Carlow University Names Six Women of Spirit Awardees for 2018
"Carlow's Women of Spirit(R) demonstrate characteristics central to the mission of our University," said Dr.
From all of the nominations received, one national award recipient and five local recipients were selected. Recipients were chosen based on several criteria, including a strong commitment to values, accomplishments that have led to new knowledge or discoveries, and innovation or leadership that has brought about change for the good of humankind.
The awardees are (complete bios of each recipient follow at the end of this release):
Jeannette South-Paul, MD, is the Andrew W. Mathieson Professor and Chair in the
The Women of Spirit(R) Awards will be presented on
All proceeds of this renowned program benefit the Women of Spirit(R) awards program initiatives including need-based scholarships to Carlow students, and summer career exploration workshops for high school girls, with scholarships for those from underrepresented populations.
The Women of Spirit(R) Selection Committee was chaired by
Biographies of the 2018 Women of Spirit(R) Awardees
President and Chief Executive Officer
WQED Multimedia
Acklin has served in multiple executive roles in public broadcasting, the cable television industry, and commercial broadcasting. At WQED Multimedia, she manages or has managed the operations, strategies, and fundraising to create original multi-platform content distributed across four television channels, three radio channels, an interactive web-based global media distribution portal, an education department, and
Her tenure includes many achievements, including an unprecedented three Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards for Station Excellence, given by the
Having held several roles at WQED, Acklin returned to the company in 2002 after spending several years at the
Acklin also served as executive producer for The War That Made America, a four-hour, high-definition (HD), internationally-released docu-drama for
Acklin co-developed blockbuster music specials for
For public radio, Acklin guides
Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science
Blum is internationally recognized for her work in increasing the participation of girls and women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields. A panel she organized in 1971 at UC Berkeley on women in mathematics quickly galvanized a group which joined forces with the newly forming
Blum has served the professional community in numerous capacities, including as third President of the
Blum's research, from her early work in model theory and differential fields (logic and algebra) to her more recent work in developing a theory of computation and complexity over the real numbers (mathematics and computer science), has focused on merging seemingly unrelated areas. The latter work, founding a theory of computation and complexity over continuous domains (with
Executive Vice President, UPMC
President,
CEO,
Holder has held a number of senior leadership positions in health care, including hospital and insurance CEO roles. She has deep expertise in the strategic and operational requirements of integrated payer-provider systems and has been actively engaged in the national dialogue on this subject.
Recognized for her leadership in business, as well as for her distinguished dedication to the community, she has received numerous honors and awards. These include: the
In 2011, she created a partnership between
Holder received her undergraduate degree from the
Associate Professor for Acute and Tertiary Care
Upon graduation, she worked at
Following her graduation from
She is the founder and director of the Oncology Nurse Practitioner Program at the
The focus of Rosenzweig's teaching is primarily ethics and oncology care for nursing students across all curricular levels. Through various educational initiatives directed towards students and clinicians across the health sciences, she teaches strategies to improve patient-health care provider communication skills, particularly in advanced illness and palliative care. Additionally, through her research, Rosenzweig seeks to better understand cancer illness to inform interventions directed towards educating and supporting patients with breast cancer, in order to empower them in obtaining optimal health care work. Along with her research team, she works to ensure that all women with breast cancer receive timely diagnosis, treatment, and support across the breast cancer care continuum. Her research and teaching initiatives are directed toward
Rosenzweig also maintains clinical practice as a nurse practitioner for women with breast cancer at
Her research and teaching focus on ensuring that underserved populations receive the cancer care they require and have an optimal healthcare experience. In addition to educating the next generation of nurses with this goal, Rosenzweig volunteers as a nurse practitioner providing primary care at the
At
Jeannette E. South-Paul, MD
School of Medicine
Dr. Jeannette South-Paul's commitment to help the underserved is a passion that was ingrained in her and her five siblings by their hard-working immigrant parents.
"You can't assume that everyone has what they need," says South-Paul, who grew up in
children's evangelical ministry. "My background experiences gave me a commitment to education to service and to faith that have stayed with me for the last 60 years."
Growing up, she volunteered as an adolescent in the rescue mission her family ran in inner city
Upon her retirement from the army, she was recruited in 2001 to be chair of family medicine at the
South-Paul is enthusiastic about all of the department's programs, including the obesity awareness program called Fitwit, but her real passion project is the one she created seven years ago, the Maikuru program. South-Paul works with teen mothers to develop the education and training they need to have careers that allow them to be productive and independent. She partners them with mentors and organizes classes on self-esteem, spirituality, contraception and more.
"An obstacle is what you see when you take your eyes off the goal. If you can't see that goal, all you see are the obstacles," says South-Paul, who treats mostly low-income minority patients twice a week at the
President
In 2013, Sullivan proposed an aggressive plan to improve faculty compensation after many years of stagnation in faculty salaries. Under her leadership, faculty and staff have been encouraged to experiment strategically with new technologies.
Sullivan is leading preparations for the celebration of the University's bicentennial beginning in
Sullivan is a respected scholar in labor force demography. The author or coauthor of six books and many scholarly articles, her most recent research has focused on measuring productivity in higher education. Sullivan is a Fellow of the
Sullivan came to UVA from the
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