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The Firestien Family Creative Achievement Award
August 6, 1928 – January 19, 2004
About the Award
In honor of Dr. Firestien’s father, the Firestien Family established the Firestien Family Creative Achievement award in 2004. The family and friends have currently contributed over $50,000 to the award.
This award honors Creative Studies Masters’ Degree graduates who are applying what have they learned about creativity in their home countries.
Recipients of the Firestien Family Creative Achievement Award are igniting creativity around the world.
Australia
Paulina M. Larocca
China
Pingling Wang
Colombia
Juliana Sanchez Trujillo, Lilian Ortiz
Denmark
Dorte Neilsen
United Arab Emirates
Ismet Mamnoon
Germany
Hanne M. Bratsberg
Mexico
Jose Pablo Alcazar Zamacona
United States
Daniel Richardson, Caitlin J. Wingrove, Kathy Sue Dorey, Sarah B. Thurber, Beth D. Slazak, Najja Bouldin, Jocelyn Tejeda, Jessica Murfin, Dianne Britain
Vietnam
Mattia Miani
Australia
Paulina M. Larocca
China
Pingling Wang
Colombia
Juliana Sanchez Trujillo, Lilian Ortiz
Denmark
Dorte Neilsen
Germany
Hanne M. Bratsberg
Mexico
Jose Pablo Alcazar Zamacona
United States
Daniel Richardson, Caitlin J. Wingrove, Kathy Sue Dorey, Sarah B. Thurber, Beth D. Slazak, Najja Bouldin, Jocelyn Tejeda, Jessica Murfin, Dianne Britain
United Arab Emirates
Ismet Mamnoon
Vietnam
Mattia Miani
Getting Creative in Myanmar
Dr. Firestien recently provided a six-thousand dollar grant to help support a three-week service-learning course where students from SUNY Buffalo State’s Center for Applied Imagination worked to help advance sustainable development goals in the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar.
Let’s Create A Difference in the World
Dr. Firestien’s students have applied their knowledge of Creative Problem Solving and are leaders in the organizations listed below.
Dr. Firestien’s students are working at many organizations, including the ones below.
