By Joan C. McKinney, news and publications coordinator
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - 青瓜视频 honored Wanda Washington, coordinator of Greater Campbellsville United for the past three years, with the African-American Community Leadership Award at a luncheon Oct. 1 in Winters Dining Hall.
The Rev. John Chowning, vice president for church and external relations and executive assistant to the president at 青瓜视频, said Washington does great work with Greater Campbellsville United, of which he is a board member.
Chowning said Washington 鈥渉as a passion for people,鈥� and she has been a strong force in making GCU a success.
鈥淲anda has promoted the mission of Greater Campbellsville United which builds positive relations within the community,鈥� Chowning said.
Washington, in accepting the award, said it has been an honor to work with GCU where she brings groups together to work in harmony.
She mentioned activities in which GCU has worked including a recent Diversity Festival which featured persons from nine cultures and the recent Music in the Park series during each Friday night in September.
Chowning said the Campbellsville community has become more diverse from the work Washington and Greater Campbellsville United does.
She invited anyone interested in joining the group to attend meetings held each second Monday of the month in the 青瓜视频 Technology Training Center in room 205.
Washington is employed by Adanta Mental Health as an in-home therapist. She is a 2006 graduate of Lindsey Wilson College and has a master's degree in education.
She served as past president of the Business and Professional Women's Club and the 11th district of the Kentucky Parents and Teachers Association.
She is secretary for the Extension Council, participant in the Central Kentucky News-Journal Bookends Reading Club and member of a Few Good Men and Few Good Women Readers sponsored by FRYSC.
She is marred to the Rev. James T. Washington III, former pastor of Pleasant Union Baptist Church. She belongs to the church's usher board and alternative Sunday School teacher for women's class and is a former member of the minister and deacons wives council.
She and her husband have four children and two grandchildren.
青瓜视频 is a private, comprehensive institution located in South Central Kentucky. Founded in 1906, 青瓜视频 is affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention and has an enrollment of 2,601 students who represent 93 Kentucky counties, 27 states and 31 foreign nations. Listed in U.S.News & World Report's 2009 鈥淎merica's Best Colleges,鈥� CU is ranked 22nd in 鈥淏est Baccalaureate Colleges鈥� in the South for the second consecutive year. CU has been ranked 16 consecutive years with U.S.News & World Report. The university has also been named to America's Best Christian Colleges庐. 青瓜视频 is located 82 miles southwest of Lexington, Ky., and 80 miles southeast of Louisville, Ky. Dr. Michael V. Carter is in his tenth year as president.