FRUDDEN, Sarah "Sally" Carbaugh

FRUDDEN, CARBAUGH

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/26/2011 at 15:04:16

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Sally Frudden-Alumni Achievement Award

In 2003, Sally Frudden was named Woman of the Year by the Charles City (Iowa) Chamber of Commerce.

If you look at her list of accomplishments, perhaps her award should be renamed "Woman of the Years." Since 1970, Frudden has generously worked to improve education, as well as worked on economic development and social issues.

She says her drive stems from a sturdy foundation of small-town midwestern values and beliefs.

“My passion for what I've done most likely results from growing up, marrying and raising children in Charles City where folks are pretty well connected to, and supportive of, each together,” said Sally, now living in Rockford, Ill.

Frudden has served on statewide boards and commissions, including the Iowa State Board of Education from 1993 to 2006; the Coordinating Council on Post High School Education; the Community College Coordinating Council; Reading Recovery to improve reading proficiency and student achievement; and the AEA Education Design Team.

At the University of Northern Iowa, Frudden served on the UNI Foundation Board, chaired the Long-Range Planning Committee, and helped with outreach and programs for in-service and continuing education.

“As a consummate advocate for education in Iowa, Sally Frudden has made a lasting impact on every level of education from preschool to college. She's also been a champion of education for special needs children,” said William Callahan, dean, UNI College of Education.

Her desire to help special needs children developed after her third child, Jim, born in 1966, was diagnosed with Down's Syndrome.

“My husband, Dan, and I worked with community support to improve care and education for special needs children in our county and two adjacent counties. The result was Comprehensive Systems Inc., that operated from Charles City. The program opened in January 1970 with the mission of serving the handicapped,” Frudden said.

Jim died just before Comprehensive Systems opened. Comprehensive Systems now offers homes and workshops in six Iowa communities.

“It seemed logical to go to UNI to be trained in special education so I could make further contributions to that emerging field,” she said.

Frudden also founded The Learning Center (TLC) in Charles City, a private, nonprofit early childhood education program.

“The most difficult and successful accomplishment was The Learning Center. We insisted this be more than a baby-sitting facility and that it embrace a recognized curriculum and have measurable objectives that supported our mission. We partnered with UNI; it was beneficial for both. The funding was difficult because high quality means greater cost. Yet, the community supported it, recognizing that good preschool programs are great economic tools.”

In 1994, when Charles City faced the loss of 3,000 jobs, Frudden co-chaired the Development Capital Campaign raising $500,000 for job creation and another $500,000 for a capital campaign. She served as president of the Charles City Area Development Corporation and on the board for North Iowa Venture Capital, a fund that invested in emerging businesses in Iowa.

Frudden also co-founded Charles City Citizens Against Child Abuse and is a founding member for Camp Courageous in Monticello, which provides camping experiences for children and adults with special needs.

She is equally dedicated to her alma mater. She and her late husband, Dan, made a leadership gift to the Freeburg Early Childhood Program and established the Frudden College of Education Endowment Fund for Excellence. In recognition of her service, UNI created the Sally J. Frudden Ethic of Caring Award, given annually to a faculty member who exemplifies the ethics of caring.

Of all her achievements, Frudden says the most gratifying is her family.

“I had a very successful marriage of more than 51 years and two children, Bill and Nancy, who give me every reason to love them and be proud of them,” she said.

Sarah “Sally” Carbaugh Frudden
Residing: Rockford, Ill.
Educational background: B.A., elementary education, UNI, 1955; M.A., special education, UNI, 1972; PhD, educational administration, Iowa State University, 1980.

Career: UNI assistant professor of education, 1972-1992; UNI student teaching coordinator for the Charles City area; emerita professor of education since 1992
Family: Daughter Nancy Jane Frudden Garry; son, Bill; grandchildren, Adam and Hannah.

SOURCE: http://www.uni.edu/homecoming/heritage-honours-awards
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Sarah Frudden
B.A., M.A., Ed.S., University of Northern Iowa; Ph.D., Iowa State University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Professor of Teaching and Coordinator of Student Teaching -- 1974 (1992)

(From list of emeritus faculty at UNI, Cedar Falls.)
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Photo of Sally from http://www.uni.edu/

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