Reprinted with permission of The Troy Record, Troy, NY 9/18/94
Albany- Initiatives for Women, a fund-raising campaign at
the University at Albany designed to enhance educational and career opportunities
for
women, has selected 10 women as recipients of its first round of awards.
One component of the Campaign for Albany, Initiatives for
Women has a target of raising $1 million by 1999. The No. 1 goal of the effort
is to
provide women with the means to advance themselves personally and professionally.
For Catherine Forneris, a doctoral student at the University,
the Initiatives for Women award will provide money to fund research for her
doctoral dissertation. For Barbara Altrock, a secretary at the University who
is also working to earn her undergraduate degree, the award will enable her
to take additional courses and thus earn her degree more quickly. For Anastatia
Polson, the award will help finance her graduate work at the University's School
of Social Welfare and thus help her reach
her goal of working to assist troubled families.
Other award winners: are: Joan Koppel, Joeanna Hurston Brown,
Donna E. Aitoro, Carrie Kuehl, Teresa Noverr-Duncan, Suesanne Oxenberg, and
Maggie Ziomek. The awards were presented Saturday at a fund-raiser hosted by
University President H. Patrick Swygert and Sonja E. Swygert at 410 LoudonRoad,
Loudonville.
The Campaign for Albany, the University's first comprehensive
fundraising endeavor, has raised over $29 million so far--more than 52 percent
of
the campaign's overall goal of $55 million.
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