At the Martin Luther King Scholarship Luncheon, Professor and Dean Pamela S. Chally received the Desmond Tutu Peace and Reconciliation Award for her leadership, belief in diversity and her international and community health-care activities. Brooks College of Health administrators from West Africa received training at UNF, a nursing student worked with AIDS patients in South Africa, and nursing students delivered babies in West Africa. Archbishop Desmond Tutu sent a message to UNF and said, “In congratulating Dr. Chally on winning this award, I want to thank her for accompanying us in this arduous journey as we combat disease and poverty.”

Professor Judith C. Rodriguez, PhD, RD, FADA, was elected President of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. With 70,000 members, the ADA is committed to improving the nation’s health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy. She took office in June 2009 and will serve as President-Elect, President and Past President, for a three-year term. Dr. Catherine Christie was also recently elected At-Large Delegate of the ADA.

Dr. Lauri Wright was elected chair of the Dietetics Education Practice Group of the American Dietetic Assocation, a leadership role that includes implementation throughout the United States of the new CADE accreditation standards.

Dr. Mei Zhao was selected as the recipient of the UNF 2008-2009 Outstanding International Leadership award. She has been the driving force of the development of a collaborative research project with the faculty at Shandong University in Jinan, China, and, establishment of an ongoing study abroad program with Shandong and Qingdao Universities. She was awarded a Transformational Learning Opportunity grant to support students in the most recent study abroad program, and is a member of UNF’s China Institute, International Council, and faculty advisor for the UNF Chinese Culture club.

Dr. Elissa Barr was chosen as one of “Forty under 40” by the editors of the Jacksonville Business Journal, who comprised their list of Northeast Florida’s “brightest, most-promising professionals” for 2009. This award recognizes high level of achievement among professionals under the age of 40 in Northeast Florida in both their careers and community involvement

UNF professor returns from Iraq Army Col. Linda Connelly, a UNF nursing professor, served a year in Iraq and was honored with the Bronze Star for implementing electronic nursing records and creating the first-ever Iraqi nursing training program.
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