Hope College will present a Distinguished Service Award to Professor Jose Alfredo Zepeda Garrido, rector of the Autonomous University of Queretaro in Mexico, during the college's Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 9.

          Zepeda is being honored for his support of the
  exchange program between Hope and the university, and for
  his contributions to the development of cross-cultural
  understanding through educational exchanges.
          "Rector Zepeda is a distinguished scholar and has
  been a very successful leader of the Autonomous University
  of Queretaro," said Dr. John H. Jacobson, president of Hope
  College.  "He has been instrumental in forging ties both
  with Hope College and with the city of Holland, and we are
  very pleased to be able to honor him at our Commencement
  this year."
          Hope and the Autonomous University of Queretaro
  established a formal academic exchange program in 1996.  In
  addition, the cities of Holland and Queretaro have a sister-
  city relationship.
          Zepeda has been rector of the Autonomous
  University of Queretaro since 1994.  A 1979 graduate of the
  university, he earned a master's degree in engineering from
  the National Autonomous University of Mexico.  After working
  as an engineer, he joined the faculty of engineering at the
  Autonomous University of Queretaro, holding a succession of
  leadership positions in the years since.

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