Millennium Magazine_7th Ed

69 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine EDUCATION W ith more than 40 years of experience, Dr. Deemathie de Silva served as the director of the Trio Student Support Services at Wichita State University in Kansas. During her tenure at Wichita State, she also excelled as testing coordinator for the women’s equality program, research associate in the College of Business, lecturer of biology and instructor of anthropology. Since 1985, she has been the director of Operation Success. She regularly attends international, national and regional conferences, and provides intercultural communication, management and leadership training seminars in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia. Dr. de Silva strives to create awareness of the critical value of multicultural diversity in campuses, cities and workplaces. She has provided her expertise through workshops to organizations and universities. With Wichita State, she remains active by hiring and training administrative staff and giving tutorials on student support services. Serving as journal editor for the Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel in 1995 and 1996, Dr. de Silva has had articles published in the Journal of the National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations, AnthroSight: Anthropology for Decision Makers and the Journal of Equal Educational Opportunity. She has also been a columnist for the newsletter of the Missouri-Kansas-Nebraska chapter of the Educational Opportunity Association. Dr. de Silva graduated from the Government Teachers College in Sri Lanka and earned an MA from Stanford University. After immigrating to the United States, she became a certified teacher in the state of Kansas and completed coursework at Columbia Pacific University, graduating with a PhD. Dr. de Silva was a member of the Missouri-Kansas-Nebraska Association, the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society for Intercultural Education and the Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel. She earned the 2004 World Peace through Trade Award from the Kansas World Trade Center and 2001 Brotherhood Sisterhood Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice. DEEMATHIE DE SILVA, PHD UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATOR, EDUCATOR Wichita State University Bel Aire, KS