Paula allen-meares biography
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Paula Allen-Meares
American academic (born 1948)
Paula G. Allen-Meares (born 1948) is an American academic who served as the chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago from 2009 to 2015. She has a background in social work.
Allen-Meares was raised in Buffalo, New York. She completed her undergraduate education at SUNY Buffalo, and then undertook postgraduate studies in social work at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC).[1] While completing her doctorate, she worked for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. She joined the UIUC faculty in 1975, and in 1990 was made dean of the School of Social Work.[2] In 1993, Allen-Meares joined the University of Michigan as dean of the School of Social Work.[3] She also chair of the University Health Sciences Council. During her tenure, the School of Social Work's endowment increased from $1 million to $42.3 million.[1]
Allen-Meares's appointment as chancell
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List of Accomplishments/Awards/Honor Awards
2016 Insley Evans Public Health Social Worker of the Year. Honored at the meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO by the Award’s Committee of the Public Health Social Work Section of the American Public Health Association.
Honors
2016 Appointed to the National Academies of Medicine Improving Health Outcomes for Children with Disabilities Committee
2016 Insley Evans Public Health Social Worker of the Year. Honored at the meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO by the Award’s Committee of the Public Health Social Work Section of the American Public Health Association.
Biography
Dr. Paula Allen-Meares is an international expert on human services in educational settings, mental health in under-resourced communities, and educational access and success. From 2009 to 2015, she served as Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC); in 2010, she was al
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Paula Allen-Meares
Dr. Paula Allen-Meares led the University of Illinois at Chicago campus as chancellor from 2009-2015. UIC is a comprehensive institution of higher learning that boasts a full complement of health science colleges, a research hospital, and broad range of colleges in humanities, the arts and sciences, and public policy. Dr. Allen-Meares’ previousacademic appointments include the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Michigan. She holds certificates in management from the University of Michigan and Harvard University.
The UIC campus is the country’s largest land-grant university, hosting 28,000 students, with a ekonomisk plan of $2 billion, and over 11,515 faculty and staff. UIC is one of the top 20 employers in the city of Chicago. Dr. Allen-Meares led the fundraising campaign efforts for UIC “The Brilliant Futures Campaign,” whichsurpassed its goal of raising $650 million. At the campaign’s conclusion in April of 2012, it had raised$678 million