Accolades

Bauch Receives Buford Peace Award

Dr. Patricia A. Bauch, professor of educational leadership, policy and technology studies in the College of Education, has received the 2008 Buford Peace Award.

The Lahoma Adams Buford Peace Award is granted annually to a UA faculty member who in his/her teaching, research, practice, and professional life has demonstrated exceptional levels of involvement in mediating human disputes, helping overcome prejudice, promoting justice, and establishing peace. Although the award is administered by the School of Social Work, any UA faculty member may receive the award.

Bauch attended Rosary College at Dominican University for one year prior to entering the novitiate of the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, Wis. After two years, Bauch made her religious profession of vows and then taught in a Catholic school on Chicago’s Southside. She received her Master’s in Education from Northern Illinois University. Bauch taught throughout the country for 17 years in the parochial schools of her religious community and served for three years as a principal. After one year on the teacher education faculty at Edgewood College, Madison, Wis., Bauch moved to Los Angeles where she worked on a national study of schooling while earning a doctorate in curriculum and administration from the University of California, Los Angeles. From 1983 to 1990, Bauch served on the faculty of The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and was a senior fellow there at the Boys Town Youth Development Research Center.

Bauch joined the College of Education in 1990. She has been engaged in research on parent involvement, school choice, teacher work context, school organization, rural education, and ethical and moral educational leadership. Her articles have appeared in numerous journals. Currently, she is working on the assessment of educational leadership programs that emphasize social justice, the relationship of student motivation to student achievement, and civic responsibility as an outcome of Catholic schooling.

Bauch has served in various American Educational Research Association division and special interest group roles and is active in many research organizations. From 1999-2001, Bauch served successively as vice-president and president of the UA Faculty Senate. In 2000, she received the Outstanding Teaching, Research, and Service Award from the College of Education. In 2001, she held the Allen Chair in Education at Seattle University.

In 2009, Bauch will celebrate her Golden Jubilee as a Sinsinawa Dominican Sister and 50 years of engagement in teaching and educational research.

Cramer Wins Prestigious Professional Award

Dr. Kathleen Cramer, UA senior associate vice president for student affairs, has been named a Pillar of the Profession by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

Each year at the annual NASPA Conference, the NASPA Foundation recognizes a series of distinguished individuals who have served as leaders, teachers and scholars in student affairs and higher education. Each individual is nominated and supported for designation as a ‘Pillar’ by colleagues, students, friends or others who find him or her deserving of this honor.

According to Dr. Mark Nelson, UA interim vice president for student affairs, “Only 14 individuals were honored, confirming that Dr. Cramer and UA are regarded as among the very best nationally in student affairs administrative leadership.”

Cramer has more than 30 years of experience as an administrator at UA and as a member of NASPA. As an administrator in UA’s Office of Student Affairs, Cramer has been involved in nearly every aspect of student life from the SGA to residence halls to Greek affairs.

She has been involved in NASPA as a member of the Region III board of directors as well as several other leadership roles at the national and regional level in the organization.

“This award honors Dr. Cramer and recognizes the excellent work being done in the Division of Student Affairs. Every award like this highlights the kind of people who make UA a great place to study and work,” Nelson said.

Publishers’ Bindings Online Garners Award

Publishers’ Bindings Online has been awarded “Best Online Archival Exhibition” in the ArchivesNext 2008 Best Archives on the Web Awards.

ArchivesNext is a blog on archives and Web/digital technology and is coordinated in part by an archivist at the National Archives. Publishers’ Bindings Online was nominated and voted on by a panel of judges, all of whom are experienced professionals in the archival field. ArchivesNext (www. archivesnext.com) is the Archives and Web 2.0 Technologies blog.

In the online review of why it won, ArchivesNext said, “while decorative book bindings might not be the first thing to leap to mind when you consider archives, the judges were wowed by Publishers’ Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books, produced by The University of Alabama, University Libraries and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Its combination of good design and rich content made it the winner of the Best Online Exhibition award. The site and its content are just plain gorgeous, but the creators have made sure this resource is more than just eye candy. They’ve provided multiple navigation paths (including literary, historical and artistic “galleries”) as well as capabilities for keyword searching or browsing by subject terms. There are resources for teachers and researchers, including a glossary of binding terms and bibliographies for the gallery subjects.”

Publishers’ Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books is an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership grant funded project which began in 2003. The site is accessed and used by scholars and collectors all over the world. The project is accessible at http:bindings.lib.ua.edu.

The project has garnered international attention and is widely viewed as the resource for understanding the 19th century book as art object. Project manager Jessica Lacher- Feldman recently presented on the project at two symposia as an invited speaker. Lacher-Feldman is public and outreach services coordinator/associate professor for the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library.

Higginbotham Accepts Myers Award

Dr. John Higginbotham, associate dean for research and health policy in the College of Community Health Sciences, has received the 2008 Dr. Ira L. Myers Award for Excellence in Public Health.

The Alabama Public Health Association gave Higginbotham the award at its 52nd annual meeting recently in Birmingham. The award was established in 1987 to honor Myers for his accomplishments by recognizing an individual, group or organization that, through excellence in work, has had a significant impact on public heath in Alabama.

Higginbotham is also director of the Rural Health Institute for Clinical and Translational Science and the chair and tenured professor in the department of community and rural medicine. He is a member of several national organizations and has more than 25 publications to his credit.

Greene Gets Dietitian of the Year Award

Lori Greene, M.S., R.D., dietitian for the Student Health Center and the University Medical Center, which is a part of the College of Community Health Sciences, was named the Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year by the Alabama Dietetic Association at its annual meeting earlier this year.

Greene initiated the “Dietitian on the Go” program with Bama Dining and offers group presentations to student organizations. Greene, along with Margaret Garner, M.S., R.D., provide medical nutrition therapy at the University Medical Center to faculty, staff and community patients. To make an appointment, please call 348-1213.