Initiatives For Women (IFW), a major fundraising program
at the University at Albany that
enhances the educational and career opportunities for women, will present their
Sixth Annual
Awards Celebration on Wednesday, August 4, at 2:00 p.m. in the Campus Center
Assembly Hall
on the University’s uptown campus. The purpose of the event is to introduce
and honor the 1999
IFW award recipients.
IFW supports endowed scholarships, fellowships, excellence
awards for students, internships and
training programs, career planning and advisement, research on women and women's
issues,
academic and career advancement for women of color, and educational and professional
initiatives
for physically challenged women and others in particular need.
Gloria DeSole, Senior Advisor to the President for Affirmative
Action and Employment Planning
and Chair of the Initiatives For Women Steering Committee said, "The monetary
support is very
helpful to the award winners but of equal importance in many instances is the
validation and public
recognition of their personal and professional goals.”
The awards will be presented by Judy Genshaft, Provost and
Vice President for Academic Affairs
at the University. Past recipients of awards from Initiatives For Women have
worked to improve
their lives in many different ways and this year's recipients are no exception
(For a complete list,
see attached). Among those honored for the 1999 round of awards are:
Maureen Lynch, a Ph.D. student in School Psychology, who
is also a single mother and returning
student. For interview transcribing costs for her study of lesbian, gay and
bisexual high school
students for an article in the School Psychology Review.
University Police Department to send two officers for Rape
Aggression Defense training in
Richmond, Virginia. One officer will receive basic training and the other will
learn advanced
techniques.
Cassandra Allison, a masters student in Library Science
who already has an M.A. in Criminal
Justice and a B.A. in Philosophy from the University. She plans to continue
on to law school. For
cost of a summer course.
Amma Agyemang, undergraduate student majoring in Chemistry/pre-health.
An African-American
woman born in Ghana, she hopes to have a career in tropical medicine. Funds
cover part of tuition
for summer courses.
Jennifer Keys, a Ph.D. student in Sociology, for expenses
related to dissertation on the “feeling
rules” that govern women’s abortion decisions. She will do in-depth
interviews with women and
needs a transcribing machine and qualitative analysis software.
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