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Two Norwich Professors

Finalists for Statewide

Leadership Award

Norwich University has two professors who

are finalists, each for one of two ATHENA

Awards, a statewide honor hosted by the Central

Vermont Chamber of Commerce, which

announced the finalists Monday at a press conference.

Dr. Tara Kulkarni, Ph.D., P.E., associate

professor and chair, Department of Civil and

Environmental Engineering and Construction

Management, director, Center for lobal Resilience

and Security is a finalist for the ATHE-

NA Leadership Award.

This award provides recognition to a woman

or a man honoring her or him for superior

attainment in community service and

for actively mentoring, coaching and assisting

women in accomplishing professional excellence and leadership

skills.

Dr. Page C. Spiess, Ph.D., lecturer, Department of Chemistry

Biochemistry, fellow, Institute for Innovation in Teaching

Learning, academic integrity officer, Residential Programs,

chair, Academic Integrity Committee is a finalist for

the ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award.

This award recognizes a woman, 40 or younger, who demonstrates

excellence, creativity and initiative in their own business

or profession; provides valuable service by contributing

time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the

community and who serves as a role model for young women

personally and professionally.

“We are so proud at Norwich to have not just one, but two

Norwich professors honored as finalists for such a prestigious

recognition as the ATHENA Awards,” Norwich niversity

President Mark Anarumo said. “The ATHENA Leadership

Awards’ emphasis on mentoring perfectly complements the

Norwich model of service to others before self. We grow leaders

who learn through serving; our faculty and staff model this

quality every day. It is my privilege to celebrate these two professors,

and the entire Norwich community joins me in offering

congratulations to all the finalists.”

The two awards are international in scope and are being

presented for the third time in Vermont. From the finalists,

the award recipients will be announced and presented at the

Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce’s ATHENA Awards

ala Ceremony on Nov. 6 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel and Conference

Center in Montpelier, Vermont.

• • •

Leader, Activist, and President and

CEO of the Ms. Foundation for

Women to Speak at the Vermont

Women’s Fund’s Annual Celebration

On Wednesday, October 20th, the Vermont Women’s Fund

will welcome leader, activist, and advocate, Teresa Younger,

president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, as the

featured speaker for its 2021 Annual Celebration, hosted this

year on a virtual stage.

“Since 1973, the Ms. Foundation for Women has led the

way for women in the .S.,” says Meg Smith, director of the

Vermont Women’s Fund. “Calling on women to take ownership

of their financial identity and put money to power through

philanthropy.” She continued, “Like so many others, women

in Vermont were inspired to follow in the footsteps of the Ms.

Foundation for Women, and in 1994, the Vermont Women’s

Fund was founded. It is a particular honor to have Ms. Younger

address our Vermont audience.”

Ms. Younger has led the Ms. Foundation for Women, one

of the most recognizable mission-driven women’s funds in

the .S., for the past seven years. Prior to that, she served as

the executive director of the Connecticut eneral Assembly’s

Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, as well as

executive director of the ACL of Connecticutthe first African

American and the first woman to hold that position.

The October 20th Annual Celebration is hosted by the Vermont

Women’s Fund, whose grantmaking advances women’s

economic interests in Vermont, including the support of essential

services, workforce programs, and statewide systemschange

initiatives.

Event emcee Jane Lindholm of Vermont Public Radio and

producer of the nationally aired series, “But Why: A Podcast

for Curious Kids” will interview Ms. Younger and there will

be a live A for online attendees. The evening begins at

5:00 p.m. with a networking and connecting portion covering

a variety of topics. The main stage will open at 5:30 p.m.

A ticket price of 25 is requested but not required. Seating

is limited to 500 people. For more information, visit vermontwomensfund.orgoct20.

The Vermont Women’s Fund is the first and largest philanthropic

resource in the state founded specifically to advance

women and girls in Vermont. Founded in 1994, it is a component

fund of the Vermont Community Foundation and awards

annual grants to nonprofits around the state that serve women

and girls with programs that promote economic self-sufficiency,

career development and systems change. Learn more at

vermontwomensfund.org.

The Vermont Community Foundation inspires giving

and brings people and resources together to make a difference

in Vermont. A family of hundreds of funds and foundations,

we provide the advice, investment vehicles, and back-office

expertise that make it easy for the people who care about

Vermont to find and fund the causes they love. We envision

Vermont at its bestwhere everyone has the opportunity to

build a bright, secure future. Visit vermontcf.org or call 802-

388-3355 for more information. For information on our CO-

VID-19 response, visit vtcovid19response.org.

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