KU people
Potts, White awarded top international honors
Two members of KU's Alpha Pi chapter of the Phi Beta Delta honor society for international scholars won top awards from the organization.Joe Potts, director of International Student and Scholar Services, received the Edward Blankenship Outstanding Staff Award for leadership and support of the development and activities of the KU chapter.
Glen White, professor of applied behavioral science and director of the Research Group on Rehabilitation and Independent Living, won the Phi Beta Delta Faculty Award for Excellence in International Education for his contributions to the field of international education.
They were recognized at the Phi Beta Delta annual conference April 18 in Columbus, Ohio. Each award carries a $750 cash prize.
John Nalbandian
Nalbandian chosen for public service award
John Nalbandian, professor of public administration, and his wife, Carol, have received Buford M. Watson Jr. Public Service Awards, presented by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. Established in 1990, the award recognizes individuals whose work in the public sector serve as a role model for others.The chamber presented the awards April 25.
Bentley selected for preservation society
Andy Bentley, collections manager at the Biodiversity Institute, has been elected a member-at-large of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.He will serve a three-year appointment to the council of the society and was elected by society members. As voting members of the council, members-at-large help chart the direction of the society, bring the voice of the membership to council and support committee functions and leadership.
Bentley's term begins with the annual conference in May in Oklahoma City.
Meyer new KUMC senior associate dean for finance
The KU School of Medicine has named Kimberly Anne Meyer senior associate dean for finance.The medical school filled the position following Jim Albertson's departure to become the chief executive officer of Kansas University Physicians Inc.
Most recently, Meyer was the director of planning expertise at H&R Block Inc. She also was an associate professor of mathematics at Chicago State University. Meyer received her doctorate in mathematics from the University of Illinois-Chicago. There, she developed and implemented an innovative approach to teaching pre-calculus.
Meyer began her new position April 1.
Yo Jackson
Jackson wins advanced credential in psychology
Yo Jackson, associate professor of clinical child psychology, recently was awarded the advanced credential as board certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. The board certification indicates that Jackson has achieved recognition of demonstrated competence through written and oral examination post-doctorate.Jackson holds a 50 percent appointment in psychology and 50 percent appointment in applied behavioral science.
Colombo voted secretary of international society
John Colombo, interim director the Life Span Institute and professor of psychology, has been elected secretary of the International Society on Infant Studies.The society is a professional organization for researchers in psychology, child development, neuroscience, pediatrics, nursing and education and sponsor of the journal Infancy. Colombo will serve a two-year term.
Colombo's research interests are in the developmental cognitive neuroscience of attention and learning in infancy and early childhood. In 2002, his research on infant nutrition and cognitive development with Susan Carlson, professor of dietetics and nutrition, helped convince the two major infant formula makers to add nutritional compounds present in a mother's milk to infant formula.
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