Thanks for your kind remarks---Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Dr. House Soremekun Selected as A Woman Creating Excellence at indiana University Purdue University indianapolis

Many thanks to Drs. Teboh, Emeagwali and Ogungbemi for your kind remarks.
They are very much appreciated. We are all fellow comrades in the quest
for knowledge and enlightenment and I am honored to be your fellow
colleagues.

I also very much enjoyed meeting you at the recent Africa Conference Dr.
Emeagwali and wish to congratulate you and Dr. Ogungbemi for the
distinguished awards that you both received at the recent Africa
Conference at the University of Texas at Austin. These awards could not
have been bestowed upon two more deserving and worthy recipients. It was a
great pleasure to see you as well Dr. Teboh and thank you very much for
your continued sisterhood and passion.

With my very best regards,

Bessie House-Soremekun














On 4/16/14 12:16 PM, "Emeagwali, Gloria (History)"
<emeagwali@mail.ccsu.edu> wrote:

>I also wish to congratulate Professor Chief Bessie House- Soremekun on
>the Women Creating Excellence Award,
>Indiana Univerity, Purdue. I met her for the first time, a few weeks
>ago, and hope to meet her many more times in the
>future. Her CV is inspirational for us all.
>
>
>
>
>Professor Gloria Emeagwali
>africahistory.net
>vimeo.com/user5946750/videos
>Documentaries on Africa and the African Diaspora
>
>
>________________________________
>From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
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>winersbygrace@yahoo.co.uk [winersbygrace@yahoo.co.uk]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 9:51 AM
>To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Dr. House Soremekun Selected as
>A Woman Creating Excellence at indiana University Purdue University
>indianapolis
>
>I just your million admirers too to congratulate you; professor Chief
>Bessie House-Soremekun on your well deserved award for" Women Creating
>excellence".Indeed,You are creating and and exuding excellence.Excellent
>spirit,excellent creativity.Keep keeping on.Mike Odugbo Odey,Benue State
>University,Nigeria.
>Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.
>________________________________
>From: "Bridget Dr. Teboh" <ateboh@hotmail.com>
>Sender: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 06:17:37 -0700
>To: USAAFRICA Dialogue<usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
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>Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Dr. House Soremekun Selected as
>A Woman Creating Excellence at indiana University Purdue University
>indianapolis
>
>Dear Friends and Colleagues,
>
>This is wonderful news indeed, to be recognized for creativity and hard
>work!!!
>Congratulations to Dr. Bessie House-Soremekun on her "Woman Creating
>Excellence" Award!
>
>Dr. B. Teboh (UMASSD)
>
>> From: toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu
>> To: USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Dr. House Soremekun Selected as A
>>Woman Creating Excellence at indiana University Purdue University
>>indianapolis
>> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:11:11 +0000
>>
>>
>>
>> >>
>> >
>> >Dr. Bessie House-Soremekun Selected as a ³Woman Creating Excellence²
>> >at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Dr. Bessie House-Soremekun was recently selected as a ³Woman Creating
>> >Excellence² at Indiana
>> >University Purdue University Indianapolis. She is the Director of
>> >Africana Studies, the Public Scholar in African American Studies, Civic
>> >Engagement and Entrepreneurship, Professor of Political Science and
>> >Africana
>> >Studies, and the Founding Executive Director of the Center for Global
>> >Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development.
>> >
>> >She is also an award-winning author, inventor and entrepreneur, former
>> >talk show host, as well as an internationally-recognized scholar,
>>expert,
>> >and
>> >advocate on entrepreneurship and economic development. She has
>>published
>> >numerous journal articles and book chapters, as well as six books,
>> >including Class Development and Gender Inequality in Kenya, 1963-1990;
>> >African Market Women and Economic Power: The Role of Women in African
>> >Economic Development; Confronting the Odds: African American
>> >Entrepreneurship in Cleveland, Ohio (1st and 2nd Editions);
>>Globalization
>> >and Sustainable Development in Africa; and Gender, Sexuality and
>>Mothering
>> >in Africa. She is currently writing two additional books, titled,
>>African
>> >American Entrepreneurship: Philanthropic Giving, Self-Help, and the
>> >Struggle for Economic Empowerment and Gender, Democratization, State
