Mentoring Award to OiYan Poon
Congratulation to OiYan Poon, PhD, Assistant Professor, Higher Education, on being awarded the 2016 American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Asian Pacific American Network’s Dr. Daniello Balón Mentoring Award. The award was presented at the ACPA Conference in Montreal. This award recognizes an outstanding mentor who has made a significant impact in the lives of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American students and/or student affairs professionals. The association received multiple nominations on Dr. Poon’s behalf, which described her as “an inspiring scholar activist, a devoted community-centered teacher and researcher, and a generous mentor and role model.”