Feb 28, 2010 Engler to Development Post Marcy Engler has been named executive director of development for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, effective May 1.
Feb 25, 2010 In Memoriam: Davis and Johnson Maria Ragland Davis (’85 M.S., ’92 Ph.D.) and Adriel Johnson (’89 Ph.D.), both of Huntsville, Ala., were killed Feb. 12, in a shooting at the University of Alabama-Huntsville (UAH).
Feb 25, 2010 Waschka’s Film Premieres Horizons, composer Rodney Waschka’s film collaboration with director Zlatko Cosic received its world premiere screening at the Macon Film Festival in February and was selected as a prize winner in the “Experimental” category.
Feb 25, 2010 An Eye For Design Industrial design student Sean Coleman's eco-friendly car will be built from the ground up and displayed trackside at the 2010 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas (SEMA) event in Houston in March.
Feb 18, 2010 Publication Honored The Brick, a student publication of First Year College, won a merit award from the Charlotte chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design.
Feb 18, 2010 Crossley Elected to Chi Sigma Iota Michelle Crossley, academic adviser in First Year College, has been elected to Chi Sigma Iota, the international honor society for professional counselors, counselor educators and counseling students.
Feb 18, 2010 Brashear Leads Association Elizabeth Brashear, coordinator of Cooperative Education, is serving as president of the North Carolina Cooperative Education Association. The association includes members from industry, community colleges, and four-year colleges and universities.
Feb 18, 2010 Kaltofen Named Fellow Dr. Erich Kaltofen, professor of mathematics, has been selected as a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society.
Feb 18, 2010 Roise Honored Dr. Joseph P. Roise, professor of forestry in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, received the Appalachian Society of American Foresters’ 2009 Distinguished Service to Forestry award at the society's annual meeting in Greenville, N.C.
Feb 18, 2010 Felder Honored Dr. Richard M. Felder, the Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, will receive an honorary doctorate of engineering in May from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for his contributions to engineering and science education.