The WOU Alumni Association is proud to announce the 2021 winner of the Alumni Award of Excellence: 

Congratulations, Dr. Phyllis Lee ’57!

Phyllis’s accomplishment’s include: 

• A lifelong dedication to promoting and working towards inclusion, diversity and social justice.
• Her role as the Director of multicultural affairs within the office of the President at Oregon State University.
• A passion for serving and educating others.
• Developed a curriculum and taught courses in ethnic studies, intercultural communication, skills and practices for working with and teaching multicultural and multilingual populations.
• Pioneering education, practices, and conversation in diversity, equity and inclusion.

Phyllis will be honored later this year at a small ceremony with family and friends in Portland.