CAROLINA WOMEN IN THE NEWS
American Indian Center selects UNC alumna, Fayetteville native Amy Locklear Hertel as directorUNC alumna Taffye Benson Clayton is new vice provost for diversity and multicultural affairs
Linda Wagner-Martin receives lifetime achievement award
Three win women's advancement awards
UNC alumna, Army Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, makes history
Graduate student Isabella Archer attends Festival of Thinkers in Abu Dhabi
Family, friends remember Emily Balog '07 for service
American Indian Center selects UNC alumna, Fayetteville native Amy Locklear Hertel as director
Amy Locklear Hertel
North Carolina is home to the largest Native population in the eastern United States. The American Indian Center at Carolina is one of the only centers on the East Coast to focus solely on American Indian issues.
“The center serves as the University’s front door to American Indian communities across the state and the nation,” said Carol Tresolini, vice provost for academic initiatives. “Ms. Locklear Hertel’s professional experience in social work and law and her life experience as a native of our state and an alumna of our University will help her to expand the center’s capacity to enrich the intellectual life of the campus and link American Indian nations and communities with Carolina’s strengths in research, education and teaching.”
More: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5070/68/
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UNC alumna Taffye Benson Clayton is new vice provost for diversity and multicultural affairs
Taffye Benson Clayton
Clayton, who has 20 years of experience developing and administering programs that enhance diversity and inclusion in a university setting, will advise senior leadership in the Provost’s Office and work with administrators, faculty, staff and students across campus to strengthen Carolina’s long-standing commitment to a diverse, inclusive campus community.
“With her impressive background in higher education, she has a clear comprehensive vision for what our Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs can accomplish,” said Bruce W. Carney, executive vice chancellor and provost. “With her guidance, I am confident that we can further our diversity objectives, which play such a significant role in the work we do at Carolina.”
More: http://www.unc.edu/campus-updates/Taffye_Benson_Clayton
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Linda Wagner-Martin receives lifetime achievement award
Linda Wagner-Martin
The Jay B. Hubbell Medal for Lifetime Achievement in American Literary Studies was presented on Jan. 6 at the Modern Language Association meeting in Seattle.
The Hubbell award is given each year “to a scholar who has made an extraordinary contribution to the study of American literature over the course of his or her career.” Wagner-Martin is cited as being “a pioneer, a standard-setter and an exemplar for more than a half century.”
William Andrews, senior associate dean for the fine arts and humanities, presented the award to Wagner-Martin.
“As an editor, she has also been extraordinarily productive, having published 26 edited essay collections, bibliographies and reviews of scholarship,” he said. “When I reflect on the fact that Linda has published an average of one book per year for the last half century, I don’t know what to admire more — the creativity or the stamina.”
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Three win women's advancement awards
2012 winners
Three people received University Awards for the Advancement of Women on Feb. 6 in honor of their dedication to the empowerment of women.
The awards, created in 2006, honor individuals who have mentored or supported women on campus, elevated the status of women or improved campus policies for them, promoted women’s recruitment and retention, or promoted professional development for women.
This year’s honorees are Alison Grady, an undergraduate majoring in peace, war and defense; Sherryl Kleinman, professor of sociology; and Bev Yuhasz, a nurse practitioner with Campus Health Services.
More: http://www.unc.edu/campus-updates/advancement-of-women-awards-2012
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UNC alumna, Army Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, makes history
Patricia Horoho
She was part of another piece of history in 1982, her senior year at UNC. She recounts the thrill of being at UNC during Michael Jordan’s freshman year and watching the basketball team win the National Championship.
However, her time at UNC wasn’t all fun and games. She also remembers the excitement of starting her first IV and taking care of her first patient while at the UNC School of Nursing.
“The professors in the UNC School of Nursing and general studies instilled a strong appreciation for incorporating the theoretical basic skills and principles of being a nurse and the desire to continue on a path of lifelong learning,” she says. “UNC instructors and professors encouraged students to ask questions, use critical thinking skills, and to apply research and sound theories to decision making.”
More: http://www.unc.edu/spotlight/Army_surgeon_general
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Graduate student Isabella Archer attends Festival of Thinkers in Abu Dhabi
The Abu Dhabi skyline
Hosted by the Higher Colleges of Technology, the biannual Festival of Thinkers conference brings young scholars to the Middle East region to interact with and learn from Nobel Laureates and the world’s leading thinkers in business, science, technology, culture and economics.
Archer began her travels a few days before the conference, with visits to Madrid, Spain, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In Madrid, she visited “Delacroix (1798-1863),” the largest recent exhibition of works by French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix. As an undergraduate at UNC, Archer wrote an honors thesis focusing on Delacroix’s art.
More: http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2724&Itemid=94
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Family, friends remember Emily Balog '07 for service
Emily Balog
After her graduation from the UNC, Emily Balog joined the Peace Corps and went to Paraguay. She taught women to become entrepreneurs, tutored children and helped teachers learn basic computer skills. She had worked in the South American country since June 2010.
Balog, 26, died in an automobile accident there in November.
"She enjoyed life, enjoyed people. She enjoyed her work in the Peace Corps," said her father, Steve Balog.
The honor for Balog was part of an annual event sponsored by the North Carolina Peace Corps Association. U.S. Rep. Brad Miller presented the Balogs with a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol in honor of their daughter.
More: http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10782399/
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