AWARD SUMMARY:

This annual award seeks to identify an individual whose work has contributed significantly to the Hispanic/Latino community within the boundaries of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Please read the award criteria below and provide the requested information. This form must be filled out by October 1st, 2021 for your nominee to be considered eligible for the award. Our Executive Board will
 review nominations and notify the winner in advance of our Bolívar Network Award Ceremony on Saturday, December 4th, 2021.

AWARD CRITERIA:

- UVA alumni, UVA staff member, UVA faculty member, and/or Charlottesville community member.

- Has contributed significantly to the Hispanic/Latino community at the University Virginia, Charlottesville, or elsewhere in the Commonwealth.

- Hispanic/Latinx identity is NOT required.

- Individuals may nominate up to 2 candidates for the award (self-nomination is permitted).

- Nomination form must submitted by October 1st, 2021 to be considered eligible for the 2021 award cycle.

BACKGROUND:

Pablo J. Davis, a historian and musician, served the Office of Student Life within the Office of the Dean of Students from January 1999 through August 2003. He was the University's first Assistant Dean of Students with primary responsibility for Hispanic/Latino and Latin American students, services, and programs.

He created and supported several initiatives in support of the Latinx/Hispanic community at the University of Virginia, including the Hispanic/Latino Peer Mentoring Program, the leadership forum La Alianza, the Passport Program, El Calendario (previously know as Sabor), the trilogy of multimedia arts and performance revues between 1999 and 2003 known as Nuestra América/Our America, the Bolívar Network alumni organization; teaching for the History and Spanish Departments, musical work on the impact of ‘Latin’ music on the United States, and a wide range of other student-affairs and related endeavors. Pablo acted on a passionate belief in lo latino and the Latinx/Hispanic community’s deep presence in the cultural fabric of the United States. The work of Pablo Davis is reflected in many of the past and current programs in the Office of Student Life.