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Barbara Clark receives Council on the Status of Women award

Barbara Clark, Director of the Science Diversity Office and Director of Women In Science Programs, is the 2005 recipient of the Violet Haas Award from the Council on the Status of Women at Purdue.

The award honors an individual, program or department that has made an outstanding effort toward the advancement of women at the university. The achievement can include improvement in hiring and promotion practices, educational opportunities, salaries or generally enhancing a positive professional climate for women.

The Council on the Status of Women established the Violet Haas Award in 1990. Haas was a faculty member in the School of Electrical Engineering from 1962 until her death in 1986. She promoted women’s issues and provided a positive role model for the university’s faculty, staff and students.

Barb will be recognized at a reception in her honor on Friday, April 22 at 4:00 p.m. in room 118 of the Purdue Memorial Union.

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