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Women's Studies group to honor faculty member
Kimberly Barrett to receive UW System's Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award
McLean Bennett
Issue date: 4/5/07 Section: Campus News
Sixteen women from across the state will converge April 21 in Madison to receive the UW System Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award.
Kimberly Barrett, associate vice chancellor for student development and diversity at UW-Eau Claire, is one of those 16. According to records on the WSC Web site, Barrett is the 14th woman from Eau Claire to receive the award since 1995, when the award was first presented.
"Of course I'm honored that my peers would take the time to nominate me," Barrett said. "I was very pleased."
The award is sponsored by the Women's Studies Consortium and the Office of Diversity and Development.
Helen Klebesadel, director of the WSC, said the award is presented every year at the statewide women's studies conference. She added awardees are selected by on-campus committees at UW institutions each year, and said schools are typically granted one nomination.
"It's a fabulous award," Klebesadel said. Awardees can include faculty, staff, and community members, she added.
Barrett will join 15 other women this year in receiving the award. The awardees represent all 13 four-year universities and one two-year college within the System as well as UW Extension and System administration, according to the Web site.
"(Barrett) has really elevated and raised the visibility of diversity efforts on campus," said Susan Turell, a psychology professor and coordinator of Women's Studies at Eau Claire. Barrett not only focuses on ethnic diversity, but also on gender, class and sexual orientation diversity, Turell added.
Barrett has been involved in several diversity-related organizations in the Eau Claire area, she said. She was instrumental in the creation of the Women and Gender Equity center and the Center for Awareness of Sexual Assault, and has also facilitated on-campus diversity workshops and has worked with community groups dealing with diversity issues.
She said she has also been involved with the Wisconsin Alliance for Minority Participation, a program funded by a National Science Foundation grant that is designed to increase the number of minorities receiving degrees in science, engineering, technology and math.
Kimberly Barrett, associate vice chancellor for student development and diversity at UW-Eau Claire, is one of those 16. According to records on the WSC Web site, Barrett is the 14th woman from Eau Claire to receive the award since 1995, when the award was first presented.
"Of course I'm honored that my peers would take the time to nominate me," Barrett said. "I was very pleased."
The award is sponsored by the Women's Studies Consortium and the Office of Diversity and Development.
Helen Klebesadel, director of the WSC, said the award is presented every year at the statewide women's studies conference. She added awardees are selected by on-campus committees at UW institutions each year, and said schools are typically granted one nomination.
"It's a fabulous award," Klebesadel said. Awardees can include faculty, staff, and community members, she added.
Barrett will join 15 other women this year in receiving the award. The awardees represent all 13 four-year universities and one two-year college within the System as well as UW Extension and System administration, according to the Web site.
"(Barrett) has really elevated and raised the visibility of diversity efforts on campus," said Susan Turell, a psychology professor and coordinator of Women's Studies at Eau Claire. Barrett not only focuses on ethnic diversity, but also on gender, class and sexual orientation diversity, Turell added.
Barrett has been involved in several diversity-related organizations in the Eau Claire area, she said. She was instrumental in the creation of the Women and Gender Equity center and the Center for Awareness of Sexual Assault, and has also facilitated on-campus diversity workshops and has worked with community groups dealing with diversity issues.
She said she has also been involved with the Wisconsin Alliance for Minority Participation, a program funded by a National Science Foundation grant that is designed to increase the number of minorities receiving degrees in science, engineering, technology and math.
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