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Dean of Students Lenore Gall Elected President of National Association of University Women
Lenore Gall, City Tech's dean of students and academic services, has
been elected president of the National Association of University Women
(NAUW).
The Washington, DC-based organization, which
was founded in March 1910 as the College Alumnae Club and became
the NAUW in 1974, made an impact early in its history by convincing
historically black colleges and universities to create the position
of "dean of women." It now has 90 branches throughout
the U.S. that sponsor and conduct educational initiatives primarily
for female students of color at all levels of schooling.
Working in collaboration with several other national
associations, NAUW's four-point focus is on education, scholarship,
literacy and national/international affairs. It offers scholarships
to high school graduates for undergraduate study and to women pursuing
master's degrees, and fellowships to women pursuing doctorates.
"NAUW's theme for the next two years is 'Excellence
in Education: Our Promise for the Future,'" says Gall, who
will serve as president through September 2004. "Branches will
sponsor projects for junior high and high school girls to increase
their interest in mathematics and science and to foster their awareness
of careers that require this background." NAUW is also working
with the Children's Defense Fund towards the passage of the "Leave
No Child Behind" bill, which will enable all children to have
better lives and education, she added.
Through collaboration with schools and the National
Council of Negro Women, NAUW branches will be engaged in literacy
projects for youth, according to Gall. February 22 is NAUW's National
Reading Jubilee Day, a celebration of the joy of reading, with activities
for all age groups of children and adults.
"During my presidency our health focus will
be HIV/AIDS," she says. "We want to educate youth and
adults about the disease, prod legislators into providing increased
funding for research and drugs to prevent, treat, control and cure
this disease." April 26 will be NAUW's National Health Awareness
Day, with young people and adults developing projects that demonstrate
the effect the disease has had on them or their family/friends.
Also, runs/walks will be organized by the branches to fund services
for AIDS patients and/or research projects.
"NAUW is delighted to have Lenore as our
leader," said past president Phyllis J. Eggleston, a retired
Philadelphia educator. "The initiatives she has introduced
in her short time as president have already made an impact. We can
see she is going to move the organization to a higher plane."
Gall began her tenure at City Tech in 1994 as
assistant provost in charge of curriculum development, and was instrumental
in the creation of new baccalaureate degree programs at the College.
Previously she was assistant to the vice president of academic affairs
at the Fashion Institute of Technology and assistant to the provost
at Brooklyn College.
Gall earned her undergraduate degrees as well as a master's degree in counselor education at New York University, and a master's and doctorate in education (with a specialization in college teaching and academic leadership) from Teachers College, Columbia University.
