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Thirteen professors earn prestigious Kemper Awards
College alumna seven on list of 100 most powerful women
Thirteen professors earn prestigious Kemper Awards
"Surprise! You've won!"
Thirteen College of Liberal Arts & Sciences professors may have thought they were being greeted by the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes—but it was none other than the Kemper Award prize patrol.
Led by Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Dean Joseph Steinmetz, 13 professors from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences won the prestigious award for teaching excellence and received $5,000 each. The prizes were given by the W.T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence. The Kemper fellowships recognize outstanding teachers and advisers at KU as determined by a seven-member selection committee. The awards were funded by the William T. Kemper Foundation and KU Endowment.
The winners from the College included: David Bergeron, professor of English; Victoria Corbin, associate professor of molecular biosciences; Chuck Epp, associate professor of public administration; Marsha Haufler, professor of history of art; Patricia Hawley, assistant professor of psychology; Paul Johnson, professor of political science; Krzysztof Kuczera, professor of chemistry; Mark Mort, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology; Michael Roberts, professor of applied behavioral sciences; Lee Skinner, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese; Holly Storkel, associate professor of speech-language-hearing; Anthony Walton, associate professor of geology; and Yan Bing Zhang, assistant professor of communication studies.
College alumna seven on list of 100 most powerful women
Cynthia Carroll, a 1982 master's degree recipient in geology at KU, was named the seventh most powerful woman in the world, according to a recent issue of Forbes magazine. Carroll is the CEO of Anglo American, one of the world's largest independent mining companies with stakes in the diamond company DeBeers, a Brazilian iron ore company called MMX Minas-Rio, and the gold company, AngloGold Ashanti. Carroll is also the director of Sara Lee Corp., the American Aluminum Association and the International Aluminum Institute.
Forbes magazine had this to say about Carroll: "[She is] a powerhouse in the world of commodities, a sector crucial to the world's economy. And within the corridors of world government, she is a force to be reckoned with."
Forbes credits German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the most powerful woman in the world. A complete list can be found on the Forbes website. To read about Carroll's KU counterpart, Linda Zarda Cook, e'80, on the Forbes' most powerful women list, click here.
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