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March employees of the month

Patricia Weaver, Unclassified employee

Patricia Weaver

Started at KU: 1980.
Current title: Executive director, KU Transportation Center, and associate director for outreach, Transportation Research Institute.
What that means: Weaver works extensively with rural and small urban transit systems and conducts research in the areas of transit demand analysis and system planning. She is also responsible for meeting the outreach goals of TRI, including partnerships with transportation-related organizations.



Rae Ann Brown, University support staff

Rae Ann Brown

Started at KU: 1990.
Current title: Administrative associate senior, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature.
What that means: Brown serves as receptionist, handles all financial records, maintains files, performs all the duties of graduate secretary, manages material needs and the departmental library and supervises student hourly employees.
Notable: Brown has worked hard to deploy resources in ways that have saved KU money and contributed to the material well-being of the department.

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Two buildings on the Lawrence campus are named for Robert J. Dole, longtime Kansas senator. The Dole Human Development Center, dedicated Aug. 25, 1990, honors his advocacy for people with disabilities. The Dole Institute of Politics, opened in July 2003, houses his political papers and features tributes to Kansans who, like him, served in World War II. For more, visit www.buildings.ku.edu.