Dickson receives national service award Lynette Dickson, project director at the Center for Rural Health, received the Distinguished Service Award at the annual National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) meeting recently. Dickson received the award for making outstanding contributions to NOSORH and for being actively involved in a state office of rural health. She was also re-elected as treasurer to the board of directors of the organization. Dickson directs North Dakota’s State Office of Rural Health (SORH) program, a division of the Center for Rural Health. SORH is a federal-state partnership to help rural communities build their health care services through public and private partnerships and initiatives in rural health development. -- Amanda Scurry, public information specialist, UND SMHS, ascurry@medicine.nodak.edu, 701-777-0871