Congratulations
H. Frankenthaler, Other Generations, National Gallery of Australia
I happened to come across an image of this painting by Helen Frankenthaler, an inductee in the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame, shortly after I was reading the program for UConn’s 2009 Outstanding Senior Women Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony which was held on May 8, just before Commencement. I had wanted to attend the Ceremony but had to be on a conference call instead. But I do want to recognize the seniors honored at this year’s event, and I thought that the image of this magnificent painting could serve here as a kind of celebratory greeting card.
Our annual Outstanding Senior Women Ceremony is cosponsored by the Provost’s Commission on the Status of Women, the UConn Alumni Association, and the UConn Women’s Center. The Provost’s Commission is charged with leadership in removing barriers at UConn to women’s academic and career success. This year’s Outstanding Senior Women are:
Chinenye U. Anyanwu, School of Pharmacy
Susan S. Schulman, Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture
Jennifer N. Falcigno, School of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Krishna Patel, School of Business
Clarissa Luque, Neag School of Education
Sara Elizabeth Berth, School of Engineering
Kathryn Bova, School of Fine Arts
Jacquelynne K. McGuiness Garofano, Graduate School
Ingrid Swanson, School of Law
Joelle Budzinsky, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Charlayne McStay, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kaitlyn Widlak, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jennifer Jorge, School of Nursing
Sara Ruth Tabtabai, School of Medicine
Lauren Mentasti Consonni, School of Dental Medicine
Joanne Santiago, School of Social Work
Catalina Cabán-Owen, School of Social Work
Also, three 100 Years of Women Scholarships were awarded at the ceremony, to current UConn students
Christiane Pimentel
Karyn Blanchard
and Dina Giovanelli.
