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3 8 | L O U I S V I L L E . E D U Greeks sing A sellout crowd watched and cheered as Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Omicron Pi sorority won the annual Fryberger Greek Sing. The 77th annual contest was held at The Louisville Palace. Fraternities and sororities spent months practicing their routines, each hoping their group would win bragging rights for the next year. Proceeds from the event benef t scholarships for Greek students and the Community Music program at the School of Music. SCHOOL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY AND GRADUATE STUDIES Panel discusses issues for women in higher ed leadership The Women in Leadership panel discussion, spon- sored by the School of Interdisciplinary and Gradu- ate Studies, attracted dozens of attendees. During the March event, Mordean Taylor-Archer, vice provost for diversity and international affairs; Marcia Hern, dean of the School of Nursing; Jill Suttles, associate dean for faculty affairs and professor of microbiology and immunology; Carolyn Callahan, former dean of the College of Business; and Beth Boehm, SIGS dean weighed in on the challenges and opportunities for female leaders at the university. Mentor and her student receive awards Retiring English professor Debra Journet, PhD, received the 2014 SIGS Outstanding Mentor of a Doctoral Student Award. While she has mentored 27 doctoral students, it is fi tting that the one she mentored this year joined her at the awards celebration. Michael James Sobiech is the 2014 winner of SIGS' second-highest student honor, the John Richard Binford Memorial Award. Sobeich and other students nominated Journet, while she, in turn, nominated Sobiech (unbeknownst to either). Journet said she has won many awards throughout her 26-year teaching career, but this one means the most because it is from students. "There's just nothing that I'd rather be rewarded for," she said. Highlights $150,936.89 That's the record amount of money students at the Feb. 28 raiseRED Dance Marathon collected to support the UofL Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation. "Everyone was having a ton of fun with the kids. The team leaders defi nitely en- hanced the event by pushing the dancers, which in turn led to more fundraising," Executive Director Taylor Davis said. The group has already set a bigger goal for the 2015 events: $300,000. Learn more at raisered.org. Yarmuth headlines School of Public Health and Information Sciences health policy forum U.S. Congressman John Yarmuth praised Kentucky for its state-run implementation of health care reform during a presentation to the School of Public Health & Information Sciences faculty, staff and students. "These public forums are critical to understanding how our system works, as health care reform impacts the conditions under which people can be healthy by giving more Americans access to care," said Craig Blakely, PhD, MPH, dean of the School of Public Health and Information Sciences. The goal of the Affordable Care Act is to insure more Americans, lower costs and make signif cant changes to the health care system — including a shift in focus to disease prevention, Yarmuth said. SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND INFORMATION SCIENCES U.S. Congressman John Yarmuth spoke with public health students, faculty and staff during a forum held at the Louisville Metro Department of Health & Wellness. STUDENT INVOLVEMENT U L _ 3 8 3 8 UL_38 38 6 / 2 3 / 1 4 9 : 3 4 A M 6/23/14 9:34 AM