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Press Release - February 28, 2005
Craig Weidemann wins Julius M. Nolte Award for Extraordinary Leadership
Monday, February 28, 2005
Dr. Craig D. Weidemann, vice president for Outreach at Penn State, is the 2005 recipient of the Julius M. Nolte Award for Extraordinary Leadership from the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA).
First established in 1965, the award is "the most prestigious of all UCEA awards." It is named after a pioneer in the field of continuing higher education who served as dean of General Extension at the University of Minnesota from 1934 to 1962 and was NUEA president in 1950-51 and secretary/treasurer from 1956 to 1964.
UCEA will present the award to Weidemann during its national conference March 30 to April 2 in Boston.
Weidemann is being honored for his contributions to the field of continuing education and for his dynamic leadership and advocacy for university involvement in workforce and economic development.
Leader of Penn State Outreach since 2003, Weidemann oversees the coordination of the University's external outreach initiatives and has responsibility for Continuing Education, Cooperative Extension, Public Broadcasting and the World Campus.
Penn State Outreach is the largest unified outreach organization in American higher education, serving more than 5 million participants, viewers and listeners at more than 500 locations, from all 50 states and 80 countries annually. The organization supports all academic colleges, campuses, centers and Cooperative Extension offices across Pennsylvania. Each year, more than 2,000 programs and services are offered in collaboration with the academic colleges, where more than 1,500 faculty members deliver programs through the University's Outreach units.
Prior to coming to Penn State, Weidemann was vice provost and executive assistant to the president at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Previously, he was associate vice president for Research and dean of the College of Graduate and Extended Education at Towson University.
Weidemann serves on the Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board and is a member of the Steering Committee that is developing the Campaign to Renew Pennsylvania, a partnership effort to advance the state's economic competitiveness and make renewal of communities a priority of state policies. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of The Corporation for Penn State.
He has held a number of national leadership positions with the University Continuing Education Association, including serving on the Board of Directors, chairing the National Task Force on Displaced Professionals, chairing the Division of Business, Industry and Labor, and serving on the National Awards Committee.
Currently, he is a member of several National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges groups, including the Council on Extension, Continuing Education and Public Service. He also is a member of the Engagement Committee of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the academic consortium of the Big Ten Universities and the University of Chicago.
Weidemann received his B.S. degree in psychology from Illinois State University, his M.A. in counseling psychology at Sangamon State University (now University of Illinois at Springfield) and his Ph.D. in educational psychology at the University of Georgia in Athens.
Editor contact: Deborah A. Benedetti at 814-238-4895, dab12@outreach.psu.edu; or Amy Neil at 814-865-7600, aen4@outreach.psu.edu
Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and the diversity of its workforce.
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