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This is the last @Large for the 2006-07 year. We will resume publication, Friday, September 7, 2007. Throughout the summer, please continue to send your items for inclusion in the SPEA online calendar to kehaney@indiana.edu. Have a great summer!
Victoria Beck, IUE, received the Student Choice Award for Full-time Faculty Member. Dr. Beck was recognized for her dedication in the classroom, her assistance and growth of student organizations, and her creation of events and activities to increase student learning and better prepare them for work in the field. The award was presented at Indiana University East Student Recognition Dinner held on Friday, April 13 at IU East. The event is held to recognize the accomplishments of students involved in leadership roles, student organizations and community service and to recognize select faculty members for outstanding teaching and service.
Christopher Craft, IUB, is the newly elected vice president of the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS). SWS is a 3500-member international organization dedicated to fostering sound wetland science, management, and education. Chris will be installed as vice president at the annual meetings June 10-15 in Sacramento, CA and will become president of the Society in 2008.
Les Lenkowsky, IUPUI and IUB, will be participating as a judge for the Social Entrepreneurship Award program of the Manhattan Institute in New York City on May 14. This is a nationally known contest that honors innovative “social enterprises.” He will be traveling to Australia on May 19th as the Helene Waislitz Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Centre for Philanthropy and Social Investment at Swinburne University of Technology, in Melbourne, where he will be spend five weeks lecturing on philanthropy throughout Australia.
Michael McGuire and Beth Gazley, both IUB are finalists and recipients of a $5,000 development grant for a syllabus competition. The Networks and Public Management Syllabus Competition is sponsored by the Smith Richardson Foundation. The competition seeks course syllabi on teaching networks and public management."
Robert Ramsey, IUE, received the Horizon Award at the Honors Day Convocation held at Richmond, Indiana’s Civic Hall Performing Arts Center on April 22, 2007. Dr. Ramsey was recognized for his impressive integration of teaching, service, scholarship, experiential learning, and community engagement. IU East’s Chancellor David J. Fulton presided over the program, and was also the keynote speaker. The Horizon Award was established in 1997 to recognize faculty members who demonstrate excellence in the classroom.
Please send news items to Kathy Haney, SPEA 312, e-mail kehaney@indiana.edu.
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