Pinay, kikilalaning sunod na Utah Valley University President
NAPILI ang Pinay na si i Astrid
Tuminez, na lumaki sa squatters uatters area sa Pilipinas, bilang kauna- aunaunahang babaeng presidente e ng Utah Valley University (UVU) U) sa United States.
Ayon sa media reports, orts, isinilang at lumaki si Tuminez z sa Pilipinas at kasaLukuyang Regional Director for Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs sa Southeast Asia for Microsoft.
Ayon sa report sa Utah Valley University website, pinili si Tuminez ng Utah State Board of Regents bilang ikapitong presidente ng UVU.
“Out of an impressive field of candidates, Dr. Tuminez rose to the top in the search for the next president to lead UVU,” pahayag ni David L. Buhler, Utah Commissioner of Higher Education.
“She articulated a clear and compelling vision for UVU, and she understands the value of collaboration within Utah’s system of public colleges and universities,” dagdag pa nito.
Si Tuminez ay pinili ng 24-member Presidential Search Committee cochaired ng Regent Steven Lund at UVU Trustee Chair Elaine Dalton mula sa 41 national at international applicants.
Siya ang nakatakdang humalili sa termino ni Matthew S. Holland, na nagsilbi sa UVU President simula noong 2009. Una na niyang inihayag na magbibitiw siya sa puwesto sa Hunyo.
Bago napili bilang UVU President, naglingkod naglin si Tuminez bilang Vice Dean Dea of Research at Assistant Dean De of Executive Education sa Lee Le Kuan Yew School of Public Policy P sa National University of Singapore. Si Siya ay isang senior consultant din sa US Institute of Peace, Director of Research at AIG Global Investment, at program officer sa Carnegie Corporation of New York. Ayon sa kanyang LinkedIn page, nagtapos si Tuminez ng Master of Arts in Soviet Studies sa Harvard University at ang kanyang Doctorate Degree in Political Science and Government sa Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Pinamahalaan din ni Tuminez ang Moscow office ng Harvard Project on Strengthening Democratic Institutions. Sa isang panayam sa Deseret News, inihayag ni Tuminez na siya ay lumaki sa barung-barong sa Pilipinas. “I was raised in the slums of the Philippines and I was 5 years old when Catholic nuns offered me and my siblings a chance to go to school. So that changed the entire trajectory of my life, and that’s what makes it so exciting for me to be in a university like UVU,” sabi ni Tuminez. Ang UVU ang pinakamalaking public university sa state of Utah, at isa sa ilang unibersidad na nag-aalok ng dualmission mission — ang first-rate teaching university na mayroong vocational programs para sa community college.