CT WOMEN’S GROUP NAMED TO NATIONAL PARITY TEAM
The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women — formed in 1973 to study and improve Connecticut women’s economic security, health and safety; promote consideration of qualified women to leadership positions and to work toward the elimination of gender discrimination — has been named to the leadership team of Political Parity, a national non-partisan group working to double the number of women at the highest levels of U.S. government by the year 2022.
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HUGHES HEALTH CELEBRATES 50 YEARS, EARNS NATIONAL ACCOLADE
Hughes Health & Rehabilitation in West Hartford, a skilled nursing facility providing quality care for those with chronic illness and for those needing convalescence and rehabilitation, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with an employee recognition luncheon. For the second consecutive year, Hughes received a high ranking of five stars overall in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Nursing Homes, which recognizes top-rated homes in all 50 states and offers important guidance to families and healthcare providers caring for people in need of a nursing home.
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UTC AWARDED FOR EDUCATION ADVOCACY
United Technologies Corporation in Hartford recently received the 2012 Award for Advocacy of Independent Higher Education from the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, presented by NAICU President David L. Warren and Fairfield University President Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx during a luncheon in Washington, D.C. UTC Chairman & CEO Louis Chênevert accepted the award, the first time a corporate entity, rather than an individual, has received the honor.
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UCHC’S WELLER ELECTED TO VP/PRESIDENT POST
Sandra Weller, professor and chair, Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, at UConn Health Center, has been elected vice president/president elect of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering for a term beginning July 1. Dr. Weller will be the first woman to serve as both vice president and president of the academy, a private, nonprofit, public-service institution which identifies and studies issues and technological advances that are or should be of concern to the people of Connecticut.
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THREE NAMED PUBLIC WORKS FELLOWS
Russell M. Arnold, Jr., Farmington’s director of public works/town engineer; John P. Lawlor, Jr., Waterbury’s director of public works; and Gary J. Schneider, Groton’s director of public works, were all recently named national Public Works Leadership Fellows by the American Public Works Association, a not-for-profit, international organization of more than 28,500 members involved in the field of public works.
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