This award is determined by requesting nominations from project personnel in institutions that have an Institutional Membership to the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE). The nominee can be a President, Vice-President, Dean, or other non-TRIO person in that institution or community who has been particularly supportive of TRIO.
Friend of ASPIRE
Year
Name & Location
1986
Dr. James Hurst, University of Wyoming
1988
Sue Spencer, University of Montana
1989
President Thomas, Clifford University of North Dakota
1990
Joseph Lynn Lee, College of Eastern Utah
1991
Dr. Gordon Henry, University of North Dakota
1993
Jim Flightner, University of Montana
1994
Terry Webb, University of North Dakota
1995
Georgia Beth Thompson, Southern Utah University
1996
Katie Jean Larsen, Snow College
1997
Daniel J. Bradley, Montana
1998
Dr. Leigh Jeanotte, North Dakota
1999
Toni Weight, Utah
2000
Mary Ontiveros, Colorado
2002
Brandon McLean, Montana
2003
Alice Hoffert, University of North Dakota
2005
Susan B Patton, Montana Tech
2006
Dr. Charles H. Bohlen, Laramie County Community College
2007
Dr. Blanche Hughes, Colorado State University
2008
Patrick Clarke, Southern Utah University
2009
Paul Schierer Pence & MacMillan LLC
2010
Marysz Rames, South Dakota State University
2011
Carl Porter, Weber State University
2012
Carmen Alldredge, Southern Utah University
2013
Amy Parsons, Colorado State University
2014
Wally Erhardt, Bank of North Dakota
2015
Dr. Cynthia Pemberton, Dickinson State University
2016
Hannah E. Vanhoose, Legislative Aide, Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
2017
Carmen Alldredge, Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities, Southern Utah University
2018
Timothy Downs, Northern State University
2019
Tom Biedscheid,Colorado State University
2021
Dale Elfman, University of North Dakota Upward Bound
