The UNM’s Office of the President is accepting nominations for the Sarah Belle Brown Community Service Award.
The nominations will be accepted through Monday, Sept. 28.
“The award, which recognizes the volunteer service work done by members of the UNM community, was established and endowed by former Regent and Anderson School of Management Dean Doug Brown to honor his wife, Sarah Belle Brown, and her lifelong commitment to public service,” according to a UNM press release.
Each year one faculty member, one staff member, and one student is recognized by the Award for their services to the community and donation of time to the UNM’s public service mission, according to the statement.
The winners receive a cash award of $1,500 with the student recipient receiving a scholarship of the same amount, the statement said.
“For 30 years Sarah Belle Brown has devoted considerable time to the community. Her lifelong interest in helping children and her command of Spanish led her to specialize in teaching English to Spanish-speaking children in Los Angeles,” she said.
“Later in San Francisco, she established a program in that school district focused on assisting newly immigrated Asian children to adapt to a new culture, and that was just the beginning. Mrs. Brown’s work in child advocacy and community service has continued into the present day.”
Researchers to improve emergency care for children
The UNM Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and the UNM Emergency Medical Service Consortium joined the universities of Arizona and Oklahoma in the newly formed Southwest Research Node Center to conduct research studies to improve emergency medical care for ill and injured children.
The research node is one of six within the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network, or PECARN, according to the press release.
“New Mexico’s children can benefit greatly from our front-line participation in PECARN studies,” said Dr. Robert Sapien, chief of pediatric emergency medicine at UNM. “We’re excited to be a part of a research effort that can improve the lives of one of our most vulnerable populations – our youth.”
The alliance will use $2.4 million federal funding to develop and conduct PECARN-approved studies that focus on preventing and reducing youth morbidity and mortality, according to the statement.
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