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Frost elected to international board
Victor Frost
Mehmedovic named assistant to provost
Jenny Mehmedovic has been named assistant to the provost. She previously worked for Information Services, where she was coordinator of IT policy and planning. She began the new position Jan. 9.
Lariviere picked for U.S. policy group
Jan Lariviere, associate director of the Center for Science Education, was selected as an alternate member of a U.S. Department of Education policy group that is creating rules for the new federal Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education grant created under the College Cost Reduction Act. She represents KU’s increased efforts to shape higher education issues in the federal government.
Administrators bag top medical awards
The Kansas State Nurses Association has awarded two administrators with top awards. Rita Clifford, associate dean for student affairs at the School of Nursing, received the Honorary Recognition Award; and Tammy Peterman, chief nursing officer, executive vice president and chief operating officer at KU Hospital, received the Nurse of the Year for Administration Award.Clifford has been a faculty member at the School of Nursing for more than 40 years, where her major responsibilities have been recruitment and admission of students and overseeing most other non-curriculum aspects of student/school interaction. Peterman has led several hospital initiatives, such as the Save 100,000 Lives Campaign and the Magnet Nursing Initiative.
Keller new president of national group
Charles W. “Chick” Keller, professor in the engineering management master’s program on the Edwards Campus, has been elected president of the Mid America chapter of the Project Management Institute for 2008.He has held senior management positions at Black & Veatch, a global construction firm, and United Telecom (now Sprint). In 2004, he was program management director for the federal government’s reconstruction program in Iraq, a $12.4 billion program that involved 2,500 projects spread across various sectors. Keller was elected by his fellow PMI members through the association’s online elections in November.
Two take library assistant dean posts
Jennifer Church-Duran and Deb Ludwig have been named interim assistant deans at KU Libraries. They will serve in the roles until June 30 or until the positions are filled permanently.Church-Duran, coordinator of instructional services, will serve as the interim assistant dean for user services. Ludwig, director of information technology service, will serve as the interim assistant dean for collections and scholar services.
Means elected to cytopathology board
Marilee Means
Means, an associate professor, has lead ASC committees and serving as co-editor of the ASC Bulletin. She has also served as director of the Program Faculty Seminar for six years.
Miller to head up nursing organization
Karen L. Miller, dean of the schools of nursing and allied health and senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the KU Medical Center, has been elected president of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the National Institute for Nursing Research.The entity provides resources to support nursing research and advance the mission of the National Institute of Nursing Research.
Connors wins Saba leadership award
Helen R. Connors, associate dean and professor for academic affairs at the School of Nursing has received the Virginia K. Saba Nursing Informatics Leadership Award presented by the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. The award honors an individual for innovative and cutting-edge work in the field of nursing informatics.Connors is executive director of the KU Center for Healthcare Informatics. She also was instrumental in establishing the Kansas Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program and the Kansas Continuous Learning Project.
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