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 Sheila
Edwards Lange has been selected interim vice president
for minority affairs at the University of Washington and
vice provost for diversity, effective May 15. Lange currently
serves as special assistant to the vice president for
minority affairs. The appointment was announced by President
Mark A. Emmert.
Nancy "Rusty" Barceló, vice president
and vice provost at the UW since 2001, has accepted a
position as the University of Minnesota's first vice president
for access, equity and multicultural affairs and vice
provost.
"Over the past five years, the University's efforts
to enhance the diversity of its people and programs have
been infused with considerable energy and enthusiasm under
the leadership of...
The Hearing, Speech and Deafness Center
(HSDC) is pleased to announce the Wake Up with Karen!
special fundraising breakfast event taking place at the
Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle on June 2,2006. Karen
Bryant, the COO of the Seattle Storm and the keynote speaker,
is perhaps best known for taking the Storm to a 2004 WNBA
Championship – a team she helped launch in 1999.
A member of a 1984 state championship girls’ basketball
team herself, her exemplary synthesis of business, athletics
and community involvement is inspirational and we are
excited she is taking the time to be there.
This breakfast will benefit HSDC’s new Family Preschool
Program for deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing children.
Quality communication and quality education take a family.
That approach is what makes the nationally recognized
Parent-Infant Program (PIP) special, and has helped make
thousands of deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing children
successful. With leadership grants...
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