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Dobson wins 'award of distinction'
Jerome E. Dobson, professor of geography, has received the 2008 CaGIS Award of Distinction.Dobson is well-known for his tenure at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1975-2001), where he established himself as an advocate for maintaining a tight bond between GIS and geography. He has also helped found the Association of American Geographers GIS Specialty Group and the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, subsequently holding leadership roles in both organizations.
Libraries have two new assistant deans
Lorraine J. Haricombe, dean of KU Libraries, has announced Deborah Ludwig and Jennifer Church-Duran have accepted offers to permanently serve as assistant deans effective July 1.Ludwig will be the assistant dean for collections and scholar services; Church-Duran will be the assistant dean for user services. In her position, Ludwig will provide leadership for collection development, digital and print preservation, scholar services and international area studies. She will also manage library faculty and staff in the same areas.
As assistant dean for user services, Church-Duran will provide administrative leadership in embedding the libraries in academic programs/courses to advance the university's mission of research and instruction. She will direct and manage library faculty and staff in instruction, reference, branch libraries, access services and document delivery.
Head honored for international work
John Head
The award honors those who further international education in public higher education. They were established in 2000.
Head has been closely involved in the study abroad programs at KU and was the first law school faculty member to teach in the university's Istanbul program. He also helped develop KU's summer law program at the University of Limerick in Ireland and the law school's teaching exchange program with Anahuac University in Xalapa, Mexico.
Minns to help lead physicians' group
Garold O. Minns, associate dean of the School of Medicine-Wichita, is the new governor of the Kansas chapter of the American College of Physicians, the national organization of internists. He began May 15.A resident of McPherson, Minns is an expert in tuberculosis control and treatment. He has been a consultant for the Sedgwick County Health Department's Tuberculosis Program since 1986. He is a graduate of KU's School of Medicine.
Hall Center adds Latta to leadership
Kristine Latta has been named associate director of the Hall Center for the Humanities. Latta is completing her doctoral dissertation at Princeton University and will join KU in July. Latta will share responsibility for program development, fundraising, public relations and daily operations.Latta earned a master's in cultural anthropology from Princeton University in 2002. Her bachelor's degree in anthropology is from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She also has specialized training in management for the nonprofit sector from Indiana University-Purdue University, fundraising from the Association of Fundraising Professionals and grant development from the Grantsmanship Center.
Spooner wins Ivory Classics grant
Steven Spooner, assistant professor of piano, is the winner of an Ivory Classics Foundation Grant. The grant is given to outstanding young pianists to provide free study, travel and lodging to study with distinguished American pianist Earl Wild. Wild is a Grammy-winning pianist known for his interpretations of Romantic-period composers, such as Liszt. Spooner coached an all-Liszt recital with Wild in March in preparation for concerts and a recording on Liszt's piano, now owned by the Spencer Museum of Art.
Tsatsoulis bags grad educator award
Costas Tsatsoulis, professor and chair of electrical engineering and computer science, received the 2008 Louise Byrd Graduate Educator Award.Research and Graduate Studies announced the honor during the doctoral hooding ceremony May 17. The award recognizes an exceptional level of commitment and concern for the welfare and scholarship of graduate students.
Tsatsoulis is a researcher in the Intelligenta Systems Laboratory at KU's Information and Telecommunication Technology Center. His research interests include multiagent systems, artificial intelligence, case-based reasoning, machine learning and image classification.
KU librarian wins international award
KU librarian Susan Craig is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Art Libraries Society of North America. The award honors an individual whose exemplary service in art librarianship, visual resources curatorship or a related field has made an outstanding contribution to art information. The award is the highest honor available from the organization.Craig, the only art librarian at KU, has been a member of the society since its inception in 1972.
Augusto takes on new grad duties
John Augusto, assistant dean of graduate studies, has assumed direct supervision of the Graduate Application Processing Center. He succeeds Carole Ross, who retired April 30. Augusto will begin several initiatives, including development of an online admission process to match KU's existing online application process. He will continue to promote the recruitment of graduate students and will work with the College and professional schools to create a more streamlined process of data collection throughout a student's career.
Sadler to join RGS as administrator
Lisa Sadler
Sadler is the former vice president for administration and finance at Flathead Valley Community College in Montana. Prior to that, she was vice president for administrative services at Eastern Oklahoma State College.
Sadler will have responsibility for financial reporting, investments, financial analysis and budgeting. She succeeds Angie Loving and Mark Reynolds, who held the position on an interim basis.
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