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Mildred Clodfelter Alumni Award

The Mildred Clodfelter Alumni Award was created in 1987 to thank alumni and friends for "sustained volunteer service to the University at the local level." Winners of the "Millie" award have served as local alumni chapter leaders, Kansas Honors Program coordinators or student recruitment volunteers.

2011 Recipients

Chris A. Ballard Colette L. Kocour Brad Korell Jody Bosch Sellers

Chris A. Ballard, 3'74 Haviland
Chris has been a go-to volunteer in southwest Kansas for years. He has helped lead Kansas Honors Program events, as well as other chapter events. He now organizes the Greensburg Honor Roll, which recognizes outstanding high school students in the area. Chris also hosted Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little during a visit to Greensburg and helped spearhead Studio 804's construction of the Greensburg Art Center. He also secured land for a billboard in the West Kansas Chapter area. Chris is a senior vice president at Greensburg State Bank.

Colette L. Kocour, c'73 Wellington
Colette has volunteered for KU and the Alumni Association for more than 25 years. She and her husband, David Carr, have organized the Kansas Honors Program in Wellington since 1985, and she has been an officer for the South Chapter. Colette also has volunteered with the Jayhawk Roundup in Wichita, is a member of Jayhawks for Higher Education and helps organize the Alumni Association's annual visit to Wellington for the Wheat Festival each summer. Colette is a staff training coordinator at Futures Unlimited in Wellington.

Brad Korell, l'97 Austin, Texas
	Brad has worn many hats for the Alumni Association during the past 10 years, including Dallas Chapter leader, National Board member (2006-2011) and Alumni Association representative to the Memorial Union board (2005-2010). He currently is president of the Austin Chapter. Brad, an attorney, established the Korell Student Alumni Programming Fund at the Association in 2010 and the Stephen M. McAllister and Suzanne Valdez scholarship at the KU School of Law in 2009.

Jody Bosch Sellers, p'81 Council Grove
Jody has been a KU volunteer for more than 20 years. She has helped organize the Kansas Honors Program since 1988, is a member of Jayhawks for Higher Education and currently serves as president of the East Central Kansas Chapter. She also has served on the School of Pharmacy's Advisory Council. Jody is a clinical pharmacist at Fort Riley Military Hospital.