Local VA team wins Fallen Heroes 5K run

Published: Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 7:44 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 7:44 p.m.

The Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center Team won first place at the Leadership Gainesville Alumni Associations 5K Fallen Heroes Run held recently at Ironwood Golf Course.

The team received a $500 prize, which they donated to the Gainesville Fisher House Foundation to benefit the house, now under construction at the VA center. When completed, the facility will provide a home away from home for families of patients receiving medical care.

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Four distinguished University of Florida faculty members have been appointed Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie Honors Term Professors for the 2013-14 academic year.

They are: Susan Gillespie of the department of anthropology, Panos Pardalos of the department of industrial and systems engineering, Jack Putz of the department of biology, and Lou Ritz of the department of neuroscience. They will each teach a course for the UF Honors Program during the academic year.

The endowment gift from Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie, a UF graduate, provides summer salary and support for the faculty members activities. The goal of the program is to encourage the most esteemed faculty at UF to participate in the University Honors Program as instructors and mentors. Dunlevie Professors are selected by Kevin Knudson, director of the Honors Program, in consultation with a committee of UF faculty, from a pool of nominees submitted by department chairs.

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Judy Charudattan, a French teacher at P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, and director of cole Franaise, has been selected to judge and evaluate the speaking sections of students throughout the country competing in the Grand Concours, which is an annual National French Exam.

Charudattan serves on the national Foreign Languages in the Elementary Schools Commission of the American Association of Teachers of French and is a recipient of the Dorothy Ludwig Excellence in Teaching Award Elementary from the American Association of Teachers of French. Charudattan has been also inducted into the Teachers Hall of Fame by the Florida Foreign Language Association, in recognition of her personal commitment, dedication and invaluable contributions to the field of foreign language education.

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