Association Honors UMaine Women’s Resource Center Director
Contact: Sharon Barker, 581-1501
ORONO — Sharon Barker, director of the UMaine Women’s Resource Center, recently received the American Association of University Women’s 2009 Achievement Citation Award for Maine.
Criteria for the award includes a requirement that a recipient be a woman in Maine who has made a distinctive contribution in an AAUW field of interest or study, such as service to the state, education, the arts, humanity or women’s issues. A recipient also must exhibit achievement over and above job-related activities and be a pioneer in her area of specialization.
Each of the nine AAUW branches in Maine nominates a candidate for the state achievement citation award. The Penobscot Valley Branch nominated Barker, a statewide committee made the final selection, and she received the award at the AAUW state convention in Presque Isle in May.