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Paulette Curkin, SIUC student development coordinator, received an award last month from the Illinois State Bar Association at its annual meeting in Fontana, Wisc. Curkin is the recipient of the 2007 Standing Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Award for Community Leadership.

Curkin has been adviser to the Saluki Rainbow Network since 1987, and founder of the Triangle Coalition of SIUC faculty, staff and graduate students in 1994. She is also coordinator of the GLBT Resource Center on campus.

Curkin has worked in her current position since 1998. Curkin began her University service as a graduate assistant in University Housing from August 1973 to May 1975. She returned to SIUC in 1980 for one year as a graduate assistant in the University Programming Office. In 1987, she returned to SIUC to become assistant coordinator for housing programming, and served as housing programming coordinator from August 1989 to October 1998.

She received the 2002 Lindell W. Sturgis Memorial Public Service Award, given annually by the SIU Board of Trustees. The award recognizes University employees for public service unrelated to their jobs. She also received the University's Administrative/Professional Staff Outstanding Service Award for 2005-2006.