Lisa M. Franchetti, Alumnae Award, 2016
pam.james
06 December, 2016 07:03 AM
Mary Weismantel
Curriculum Innovation Award Recipient, 2016
Art of the Ancient Americas
Weismantel’s course will replace Art History 228: Pre-Columbian Art. With an expanded and updated syllabus, this course will allow students to enroll for credit in art history as well as anthropology and Latin American studies.
The class will introduce students to the deep cultural heritage of the Americas through their connection to modern art and architecture. Additionally, the class will allow students to connect with an image-based syllabus rather than relying mainly on text.
“This course fills a lacuna in American education, in which we do not learn the deep history of our own continent” Weismantel said. “Students recognize this and value it.”
Weismantel is eager to respond to student requests for Native American/indigenous studies courses. She also is hopeful that her class will “validate the cultural heritage of many of our students of color, and (give) students from European, Asian and other backgrounds a basic familiarity with Latino, Latin American and Native American culture and history.”
The name of this award was changed in 2019 from Curriculum Development Award to Curriculum Innovation Award.
Ryan Dohoney (photo, Tim Porter)
Curriculum Innovation Award Recipient, 2016
Experimental Music in Theory and Practice
In his course, Dohoney will help students discover U.S. and European experimental traditions in music as both scholars and performers, allowing them to learn from Chicago’s contemporary musical community and from archived works in Northwestern’s Deering Library.
Dohoney has noticed a shift in the current musical landscape. He hopes that his new course will help build a sustainable curriculum that supports the vision of the Bienen Institute for New Music, in addition to helping build a foundation for students’ future musical ventures.
“Over the past three years, I’ve become more involved in the city’s new music scene as a performer and concertgoer,” Dohoney said. “It’s clear that something amazing is happening right now in Chicago. I want (my students) to learn both the history of experimental practice and its living presence in our city.”
Dohoney would like to help students devise career strategies and develop practical skills that will empower them to thrive in the contemporary musical climate by connecting them with historical experimental music traditions and members of Chicago’s experimental music community.
The name of this award was changed in 2019 from Curriculum Development Award to Curriculum Innovation Award.
Gwynne Shotwell, Alumnae Award, 2015
janet.bilandic
07 October, 2016 10:43 AM
Centennial Fall Lecture by David Zarefsky is SOLD OUT.
pam.james
22 July, 2016 06:45 PM
Anne McRae
Graduate Fellowship Recipient, 2016
Anne McRae received a bachelor’s degree in Integrative Biology from the University of Illinois in 2009 and a master’s degree in Genetic Counseling from Northwestern in 2012. She has worked as a genetic counselor at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago since 2013, giving numerous presentations and lectures to medical students and counselors. Anne is beginning Feinberg’s two-year Physician Assistant Program in June. The growing application of genetics across all medical specialties has created a need for more team-based providers who are proficient in clinical genetics and psychosocial counseling, as well as medical knowledge. She is interested in working in a pediatric setting.
Katherine Adamski
Graduate Fellowship Recipient, 2016
Katherine Adamski received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Northwestern in 2010 and returned to Northwestern last fall to begin the Masters of Science in Engineering Design Innovation program. In 2012, she was awarded a U.S.-India Educational Fulbright Foundation Grant to study musicians and mental health in India. While there, she also volunteered at a school of dalit (“untouchable”) children. Katherine currently works as an assistant design engineer at the Innovations Lab at the Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM). She is part of a team that designs prototypes and produces novel simulation devices for surgical training. Her experience with mental health, technology and helping people from diverse backgrounds has led to her desire to combine healthcare and technology with innovations in medicine. Her goal is to found a startup that utilizes technology to improve medical care at low cost.
Anna Radoff
Senior Woman's Award for Volunteer Service Recipient, 2014
June 2, 2014
For more information:
Dee Hanlon, President
Michele Bresler, chair, Public Relations
The Alumnae of Northwestern University
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Anna Radoff Receives Senior Woman’s Service Award
Evanston, Ill. --- Anna Radoff is the recipient of the 2014 Senior Woman’s Service Award given by The Alumnae of Northwestern University, The award, established by The Alumnae in 2002, honors a senior woman for volunteer service during her undergraduate years at Northwestern University.
Anna, from Orinda, Calif., is graduating this June, with a major in anthropology and a minor in global health, while actively focusing on volunteer efforts and participation in campus life.
She has been involved with the student advisory board to Student Affairs, Northwestern University Dance Marathon (NUDM), and her sorority, where she held a philanthropy chairmanship. She helped found the Northwestern University chapter of Oxfam, the international human rights and relief organization. Due to her tremendous dedication and time commitment, Anna implemented two new programs for Dance Marathon, while serving as the 2014 co-chair. The first entailed securing money from Associated Student Government (ASG) to fund registration fees for low-income students, which developed into a mentor program to help support those who were having trouble fundraising, teaching them the skills necessary to accomplish it on their own. The second was a program in which a child involved with the NUDM charity beneficiary (Team Joseph, to combat Duchenne muscular dystrophy) was paired with a team of dancers to help foster relationships throughout the year, making the weekend of dancing more meaningful to the participants. This year’s Dance Marathon raised a record amount of more than $1.3 million.
“Anna not only helped Dance Marathon raise a record amount of money, but the new programs she initiated as co-chair leave Dance Marathon stronger than ever before,” says Dee Hanlon, president of The Alumnae of Northwestern University. “We are so proud to honor her with this award.”
Anna received the Senior Woman’s Service Award of $2,500 at The Alumnae of Northwestern University’s Annual Board Meeting, which was held in May 2014. She will also be recognized at Honors Day and commencement. Next year, she will be working for Teach for America in Chicago.
The Alumnae of Northwestern University is an all-volunteer organization of women that raises funds for a wide range of projects to benefit Northwestern while sharing the university’s academic resources with the community through its Continuing Education program. Founded in 1916, The Alumnae has given more than $6 million to the university in the form of grants, fellowships, scholarships, an endowed professorship, funding for special university projects, and summer internships. For more information, visit The Alumnae website (www.nualumnae.org).
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