Carol Bender

Degrees

• M.S. Social Work
• Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• B.S. Human Ecology
• Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Awards

• Fulbright Senior Scholar (IEA) to Japan
• Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, US Department of State, Summer 1998
• Celebrate Service Learning Award
• Pima Community College, Spring 1998
• Travel Award
• University of Arizona Office of International Programs: Multiple travel awards--1996, 1999, 2992, 2006, to present papers in Japan, Singapore, Canada, Mexico and China., Spring 1996
• Center for Insect Science, UA, Fall 2011
• Michael A. Cusanovich Arizona Biosciences Educator of the Year
• AZBIO, Fall 2017
• Coprenicus Fellow
• University of Arizona College of Science Gallileo Circle, Fall 2016
• Invited Speaker
• Fulbright Commission, Prague, Czech, Spring 2016
• Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, Spring 2009
• AAAS Fellow
• American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fall 2015
• Women's Plaza of Honor at the University of Arizona
• Faculty and students who participate in UBRP, Spring 2014
• Keynote speaker, Lamar University Undergraduate Research Banquet
• Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, Fall 2013
• Invited Panelist, Models of Undergraduate Research Offices
• Council on Undergraduate Research, held on the campus of the College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, Summer 2012
• Fulbright Nehru Seminar (International Education Administrators) Seminar
• US State Department in Conjunction with the US India Educational Foundation (USIEF), Spring 2011
• Invited Speaker on Proposal Development
• Council on Undergraduate Research, CUR Dialogues Meeting in Washington, DC, Spring 2011
• Recognition Award from UBRP Students and Mentors, 2011
• Undergraduate Biology Research Program mentors and students (similar awards received in 1991, 1993, 1999, Spring 2011
• University Distinguished Outreach Professor
• The Office of the Provost, The University of Arizona, Spring 2011
• Invited Speaker on integrating undergraduate research from community college through undergraduate years
• Council on Undergraduate Research, AACU, Meeting held at Duke in Durham, NC, Fall 2010
• Invited Speaker, Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation
• AAAS, HHMI, NSF. Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Professionals through International Research Experiences!, Conference held in Washington, DC, Spring 2010
• Invited Speaker, Workshop on Initiating Undergraduate Research
• Louisiana State University, Alexandria, LA, Spring 2010
• Invited Webinar Speaker on Proposal Development
• Fulbright Association, Spring 2010
• Recognition Award
• Arizona Chapter of the Fulbright Association; Chapter recognition awards received in 2005, 2009, 2010; for Chapter Leadership, Spring 2010
• UA Academic Leadership Institute
• Office of the Provost, The University of Arizona, Spring 2010
• Invited Speaker, USB in a World without Borders on the 20th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution
• The University of South Bohemia, Czech, Fall 2009
• Jon W. McGarity Leadership Award
• Market Rx, a Cognizant Company--for person in Arizona who provided the most outstanding leadership that contributed significantly to the development of the state's bioindustry and/or recognition of the advancement of bioscience in Arizona, Spring 2008 (Award Finalist)
• Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award
• University of Arizona Mortar Board Senior Honorary, Spring 2008
• University of Arizona Honors College, Spring 2005
• Invited Speaker, 30th Annual Fulbright Association Meeting
• Fulbright Association, Washington, DC, Fall 2007
• Member, Sino-US Seminar on Undergraduate STEM Education
• US National Science Foundation, Project Kaleidoscope, Chinese Ministry of Education (member of delegations to Wuhan China in 2005, 2006), Fall 2005
• Medal of Honor
• University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech, Summer 2003
• Outstanding Academic Professional
• University of Arizona College of Science, Spring 2002
• Millennium International Volunteer
• US Department of State, Spring 2000