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Submitted/Center for Service Learning

Cara Burnidge and Meghan Walsh, fifth and sixth from left, are pictured with Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and other Americorps Vistas at the Statehouse. Burnidge and Walsh work with the Center for Service Learning and they took part in the visit to the Capitol during Americorps Week recently.

Submitted/Janis Lariviere

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Lariviere views a display of a shade pavilion designed by KU architecture students in New York City. The pavilion, which was part of a display called "Design for the Other 90 percent," will eventuallly be taken to New Orleans.

Submitted/Elaine Warren

Bob Clark, vice chancellor of the Edwards Campus, presents certificates at a Pathway Partnership Leadership Academy ceremony recently. The program encourages Kansas City, Kan., middle school students to work toward the goal of attending college. Continuing Education presented Distinguished Service Awards to several KU employees recently. Above, Fred Pawlicki, director, and Gina Gregg, right, present an award to Rose Marino, associate general counsel.

R. Steve Dick/University Relations

John Poggio, professor of psychology and research in education, left, and Doug Glasnapp, research professor of education administration, right, congratulate each other for receiving certificates from the Kansas State Board of Education for 25 years of service with state education assessments. Board member Bill Wagnon of Topeka, presented the certificates.

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KU grad Cynthia Leitich Smith has become a well-known writer in and around Austin, Texas. The Library of Congress recently announced she is among 70 writers chosen to participate in the seventh annual National Book Festival. Smith has written several books for young readers. She graduated from KU and the University of Michigan Law School. She won the 2001 Wordcraft Circle Award for children's literature, but her latest novel, "Tantalize," is a dark fantasy.