Call for Nominations for Penn ProWomen’s Awards:
March 1

The Penn Professional Women’s Network solicits nominations for its three major annual awards to be given on April 13, 2005 at the Penn ProWomen Annual Awards Breakfast.

The Alice Paul Awards, named for the famous suffragist leader and Penn alumna who founded the National Women’s Party and authored the Equal Rights Amendment, are awarded to students, regardless of gender, who have demonstrated outstanding service to women in the Penn community. The Lenore Williams Award, named in honor of the wife of former provost Edwin B. Williams, is given to a distinguished female scholar or leader whose contributions extend within and beyond our campus. The Robert E. Davies Award, in honor of the late feminist and distinguished Penn scholar, recognizes any individual(s) for their work for social change.

Letters should include:

1. Nominee’s name, school, position, address and telephone number;

2. The nature of the nominee’s achievement and why it is extraordinary;

3. Nominator’s name, position, campus address and telephone number.

Nominations should be sent by March 1 to: Colleen M. Becht, Awards Committee Chair, Center for Bioethics, 3401 Market Street, Suite 320/3319; cbecht@mail.med.upenn.edu.

For more information about the awards or the Penn Professional Women’s Network, see their web site, www.vpul.upenn.edu/pwc/prowomen/.