>>and
>> >Civil Society Relationships in Kenya.
>> >
>> >
>> >House-Soremekun is also working with an emmy-award-winning film
>>producer
>> >and officials at
>> >PBS/wviz/ideastream to create a documentary based on her award-winning
>> >book, Confronting the Odds: African American Entrepreneurship in
>> >Cleveland, Ohio, that will be shown on PBS television stations in 2015.
>> >
>> >
>> >Professor House-Soremekun joined the IUPUI team in August of 2007.
>>Since
>> >that time, she has made notable and significant contributions to IUPUI,
>> >the broader Indiana community, and at the
>> >national and international levels. As Director of Africana Studies, she
>> >has
>> >exercised oversight for the successful operation of Africana Studies
>>and
>> >worked
>> >collaboratively with the Africana Studies faculty to develop and
>>implement
>> >a
>> >strategic pan to build the infrastructure and capacity for the movement
>> >from
>> >the status of being a program to become a department in the near
>>future.
>> >She
>> >also provided leadership in the implementation of curricular reforms,
>>the
>> >development of an important self -study document, and the successful
>> >external
>> >review of Africana Studies. She has also worked to ensure a more
>>effective
>> >and
>> >seamless delivery of Africana Studies courses to the students and
>> >streamlined
>> >the process of awarding scholarships to Africana Studies majors and
>> >minors. She
>> >has worked to create new awards for faculty and staff to incentivize
>>them
>> >to
>> >enhance their participation in the areas of teaching, research and
>> >service, and
>> >in improving the overall efficiency of the operations of Africana
>>Studies.
>> >
>> >
>> >She has also worked collaboratively with internal and external
>> >stakeholders to create innovative new partnerships to bring
>>programmatic
>> >and academic distinction to IUPUI, the
>> >School of Liberal Arts, and Africana Studies. In one such partnership,
>> >Africana
>> >Studies and the Frederick Douglass Papers successfully co-established
>>the
>> >Madame C.J. Walker/Frederick Douglass Annual Lecture Series. The theme
>>of
>> >the
>> >first symposium which took place in December of 2013 was ³The Life and
>> >Times of
>> >Madame C.J. Walker: The Historical Development of a Business Empire.²
>>This
>> >lecture
>> >series promotes a respect for diversity and also honors two African
>> >American global
>> >heroes, Madame C.J. Walker, the first female self-made millionaire in
>>the
>> >United States and Frederick Douglass, who was an abolitionist, orator,
>> >writer,
>> >and skilled leader of the highest order. Professor House-Soremekun also
>> >created
>> >the Madame C.J. Walker Lifetime Achievement Award to honor scholars who
>> >have performed
>> >path-breaking research on African or African American Entrepreneurship.
>> >
>> >
>> >Professor House-Soremekun played a strategic role in persuading the
>> >African Studies Association to hold its¹ 57th Annual Conference in
>> >Indianapolis from November 20-23, of
>> >this year with Indiana University serving as the Local Host Institution
>> >(IUPUI
>> >and IU-Bloomington). The African Studies Association is the largest and
>> >preeminent association for Africanist scholars in the world with more
>>than
>> >2,000 members worldwide. Dr. House-Soremekun is serving as the
>>Co-Chair of
>> >the
>> >Local Arrangements Committee along with Dr. Maria Grosz-Ngate of
>>Indiana
>> >University-Bloomington.
>> >
>> >Professor House-Soremekun also served as a Faculty Fellow in the
>>Office of
>> >Academic Affairs for two years under the leadership of Former Executive
>> >Vice Chancellor and Dean of the
>> >Faculties. In the capacity of Faculty Fellow, she served as a member of
>> >the Search Committee for Founding Dean of the Honors College; the
>> >Coordinator of the Grant Fund in Academic Affairs; worked
>>collaboratively
>> >with the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research to create an
>>innovative
>> >program called ³Thinking Outside of the Circle: Promoting
>> >Interdisciplinary Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences² which
>> >was
>> >designed to encourage IUPUI faculty and community leaders to think
>>outside
>> >of
>> >their disciplinary areas of focus to develop interdisciplinary
>>research,
>> >collaborative activities, and fundable grants. She also coordinated and
>> >created
>> >mentoring workshops for SRUF (Support for the Recruitment of
>> >Underrepresented
>> >Faculty) to enhance their opportunities to achieve academic success at
>> >IUPUI.
>> >
>> >
>> >House-Soremekun also successfully organized and served as Convener of
>>the
>> >1st Public
>> >Scholars Conference in Africana Studies International Conference on
