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Nominations sought for Achieving Women Award

The Commission for Women is seeking to recognize women who have achieved and excelled at Penn State and in their communities.

Those selected for the Achieving Women Award will be honored at the commission's annual banquet March 22 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus.

The commission is asking for nominations from the following categories: faculty, staff exempt, staff non-exempt, administrator, technical service, undergraduate student and graduate student.

For a nomination form, call (814) 865-1683 or visit the Web at http://www.equity.psu.edu/cfw/ and click on the "Awards" link. Award criteria and more information are available at the site.

Nominations should be submitted to: Karen L. Schultz, Achieving Women of Penn State nominations, 21 Shields Building, University Park, PA 16802. Submissions are due no later than Feb. 6. For information, e-mail Schultz at kls2@psu.edu.

In addition, the deadline is nearing for submitting nominations for the commission's Rosemary Schraer Award. The award is presented each spring to a University employee who exemplifies Rosemary Schraer's giving of herself as a mentor and who has voluntarily, over a period of time, excelled in helping others recognize and achieve their potential.

The nomination form is available at http://www.equity.psu.edu/cfw/schraer_form.asp Nominations must be received by Friday, Jan. 23.

For more information, check the Web at http://live.psu.edu/story/4639

Last Updated March 19, 2009

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