From Name: From Email: To Name: To Email: Optional Message: President Obama honors physicist Solomon Bililign with Presidential Award for science mentoring from Tadias Solomon Bililign, a professor at North Carolina A&T Statue University, and director of the NOAA-ISET Center there, has been selected to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. These awards are bestowed by the White House to individuals and organizations to recognize the crucial role that mentoring plays in the academic and personal development of students studying science and engineering — particularly those who belong to groups that are underrepresented in these fields. Professor Bililign is co-chair of the NSBP section on Earth and Planetary Systems Sciences. more 7701 Las Colinas Blvd., Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063