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• The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees appointed Susan Herbst as UConn's 15th president.
  
• OWHE would like to thank Donna Burns Phillips for her many contributions towards the building of a stronger network as well as her compassionate support of women. Donna, congratulations and best wishes on a happy and fulfilling retirement!
  
• OWHE is pleased to announce that the ACE/OWHE State Network Executive Board will be chaired by Marie Foster Gnage, President of West Virginia University at Parkersburg.
  
• Bernstein, Wilson Honored at ACE Annual Meeting  
  
• ACE and OWHE congratulates the New Jersey ACE/OWHE Network State Coordinators Barbara Gaba and Melanie McDonald on winning the 2010 State Network Leadership Award.
  
• OWHE is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of civil rights and activist Dorothy Height. The longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women was the leading female voice of the 1960's civile rights movement; she died on April 20, 2010, at the age of 98.  To read a profile showcasing Dorthy's achievements, click on the following link to the National Women's Hall of Fame website https://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=75 or click on the following link to read more of Height's historical accomplishments http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100420/ARTICLES/100429961/1139?Title=Dorothy-Height-civil-rights-activist-dies-at-98

• OWHE mourns the loss of Wilma Mankiller. OWHE's director, Donna Phillips, stated that the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, the nation's second largest tribe, was a great woman who neither thought about how much she deserved admiration nor noticed just how many people she inspired.
   

• On March 18, 2010, Bernice Sandler was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. Many of Bunny's friends attended the ceremony, which took place at the Miller Senate Office Building, in Annapolis, MD. A reception immediately followed at Government House. For further information, please click on the following link to view the Maryland State Archives biographical files on all of the Maryland Hall of Fame 2010 inductees.
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• Dr. Freida Hill has been chosen as the chancellor of Alabama's two-year college system. Georgian named two-year chancellor...
   
• LeNora Ruffin, Assistant Dean for Career Development at Widener University wins the ACE/OWHE Delaware State Network Leadership Award; and Simone Marie George and Lisa Dunning win the ACE/OWHE Delaware State Network's Rising Star Award.
   
• OWHE is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Patricia Sullivan. The former Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro did much to advance women in higher education. "Patricia Sullivan Chancellor Extraordinaire." "Ex-chancellor's legacy an invigorated UNCG."
   
• Historic choice made at the University of Kansas. University of Kansas named Bernadette Gray-Little as 17th chancellor. She is the first woman and the first African-American chancellor at the university. More info at www.news.ku.edu/2009/may/29/chancellornamed.shtml and www.ic.ku.edu.
   
• University of Southern Mississippi's Committee on Services and Resources for Women Announces Winners of Annual Competitions—MS State Network Participant Celeste Wheat Wins
   
• "Confessions of a Male Presidential Spouse."

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