Phyllis Kidson Williams, Dayton, Ohio, was honored in April 2008 with the Exemplary Leadership Award at the 17th International Chair Academy in Denver. Phyllis has been the biology department chair at Sinclair Community College since 1997 where she is recognized as an innovator in the use of technology, established an AAS degree in biotechnology and served as a chair council officer. Phyllis has been a biology educator since 1966. In addition to Sinclair Community College, she has taught in Spring Branch ISD, Dayton (Texas) ISD and at San Jacinto College.
Ann Alloway Stingle returned from Albania, where she observed the mounting refugee crisis from her role as director of the fledgling Crimes of War Education Project (CWEP) at American University in Washington, D.C. With a disturbing level of certainty, Stingle, formerly international spokesperson for the American Red Cross, claims that the situation on the ground is one of the worst she's ever seen. "Albania is in near-chaos," she said. "People are streaming across the border with nothing but the clothes on their backs. They're frightened, stunned and most are still in shock."
Last November, Sharla Earl Hotchkiss '66 attended the national meeting of Keep America Beautiful in Washington D.C. to accept an award on behalf of the Keep Texas Beautiful, or so she thought.