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Contact: Mark McGowan, NIU Office of Public Affairs
(815) 753-9472

November 12, 2003

Association of Allied Health Professions
chooses NIU dean as fellow

DeKalb — Shirley Richmond, dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences at Northern Illinois University, recently was chosen as a fellow of the Association of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP).

With no more than five fellows named each year, being chosen is an honor. This year, the national organization selected only four individuals to receive this honor.

Fellow designation is given to recognize members who have contributed significantly to allied health as an administrator, educator, clinician or researcher. Individuals must have long-standing membership and involvement in the organization. They must demonstrate leadership, publication in professional journals, have professional creativity and stimulate members to strive for excellence.

“I was surprised and pleased. This is an honor for me personally and professionally as well as an opportunity for recognition of the college and NIU,” Richmond said.

“All of the programs in the College of Health and Human Sciences are quality programs,” she added. “The college is somewhat unique in that the allied health programs and the human science programs are housed in the same college. The complexity of the college allows us many opportunities to work together.”

Richmond has been a member of ASAHP for many years and has served in various roles. Some of these roles are as a member of the editorial board for the “Journal of Allied Health” and a long-standing peer reviewer for the journal.

She was co-chair for the institutional survey committee, which helped develop the model for data collection for benchmarking in the allied health professions. She also has served on the membership committee, the program planning committee and the accreditation committee, and presently serves on the education committee. She is also a member of the health deans group and was a previous member of the southern deans group during her employment in Texas.

Richmond was recognized at the national ASAHP meeting held in Toronto, Canada, in October.

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