[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 137 (Saturday, September 28, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1784]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO DR. MYRNA GOLDENBERG

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                         HON. CONSTANCE MORELLA

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 27, 1996

  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak today in honor of an 
extraordinary woman, Dr. Myrna Goldenberg, I would like to pay tribute 
to her most recent accomplishment for which she will be presented the 
William H. Meardy Faculty Member Award on October 12. This highly 
competitive award annually recognizes one community college faculty 
member who personifies the concept of faculty excellence as the 
foundation of the success of the community college movement.
  When Dr. Goldenberg joined Montgomery College in 1971 she began her 
cursade to raise awareness of the importance of diversity in education. 
Under her leadership, Montgomery College received a $280,000 Ford 
Foundation Grant to lead community colleges in multicultural 
currilculum transformation. The year-long project focused on changing 
the curriculum to include feminist and minority scholarship in 
representative community colleges, including historically black and 
American Indian colleges. Goldenberg is also the creator and former 
host of a popular campus cable television show on women's issues titled 
``Pandora's Box.''
  Dr. Goldenberg is credited with developing the college's Women's 
Studies Program, which the American Association of Women in Community 
Colleges named No. 1 in the Nation. In recognition of Goldenberg's 
success with the Women's Studies Program, her colleagues created a 
scholarship award in her honor last year.
  Not only is she a college leader, she is a community activist, and a 
consultant to Montgomery County Public Schools. She taught two summer 
institutes for over 50 secondary school teachers to help develop a 
broad and holistic perspective of American society. Also, she is a 
mentor to high school students in the National Endowment for the 
Humanities Younger Scholars Program that studies immigrant women.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to once again have the opportunity to bring 
the many accomplishments of this distinguished educational leader, Dr. 
Myrna Goldenberg, to the attention of my colleagues. I applaud the 
choice of the William H. Meardy faculty members for selectig her this 
year's honoree.

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