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Dr. Trish Petak, associate professor of business and accounting, was recently recognized as this year\u2019s Salina Women of Achievement honoree in the field of education. Petak will join six other women, including KWU alumna Heidi Feyerherm-Smith \u201908, in being honored at the organization\u2019s annual event on Nov. 6 at Theatre Salina.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be awarded Educator of the Year\u00a0is such an incredible honor and is profoundly meaningful because it\u2019s a recognition from my hometown of Salina,\u201d said Petak. \u201cI’m blessed that my career at KWU\u00a0has allowed me to teach thousands of amazing students while giving back to the lifelong community I love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Petak is the longtime leader of KWU\u2019s DECA program, a team that has achieved significant national success with several championship performances. She has held roles with the noon AMBUCS group, the Salina YMCA board and other local non-profit proceedings, in addition to being a key leader in KWU\u2019s Department of Business and Accounting.<\/p>\n

Tickets are still available to the Nov. 6 event. For more information or to reserve your seat, visit https:\/\/www.woasalina.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":17333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPetak to be Honored by Salina\u2019s Women of Achievement - Kansas Wesleyan University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/petak-to-be-honored-by-salinas-women-of-achievement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Petak to be Honored by Salina\u2019s Women of Achievement - 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