@John, Aloha :)
there used to be a dashboard package that showed the newest and most recently edited nodes, i imagine if you could find the source for that, you could easily create a new dashboard list for awaiting approval, in fact that list might be part of that package... my memory fails me on that one.
i think the last time i was nosing around at codeplex, i saw that Niels had uploaded the dashboard source from before...
i know this isn't really an answer, but i hope it points you in the right direction.
-bob [a.k.a.]
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