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Suzi Kennedy (photo: Denise Applewhite)

Name: Suzi Kennedy.

Position: Senior systems coordinator in the Office of Human Resources. Serving as the lead technical coordinator for “Jobs at Princeton,” the online employment system, and the compensation system. Providing general administrative systems support for the office. Producing reports for the office and other departments. Assisting with systems security.

Quote: “The University has given me the opportunity to learn and grow on the job as technology has evolved. When I first came to Princeton, the technology was so different: mainframes vs. PCs, for example. Now, 25 years later, I’m still learning new things every day.”

Other interests: Playing golf. Reading. Spending time with her husband, Tom.

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Briefs

Two Princeton faculty members have been awarded high honors by the British government. David Cannadine, the Whitney Oates Senior Research Scholar in the Council of the Humanities and a lecturer in the history department, has received a knighthood. Linda Colley, the Shelby Davis 1958 Professor of History, has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Cannadine, who was recognized for “services to scholarship,” is a prominent economic and social historian whose scholarship focuses on British history from 1800 to 2000. His 2007 book, “Mellon: An American Life,” is a biography of financier Andrew Mellon.

Colley, who was recognized for “services to historical studies,” is an expert on Britain since 1700 who examines the country’s past in a broader European, imperial and global context. Her book “The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History,” about an obscure 18th-century travel writer, was published in 2007.

Cannadine and Colley, who are married, came to Princeton in 2003.