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Alumna Price receives Chamber of Commerce award

Verna Cornelia Price (Ph.D., educational policy and administration) has received a Women in the Workplace (WOW) Achievement Award from the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. The award notice reads:

"Price has been an innovator known for creating programs and processes which increase organizational effectiveness and individual performance. Dr. Price's experience as an educator, researcher, trainer, and business consultant led to the development of a unique multiple intelligence approach to helping her clients rethink leadership and the role of personal power in the workplace. Dr. Price has coined the principle 'experiencing knowledge' and believes that excellence can only be achieved when relevant and meaningful knowledge is applied to your profession and life. Dr. Price is the founder of Girls in Action, and co-founder of The Power of People Leadership Institute. She is the author of The Power of People: Four Kinds of People Who Can Change Your Life, and The Silent Cry: Dealing with Subtractors in Work and Life. These books continue to empower and equip organizations with strategies for motivating and inspiring employees to excellence."

Congratulations, Verna!

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