Homer Higbee Award Recipients
Homer Higbee Award recognizes NAFSAns currently involved in associational activities who have donated at least 10 years of distinguished service to NAFSA and who have acted as mentors to colleagues in all aspects of the field.
2011 Recipient – Anita Gaines
Anita Gaines is the director of international student and scholar services at the University of Houston. She has been in the field of international education for over 30 years. She has mentored numerous interns for at least 22 years. Anita started her NAFSA service as the South Texas representative in 1990-91 and diligently worked her way through the ranks to the top post, region III chair. She received the Citation for Extraordinary Service in International Education, NAFSA region III in 1997.
Anita Gaines served as the chair of the council of advisers to foreign students and scholars (CAFSS), the predecessor to the knowledge community, international student and scholar services. Anita Gaines was the chair of the subcommittee on ethical practice from 2007-09. She has just completed the challenging role as the first ethics coordinator 2009-10. Anita has also been actively involved in the leadership of the Christian SIG, her region and her institution.
Previous Recipients
- Janice Bogen, Thomas Jefferson University
- Patti Jones, Western Illinois University
- Peter Briggs, Michigan State University
- Evelyn Levinson, American University
- Bill Barnhart, University of Utah
- Marvin J. Baron, University of California-Berkeley
- Marian Beane, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
- Rosalie H. Berg, Columbia Council for Internationals
- Jon B. Booth, University of Minnesota
- M. Archer Brown, NAFSA
- Patricia Byrd, Georgia State University
- Denise Connerty, Temple University
- Catheryn Cotten, Duke University Medical Center
- Jean Delaney, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Stephen C. Dunnett, SUNY at Buffalo
- James Frey, Educational Credential Evaluators
- Heidi Gregori-Gahan, University of Southern Indiana
- James R. Graham, Colorado State University
- G. James Haas, Indiana University/Purdue University
- David Horner, Michigan State University
- Dr. William W. Hoffa, Amherst College
- Clayton Hubbs, Transitions Abroad
- Ann Kuhlman, Yale University
- John Pearson, Stanford University
- Kenneth A. Rogers, Indiana University-Bloomington
- Michael Smithee, Syracuse University
- Kay Thomas, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis
- Robert Watkins, University of Texas-Austin
- Jerry D. Wilcox, Cornell University
- Valerie Woolston, University of Maryland-College Park
