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Dr. Thomas J. Kriger was recently appointed vice president of academic affairs and provost of National Labor College in the Hillandale area of Silver Spring, according to a news release from the college. Kriger takes over for Dr. Patricia Greenfield who will step down Dec. 1 and will return to a faculty teaching post. Greenfield served as vice president and provost since 2003.
After earning his Ph.D. in political science from the Graduate School of the City University of New York in 1994, Kriger began his academic career as assistant professor in government at Saint Lawrence University. He has also held professorships at Providence College and the University of Northern Colorado. In 1998, Kriger was named director of research and legislation for the United University Professions, the largest higher education union in the country representing more than 30,000 faculty and staff of the State University of New York. Kriger went on to serve as assistant to the president of UUP, Dr. William E. Scheuerman, until Scheuerman's appointment as president of the National Labor College in December 2007. Kriger was then appointed associate budget director for research and policy for the State University of New York.
Women Business Owners hold dinner talk
Women Business Owners of Montgomery County will hold a dinner talk "Focus on Closing More Sales and Getting More Clients" at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Norbeck Country Club, 17200 Cashell Road, Rockville. Call 301-365-1755.
Commission for women hosts seminars
The Montgomery County Commission for Women, Counseling and Career Center will hold a variety of events in November at the center 401 N. Washington St., Suite 100, Rockville. Call 240-777-8300 for information about any of the events.
"Perfectionism: Myths and Reality" will be held 1 p.m. Friday.
"Myers-Briggs Type Indicator" personality assessment will be held 1 p.m. Friday.
Nomination sought
for awards
The Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County is seeking nominations for its Mary C. Jackson "Good Works, Done Well" Award that is given to an employee or volunteer at a nonprofit agency who is committed to helping the disadvantaged. An additional award will be given this year to an agency or organization that has sought to improve the lives and health care of low-income, uninsured county residents.
The awards will be presented Dec. 3. Nominations should be no longer than one page and must be submitted by today. Elected officials are not eligible and self-nominations will not be considered.
E-mail nominations to Marilyn_wetterhahn@primarycarecoalition.org, fax to 301-608-2384 or mail to Primary Care Coalition, attention Marilyn Wetterhahn, 8757 Georgia Ave., 10th floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910. For more information, call Wetterhahn at 301-628-3416.
Workplace excellence awards applications
Applications for the 2009 Alliance for Workplace Excellence Awards are available from Liz Sobrino at 301-229-7555, ext. 105, or at alliance@excellentwork
place.org. The nonprofit supports "the pursuit of workplace excellence with training and education, awards of recognition and community awareness" in the Greater Washington area, according to its Web site, www.excellent
workplace.org. Application deadline is Dec. 15.
Leadership Montgomery starts 2008-09 program
Leadership Montgomery has started its Class of 2008-09 program, which includes 47 top county officials, chief executive officers and executive directors of public and private institutions.
Participants will expand leaderships skills, while increasing their knowledge of the inner workings of Montgomery County, according to a news release from the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. For more information, contact Esther Newman, founder and executive director, at 301-881-3333, or esther.newman@
leadermont.org or visit www.
leadershipmontgomerymd.org.
Coalition president
wins ‘Exponent Award'
Steve Galen, president and CEO of the Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County was one of five nonprofit leaders to be named by the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyers Foundation as one of the "Best and Brightest" in the foundation's Exponent Awards. Galan was recognized as a "key player in bringing quality health care to the estimated 80,000 uninsured people in suburban Montgomery County.
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