[AWIS Chicago Listserve] AWIS Chicago Awards Dinner this coming Wednesday! Register now!

[AWIS Chicago Communications]

*AWIS Chicago **6th Annual Innovator Award and the 1st Annual Motivator
Award Dinner*
*Wednesday, June 6th, 2012*
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The nominations have been submitted, and winners have been chosen – now
it’s time to celebrate! Please join us for our annual awards ceremony. New
for this year is the addition of the Motivator Award. At the dinner, we
will be hearing from both of our winners, so prepare to be inspired!
Thanks to the generous sponsorship of this event by Baxter, we are able to
offer a lovely dinner at minimal cost. Please join us!

*When*: Wednesday, June 6th
*Time*: 6:30-8:30pm
*Where*: Pazzo's <http://www.pazzos311.com/>  at 311 S. Wacker Dr.
*Cost*: $10 for AWIS Chicago members, $15 for students, $30 for
non-members/on-site

Dinner, soft drinks, and dessert provided. Cash bar.

*Register* by June 1st at
http://a3.acteva.com/orderbooking/bookEvent/A319298

*Public Transit and parking*: 1.5 blocks from Union Station, 2.5 blocks
from Quincy/Wells (Brown line) and La Salle Metra
**$8 in nearby public parking lot (enter on Van Buren)

Spouses and friends are welcome!

*Awardees*

*Innovator Awardee: Dr. Susan Cohn,* of the University of Chicago, for
demonstrating innovative approaches applied to a clinical setting by
investigating genetic factors and molecular predictors that contribute to
neuroblastoma survival rates in children.

*Motivator Awardee: Ami LeFavre*, of Niles Township High School, for
selflessly going above and beyond her teaching responsibilities to motivate
and encourage young girls to realize the importance of STEM and to pursue
this as a career. She initiated and continued multiple programs to achieve
this such as the GEMS (Girls Empowered by Math and Science) program,
organizing and distributing opportunities for STEM internships, and
providing opportunities for peer mentoring.

We will also recognize contributors and long-standing members of
AWIS-Chicago.


AWIS Chicago would like to thank *Baxter Healthcare *for their generous
support of this event.

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