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K-STATE SCHOOL OF 1xbet online casino STUDIES' INAUGURAL SUSAN M. SCOTT COMMUNITY 1xbet online casino AWARD TO SUSAN ALLEN
MANHATTAN -- Susan Allen, director of the 1xbet online casino education program at Kansas State University, is the recipient of the inaugural Susan M. Scott Community Leadership Award from K-State's School of Leadership Studies.
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Allen teaches Do 1xbet online casino -- Be the Change, the introductory course for K-State's certificate in 1xbet online casino studies. She also conducts and is involved in several campus and community applied 1xbet online casino programs, including the K-State Campaign for 1xbet online casino , Season for 1xbet online casino , noontime yoga and awareness meditation, the international news television in the K-State Student Union and Community Peace Poles. K-State's Campaign for 1xbet online casino program also is responsible for starting such on-campus programs as SafeZone and Empty Bowls.
Allen is currently writing the text &1xbet online casino ;Every Day Nonviolence.&1xbet online casino ;She has published foundational pieces on nonviolence education and media anthropology, including in Voices, a publication of the Association for Feminist Anthropology. Her 1994 book, &1xbet online casino ;Media Anthropology -- Informing Global Citizens,&1xbet online casino ; was the culmination of her work since 1968 to develop a sub-discipline and profession combining anthropology, journalism and public education to help people evolve more anthropological, holistic perspectives.
Prior to becoming director of K-State's 1xbet online casino education program, Allen worked from 1993 to 2006 at K-State's Women's Center, serving the last six years of her tenure as the center's director. She also has been a visiting associate professor at the National Institute of Multimedia Education in Tokyo, Japan; editor of Alliance, an ethnic newspaper at K-State; and a legislative correspondent for former U.S. Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum of Kansas.
Allen earned a bachelor's in anthropology from Wichita State University, a master's in journalism and mass communications from 1xbet online casino , and a doctorate in media anthropology from the University of Kansas.
&1xbet online casino ;I was overjoyed when the faculty named Susan Allen the inaugural recipient,&1xbet online casino ; said Susan Scott, the award's namesake and senior adviser and associate professorin leadership studies. &1xbet online casino ;She has accomplished so much with so few resources. Her quiet efforts have begun a movement that I believe will continue to grow and change the landscape of K-State for years to come. I am also grateful beyond words to the faculty who has chosen to honor my work in this very special manner.&1xbet online casino ;
