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Robertson to lead student housing

Diana Robertson

Diana Robertson has been named director of the Department of Student Housing. Robertson has been interim director since February 2006 and at KU since 1999.

One of Robertson's first official duties was to name Jennifer Wamelink associate director for residence life. Wamelink has been with student housing at KU since 1997 in progressively more responsible roles.

Since April 2006, Wamelink has been interim associate director for residence life.

Kuhr named dean at U. of Montana

Peggy Kuhr, Knight Chair in Journalism since 2002, has been named journalism dean at the University of Montana. Her research has focused on improving community journalism and press credibility.

Before coming to KU, she worked at the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash.

Education profs bring home awards

Kelli Thomas, assistant professor of curriculum and teaching, received the Geiger Gould Teaching Award at the 16th annual School of Education convocation May 19 at the Lied Center.

Arlene Lundmark Barry, associate professor of curriculum and teaching, received the 2007-08 Gene A. Budig Teaching Professorship in Education at the same convocation.

Donald Deshler, professor of special education and director of the Center for Research on Learning, received the 2007-08 Gene A. Budig Teaching Professorship in Special Education at the same ceremony.

Bean wins Steeples award for service

Alice Bean, professor of physics and astronomy, is this year's Steeples Award for Service to Kansans winner. She will receive a $1,000 cash award and a $1,000 increase in her base annual salary.

Among her duties, Bean works with the KU QuarkNet Center, a project which helps introduce K-12 students to modern science topics and helps them understand the nature of science.

Levy earns Smith law professorship

Richard Levy

Richard Levy, Distinguished Professor of Law, has been selected as the first J.B. Smith Distinguished Professor in Constitutional Law.

Levy joined the KU law school's faculty in 1985. He teaches administrative law, constitutional law and legislation.

Levy is president-elect of KU's Faculty Senate and is regularly called upon by the practicing bar, state agencies, Kansas Legislature and central university for assistance in his areas of expertise.

Teeter selected for service award

Deb Teeter, director of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, received the Distinguished Service Award during the 2007 annual meeting of the Association of American Universities Data Exchange. Teeter has been with the association since 1977 and has served as a member of the governing council, as a liaison to the American Association of Universities and as an ex-officio council member.

O'Dell new president of national project

Julia O'Dell, associate director of the School of Education's Veterans Upward

Bound, was elected to a two-year term as president of the National Association of Veterans Upward Bound Project Personnel during the organization's annual conference in Reno, Nev. The entity is an educational program designed to serve the needs of veterans.

O'Dell has been with KU's Veterans Upward Bound since it began in 1999. The KU program serves 120 participants annually.

Lynch Maestas hired as head of CAPS

Michael Lynch Maestas, a licensed psychologist, has been named director of Counseling and Psychological Services at KU.

Lynch Maestas is interim co-director of the Counseling Center at the University of Missouri. He will begin at KU in July, succeeding Pam Botts, who has been interim director of CAPS since April 2006.

Lynch Maestas has a doctorate and master's in counseling psychology from the University of Nebraska and a bachelor's in psychology from McPherson College.

Shulenburger nabs alumnus award

David Shulenburger, former KU provost, recently won the Clarence L. Pugh Sr. Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Lenoir-Rhyne College Alumni Assoication.

Shulenburger graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne in 1967. In 1974, he was appointed assistant professor of business at KU. He was promoted to associate professor in 1977, director of the undergraduate program for the School of Business in 1982 and full professor in 1983.

In 1989, he was named vice chancellor and three years later was named provost. In 2002, he was promoted to provost and executive vice chancellor.

KU HISTORY

On June 15, 1991, lightning struck Hoch Auditorium, burning it to the ground in less than four hours. The building had been a target of lightning before, and ironically, plans were in the works to install lightning rods on the building that summer. The building had been home to KU basketball games from 1927 to 1955, hosted the Rock Chalk Revue for 40 years and was home to archival material of the university's FM radio station KANU. The structure was rebuilt and dedicated as Budig Hall in 1997. For more, visit www.kuhistory.com