Two UW-Madison faculty members were honored at a campus forum Thursday as Champion Award recipients, presented by the Women's Philanthropy Council of the UW Foundation.
Jennifer Sheridan, Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute executive and research director, and Richard Barrows, emeritus professor of agricultural and applied economics and former associate dean for student academic affairs at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, accepted their awards at the Women's Philanthropy Biennial Forum.
The nomination and receipt of this award is meaningful to me at such a deep level because it means that my work must be making a difference, just as I always wanted,"" Sheridan said in a statement.
Each recipient earned a $5,000 grant to designate to a program at UW-Madison.
Sheridan said WISELI would be the beneficiary of her grant and Barrows said his would go to the WISE Residential Learning Community. '""
""I am extremely honored by the recognition, but also humbled because I was nominated by faculty members who have been WISE directors over the years,"" Barrows said in a statement.
