Non-profic." The Clarion Awards are sponsored by the 

 Association for Women in Communications. 



June J 



■ Award Ceremony The first annual Finance Recogni- 

 tion awards ceremony was held. Eight awards tied to 

 the Finance Vision and Values were presented. The 

 Under Secretary opened the event, and staff were very 

 positive about the program. 



June 4 



■ Exhibit "The Forest Speaks," the new bilingual 

 permanent exhibit at the Tropical Research Institute's 

 Martin H. Moynihan Visitor Center on Barro Colorado 

 Island, produced under the direction of Elisabeth King, 

 opened to the public. 



June 6 



■ Exhibition Amber: Window to the Past, a major travel- 

 ing exhibition on view at the National Museum of 

 Natural History, explored amber's scientific value and 

 timeless aesthetic appeal. Displays of amber-based 

 research at the museum, docent tours, and public 

 programs on paleobiology, cultural anthropology, and 

 molecular systematics completed the exhibition. 

 Hundreds of visitors also took advantage of several days 

 when museum paleobiologist Dt. Francis Hueber was 

 available with infinite interest and patience to tell them 

 when and where the amber in their jewelry and other 

 treasures formed. 



June 7 



■ Anniversary BugFest '97 doubled as the 20th anni- 

 versary celebration of the much-loved O. Orkin Insect 

 Zoo at the National Museum of Natural History. For 

 two decades, Insect Zoo staff and volunteers have shared 

 their passion for six- and eight-legged creatures with 

 tens of thousands of small children and have educated 

 museum visitors of all ages about the important roles 

 insects play in maintaining the environment. 



June p 



■ Internship The Center for Museum Studies and Penn- 

 sylvania State University created a pilot internship 

 project with the center's Museum Intern Partnership 

 Program. Funded by the Penn State College of Liberal 



Arts, a Penn State student is selected for an intern 

 partnership between the Arctic Studies Center at the 

 National Museum of Natural History and Penn State's 

 Mattson Museum of Anthropology. 



June 10 



■ Agreement Panamanian Foreign Relations Minister 

 Ricardo Alberto Arias and Tropical Research Institute 

 Director Ira Rubinoff signed an agreement that ensures 

 the Institute's operations in Panama, including STRI's 

 custodianship of the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, 

 after the termination of the Panama Canal Treaties and 

 into the next century. 



June 12, June 24 



■ Awards Program The National Science Resources 

 Center cohosted programs for teachers who received the 

 1996 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Elementary 

 and Secondary Mathematics and Science Teaching. 



June 12 



■ Public Relations Award Director of Communications 

 David J. Umansky accepted a Silver Anvil award from 

 the Public Relations Society of America for the 150th 

 anniversary public relations campaign carried out by the 

 Office of Public Affairs. 



June 13 



■ Special Event The Smithsonian Legacy Society, a pro- 

 gram of the Office of Membership and Development's 

 Planned Giving Office, held its inaugural luncheon. 

 Thirty Legacy Society members from around the 

 country met in the Castle for a gala luncheon with 

 Secretary Heyman and Founding Chairman Gloria Shaw 

 Hamilton. The group was founded to honor people who 

 make long-term commitments to the Smithsonian 

 through bequests, charitable annuities, remainder 

 trusts, and other legacy gifts. 



June 18 



■ Training Seminar The Smithsonian Accessibility Pro- 

 gram presented a "Two-Cents Seminar on Audiovisual 

 and Internet Presentations" to staff and people with dis- 

 abilities from its Advisory Council. A panel of experts 

 and consumers discussed the methods of and rationales 

 for making websites and audiovisuals accessible to 



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