Notable

Diann Sams, a program coordinator for the Cornell-Ithaca Partnership (C-IP), is a recipient of the First Annual Harriet Tubman Humanitarian Achievement Award. She received the award on March 10 in Albany. Sams was cited for her "tireless service and dedication to the community." A member of the Ithaca Common Council for seven years, acting mayor for two years and a school board member for six years, Sams has been with C-IP for about a year. The C-IP, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, addresses the concerns of neighborhoods and works to enhance the quality of life in the city in Ithaca in concert with Cornell faculty, staff and students. Sams' work at Cornell has included organizing children in summer camp at the Southside Community Center to visit a series of sites and events at Cornell during the summer and coordinating a group of 60 women (including middle and high school students, their teachers, local government officials, community agency staff and Cornell students, faculty and staff) between ages 15 and 86 to take a chartered bus to Auburn to attend "A Roomful of Sisters," a daylong gathering and sharing of experiences for Women's History Month.