>> >Globalization, which brought an African King and Queen to the IUPUI
>>campus
>> >for
>> >the first time in its¹ history, as well as renowned scholars from
>>Africa,
>> >Europe,
>> >North and South America. She also inaugurated four new awards at the
>> >conference
>> >that included, the Africana Studies Public Scholar Lifetime Achievement
>> >Award,
>> >the Africana Studies Global Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award, the
>> >Africana
>> >Studies Path breaker Award, and the Africana Studies Award of
>> >Appreciation. This
>> >conference was very successful and achieved local, national, and
>> >international
>> >Acclaim.
>> >
>> >
>> >House-Soremekun is also the Founding Executive Director of the Center
>>for
>> >Global Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development at IUPUI.
>> >House-Soremekun developed the core mission, goals and objectives as
>>well
>> >as the organizational structure for the center. The
>> >four key areas of focus for the center are:
>> >
>> >· The impact of globalization on the attainment of
>> >economic development and the creation of sustainable communities.
>> >· The identification of variables that affect the
>> >attainment of entrepreneurial success and economic self-sufficiency for
>> >Africans and African Americans.
>> >· Assessment through experimental research design and
>> >modeling of the best practices in building entrepreneurial capacity.
>> >· Building entrepreneurial capacity and enhancing
>> >economic growth in Africa and the African Diaspora.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >She has also worked on developing international collaborations between
>> >IUPUI and two Nigerian
>> >Universities, namely, the Federal University of Agriculture in
>>Abeokuta,
>> >Nigeria as well as Adekunle Ajasin University in Akongo-Akoko.
>> >
>> >
>> >House-Soremekun has made more than 100 public presentations that
>>include
>> >public lectures, keynote speeches, and workshops to academic and lay
>> >audiences in the United States and other
>> >countries, including Russia and Nigeria. She received her Ph.D. in
>> >International
>> >Studies from what is now the Josef Korbel School of International
>>Studies
>> >at the University of Denver in Colorado, performed graduate studies in
>> >Political Science at the University of
>> >Tubingen in West Germany, and her doctoral dissertation research at the
>> >Institute for Development Studies at the University of Nairobi in
>>Kenya.
>> >
>> >
>> >She has written and received more than 21 grant awards through the
>>years
>> >totaling more than $1.3 million dollars from the Federal Government
>> >(Department of Housing and Urban
>> >Development), the Shell Foundation, the Cleveland Foundation, the Ohio
>> >Urban
>> >University Program, the Ohio Board of Regents, the Ohio Employee
>>Ownership
>> >Faculty Associate Program, Kent State University, Indiana University,
>>the
>> >Mahoning Youngstown Community Development Partnership, and others.
>> >
>> >
>> >Because of her high scholastic achievements, she was inducted into the
>> >National Honor Society,
>> >Alpha Beta, Sigma Sigma Sigma, and Phi Beta Delta. She has received
>>many
>> >accolades, awards, and honors through the years, including among
>>others,
>> >the
>> >Elizabeth E. Fackt Honors Fellowship for Graduate Study, the
>>University of
>> >Tubingen, West Germany Exchange Fellowship, selection for Who¹s Who in
>> >American
>> >Colleges and Universities, the Henry Howe Book Award, the Distinguished
>> >Public Service
>> >Award from the University of Texas at Austin, the Gold Key to the city
>>of
>> >Hopkinsville, Kentucky from the Mayor, the Northern Ohio Live Magazine
>> >Rainmaker
>> >of the Year Award in the category of Education and Research, the Oni
>>Award
>> >from
>> >the International Black Women¹s Congress, the Global African American
>> >Activist
>> >Ambassador Award from the African American Restoration Movement and the
>> >Globe
>> >Changers Movement, the Phenomenal Woman of the Year Award for two
>> >consecutive years, Who¹s Who in Black Cleveland for four consecutive
>> >years, the Minority Innovator of the Year Award, and the Egba National
>> >Award of Excellence from Oba (King) Michael Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo,
>> >the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, for her important work in
>> >building
>> >collaborations between her university and the Federal University of
>> >Agriculture
>> >in Abeokuta, Nigeria. She was recognized by the Chancellor of IUPUI at
>> >the Honors Convocation in 2013 as a PrestigiousExternal Award
>>Recipient.
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >
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