State University International Program at Uppsala University in Sweden and the Danish Institute for Study Abroad in Denmark.
For the past 34 years, Professor Swearingen has served as the lead faculty advisor for California State University International Architecture Programs in Denmark and Italy. He has advised administrators, faculty, and students in these programs. Because of his enthusiasm and commitment for international education, thousands of Cal Poly students have had the opportunity to study abroad.
Reflecting on Professor Swearingen’s contributions to international education and scholarship, President Warren Baker observed that he “is a true exemplar of global engagement. Over the past several decades, he has created extraordinary opportunities for our students to participate in life-changing study-abroad experiences. Through his scholarship, he has helped spread awareness of Scandinavian architectural practices. This award is a fitting recognition of his many achievements through a long and distinguished career.”
Professor Swearingen has been a licensed architect as well as also taught Architecture at Texas A & M University, the University of Arizona, and Cuesta College. He has served as a Faculty Intern at Watry Design in Redwood City, California and been the Instructor-in-Residence at the Washington, D.C./Alexandria Architecture Consortium (WAAC) in Alexandria, Virginia.
International Education & Programs, the principal resource center for international education at Cal Poly, serves both international and study abroad students. For more information, call 805-756-2945.