{"id":4400,"date":"2012-11-08T09:25:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T14:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=4400"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:35:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:35:23","slug":"gardneraward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=4400","title":{"rendered":"Gardner honored by the College for distinguished service"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/casdev.unc.edu\/collegearchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2012\/11\/ASfoundationboard_05.jpg\"><\/a> From left, Distinguished Service Award recipient Alston Gardner, Board Chair James Alexandre and Dean Karen Gil. (photo by Mary Lide Parker)\n<p>University trustee and Carolina alumnus Alston Gardner \u201977 has received the 2012 Dean\u2019s Award for Distinguished Service to the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>The award, established in 2010 by the Arts and Sciences Foundation, recognizes volunteers who have served the College with \u201cextraordinary distinction,\u201d said Dean Karen Gil.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner was honored at the Nov. 2 meeting of the Arts and Sciences Foundation Board of Directors during a joint presentation by Dean Gil and Board Chair James Alexandre.<\/p>\n<p>They recognized Gardner as an early and visionary champion of global engagement and learning.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner and his wife Barb Lee have established and generously supported the Southeast Asia Summer Program, which has provided a remarkable opportunity for scores of Carolina students to gain a meaningful and substantive introduction to Asia. They also produced a video that has helped raise more than $18 million for study abroad scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Gardner has served as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A leader and major contributor to the construction of the FedEx Global Education Center;<\/li>\n<li>The founding chair of the University\u2019s Advisory Board for International and Area Studies;<\/li>\n<li>A member of the steering committee for the <em>Carolina First<\/em> campaign, which raised $2.38 billion for UNC; and<\/li>\n<li>A member of the Chancellor\u2019s Innovation Circle, charged with finding ways to incorporate entrepreneurship and innovation into UNC\u2019s teaching, research and service mission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gardner has served as a member of the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees since 2007 and is playing a leading role in shaping the Board\u2019s <em>21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Vision of the Public University<\/em> through discussions about models of undergraduate education.<\/p>\n<p>UNC alumna<a href=\"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/2012\/10\/30\/dickson\/\"> Mary Anne Dickson \u201963 <\/a>also received the 2012 Dean\u2019s Award for Distinguished Service at a recent Carolina Women\u2019s Leadership Council meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University trustee and Carolina alumnus Alston Gardner \u201977 has received the 2012 Dean\u2019s Award for Distinguished Service to the College of Arts and 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