2008 Teamwork/Diversity Awards
Winners of the Diversity Award and Teamwork Award for 2008 were were honored by Duke
University and Health System leaders during a luncheon Nov. 13. The Diversity Award recognizes
faculty or staff members who demonstrate, through positive interactions with others, a respect and
value for differing backgrounds and points of view at Duke. The Teamwork Award honors employees
who collaborate and work together on a project or significant effort that advances departmental goals
and/or Duke's mission.
In addition to university staff recognized, a Diversity Award was presented
to Rebecca W. Johnson, nurse clinician, Cardiac Care Unit, Duke Hospital. Members of Duke
Medicine's Medical Center Library & Archives received the Teamwork Award.
Vice Provost Judith Ruderman, center, accepts the Teamwork Award on
behalf of 35 reaccreditation team members with nominator and Provost
Peter Lange, left, and Ben Reese, vice president for Institutional Equity.
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Teamwork Award
The Duke Reaccreditation Team, Judith Ruderman; Bart Brunk, Robert Byrd, Ginny
Cake, Bruce Cunningham, Laura Eastwood, Pat Hull, Eulena Jonsson, Anne Light,
Jacqueline Looney, Caroline Nisbet, Katherine Pfeiffer, Jim Roberts, Kendrick Tatum,
Tim Walsh, Lee Willard, Linda Franzoni, Elizabeth Gustafson, Kerrie Hillman, Kate
Piva, Laura Turcotte, Laceye Warner, Mary Champagne, David Bell, Richard Burton,
Sharron Docherty, Colleen Grochowski, Emily Klein, Kathy Hollingsworth, David
Jamieson, Matt Serra, Jessica Thornton, Bob Newlin, Mary Nettleton and Peter Linnartz.
The Duke Reaccreditation Team comprised 35 inter-department members who
prepared Duke's compliance certification report for the Commission on Colleges,
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Every decade Duke must seek
institution-wide reaffirmation of accreditation by its regional accounting body. This
includes a report that demonstrates compliance across Duke with 88 core
requirements, comprehensive standards, and federal regulations. The team began
work in February 2006.
"Reaccreditation of the entire university is complex, labor-intensive and too often
thankless work. This large, tireless and remarkably diligent team played close
attention to what we do and could do better, and recommended how our policies
and procedures could be improved, not just to meet regulatory requirements but to
actually make Duke better."
— Nominator, Provost Peter Lange
Charles Becker, center, winner of the Diversity Award,
accepts the honor during a ceremony at the Sarah P.
Duke Gardens with nominator and economics Professor
Thomas Nechyba, left, and Ben Reese, right, vice
president for Institutional Equity.
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Diversity Award
Charles M. Becker
Research Professor & Master of Arts Director
Economics
In 2003, Becker arrived at Duke as part of the university's effort
to bring the American Economic Association's Summer Minority
Program to campus. The association is the leading professional
body of academic economists in the U.S. It created the Summer
Minority Program more than 30 years ago to boost the number
of minorities who pursue careers in economics.
Becker moved
the program from one that courted minority graduates at elite
universities to one that reaches out to historically black and
urban colleges across the U.S. and world. In addition to black
and Hispanic students, Native Americans, Eastern Europeans
and Asians have graduated from the program.
"Dr. Charlie Becker has generously donated his time, energy, and intellect to building bridges between people of all
backgrounds in order to enable them to help themselves. Ultimately their success enriches Duke, Durham, the nation,
and the global community."
— Nominators, Dr. Thomas Nechyba,
Gail A. McKinnis, Lori L. Leachman, Jennifer R. Socey
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