Recognition for Dartmouth faculty, staff, and students
At the Association of College
Unions International (ACUI) Nov. 18 awards banquet, three honorees were
from Dartmouth. Holly Sateia, dean of student life, received the
Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor presented by ACUI Region 1. The
award recognizes the outstanding work of an individual over a period of several
years. Helen Kang '06 received the Student Employee Award,
presented to a student who makes a significant contribution to his or her
institution through work in the campus center. Kim Hanchett,
Collis Center administrative assistant, created a display for Dartmouth that
received recognition as the best at the conference. (All attending colleges and
universities exhibited a display on the institution's traditions.) The ACUI is
the professional association for campus centers, bringing together college
union and student activities professionals from hundreds of schools
worldwide.
Alla Kan, director of the Technology Transfer Office,
was elected to the Board of Directors of the University Economic Development
Association (UEDA). The association is dedicated to serving the nation's
institutions of higher education and their economic development affiliates.
UEDA focuses on policy, practice, and partnerships that enhance the
relationship between higher education and economic development. The Technology
Transfer Office is responsible for patenting and licensing inventions that
originate at the College and its professional schools, as well as for
industrially sponsored research arrangements.
Roger Masters, Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of
Government Emeritus, and research professor of government, presented the Annual
Theron G. Randolph Memorial Lecture on Oct. 26 at the 41st Annual Meeting of
the American Academy of Environmental
Medicine (AAEM) in Hilton Head, S.C. Masters spoke on "The Synergistic
Toxicity between Hydro-FluoroSilicates and Lead." The AAEM's mission is to
support physicians and medical professionals in serving the public through
education about the interaction between humans and the environment as well as
to promote health through prevention and safe and effective treatment of the
causes of illness.
Kate Soule, director of budget and fiscal affairs for the
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, was recently elected to the Phi Beta Kappa
Senate. Soule is a graduate of Amherst College, where she became a member of
Phi Beta Kappa. She has served Phi Beta Kappa as secretary and treasurer for
the Dartmouth College chapter, as president of the Northern New England
Association, and as district chair. Senators serve as directors who guide the
society on policy matters and set direction for the society's future. Founded
in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest academic honor society. Its
mission is to champion education in the liberal arts and sciences, to recognize
academic excellence, and to foster freedom of thought and expression.
Lynn White Cloud, assistant dean and director of
fellowships and internships in the Tucker Foundation, recently received two
awards from the National Association of Student
Personnel Administrators (NASPA). White Cloud won the New England Regional
Award for Network for Educational Equity and Ethnic Diversity, which annually
acknowledges an individual, member institution, or individual program who
"embraces the values inherent in racial and ethnic groups through
commitment to individual and community understanding." Additionally, she
won the New Hampshire Award for Mid-Level Student Affairs Professional for
demonstrating an outstanding commitment to the profession.
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