PRESS ON PREZ: If you missed 91探花President Mark Emmert鈥檚 speech on Tuesday, you have another chance to hear him as he sits for an interview with Seattle Times higher education reporter Sharon Chan and executive editor Michael Fancher. The interview will be at Town Hall in downtown Seattle at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13. There will be a Q&A with the audience after the interview. Tickets are $5 at the door only.
SPORTING LIFE: Psychology professor Frank Smoll recently conducted workshops for 1,400 coaches and 500 parents in St. Paul, Minn., as part of the Hockey Education Program run by Minnesota Hockey, a statewide youth sports organization. The event was co-sponsored by the Minnesota Wild professional hockey team and the Sports Medicine Clinic at the Mayo Clinic. Part of Smoll鈥檚 presentations were based on Sports and Your Child, a book he co-wrote with his psychology colleague Ronald Smith.
LOCAL HERO: Helen Powell, improvement advisor/research coordinator in Pediatrics, was named a 鈥淟ocal Hero鈥� by the Bank of America for establishing an effective network of support services, monthly meetings, educational workshops, and a newsletter for the 6,000 families who have children with autism and other disabilities in the Seattle School District. The Local Hero Award is part of Bank of America鈥檚 Neighborhood Excellence Initiative and honors those 鈥渨hose achievements and leadership on local issues contributes significantly to neighborhood vitality.鈥� As one of five winners, Powell will be able to direct a $5,000 contribution to an eligible nonprofit of her choice.
鈥楶RIMITIVE鈥� VICTORY: ScientificAmerican.com selected a Burke Museum Web site, Kennewick Man on Trial () as a winner in the 2004 Sci/Tech Web Awards. Each year Scientific American editors review more than 1,000 Web sites and select the 50 they deem the most innovative, creative and valuable as science and technology resources for the magazine鈥檚 readers.
UNION MAN: In recognition of significant contributions, L. Lincoln Johnson, director of Student Activities & Union Facilities, has been honored with the Vern Solbach Award by Region 14 of the Association of College Unions International (ACUI). ACUI Region 14 comprises schools from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Since his arrival at the University in 1996, Johnson has chaired a regional conference, hosted numerous recreation and College Bowl tournaments, served as the regional director from 1997 to 2001, was elected to the ACUI Board of Trustees, and presently serves as a member of the ACUI Education and Research Foundation Board of Directors. ACUI supports nearly 4,000 college union and student activity professionals in the development of community through student involvement, programs, services, and education.
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