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Published: August 10, 2008
Updated: 08/09/2008 10:10 pm
■ Earl Smith, a professor of sociology and the Rubin Distinguished Professor of American Ethnic Studies at Wake Forest University, has been awarded the Arthur A. Sio Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Diversity and Community by Colgate University. He will spend the 2008-09 academic year teaching at Colgate. This is the first time the professorship has been awarded to a non-Colgate faculty member. Smith, who joined the Wake Forest faculty in 1996, has published extensively in the area of the sociology of sport and is the author of Race, Sport & the American Dream (2007), as well as African American Families (2007).
■ A student at Wake Forest University's Babcock Graduate School of Management has been invited to participate in a "Symposium on Emerging Issues in Character Education" on Aug. 18 at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington. Chris Yuko, the co-founder of Project Nicaragua and the program director, will discuss the Babcock School's work in Central America and the project's efforts to develop socially responsible leaders.
■ Thomas M. Prybylo, with H.Beck Inc./MBAdvisors, is now associated with EverBank. EverBank provides banking and lending services directly to consumers through its business partners. Prybylo has more than 30 years of experience in financial advising. He has an MBA from Wake Forest University and is a registered investment adviser.
■ Ginger Salt, a senior vice president of markets for Truliant Federal Credit Union has been chosen by the Filene Research Institute as one of the 13 credit-union executives to join the institute's i3, or Ideas, Innovation, Implementation, Group. Filene's i3 Group is responsible for developing ideas and initiatives that address major issues facing credit unions while providing a forum for innovation, collaboration and industry succession planning. Each member serves a three-year term.
■ Susan Eisenman, a financial professional with the South and Western Carolinas branch of AXA Advisors LLC, has become a member in the industry's Million Dollar Round Table, or MDRT. Achieving MDRT is a distinguishing career milestone, attained only by financial professionals who have demonstrated exceptional professional knowledge, ethical conduct and client service. MDRT is The Premier Association of Financial Professionals.
■ Modern Toyota in Winston-Salem was named a recipient of the 2007 Toyota Motor Sales President's Award. It is the seventh year that the dealership has received the award. Toyota Motor Sales recognizes its finest dealerships with the president's award. This is an honor given to those dealerships that have demonstrated a commitment to maintaining Toyota's high standards for customer satisfaction. In order to qualify as a president's award winner, dealerships must excel in delivering great products and providing stellar customer care in all areas of dealership operations. Modern Toyota has also been recognized for ongoing community support with the Brad Hoover Charity Golf Classic.
■ These people are new board members for Horizons Residential Care Center: Monica W. Mize overseas the Cap Program for Children at the Forsyth County Health Department. Mary Lou Yoytko is a tenured professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, and the director of the Women's Health Center of Excellence for Research, Leadership, and Education at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
■ David Goodson, a mechanical engineer with Stantec in Winston-Salem, has graduated as a "Future Leader" of the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina, or ACEC/NC. He was one of 14 employees of ACEC/NC member companies across the state to recently complete the organization's inaugural leadership program. The Future Leaders Program provides participants the opportunity to explore ways to increase both personal learning and business performance.
■ Jeff Bacon, the director and executive chef for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina's Triad Community Kitchen, has been inducted into the American Academy of Chefs, or AAC, the honor society of the American Culinary Federation, or ACF. The AAC recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the culinary profession and ACF. Demanding criteria must be met in order to be elected to the AAC, including certification at a level of executive chef/pastry chef or higher, no less than 15 years culinary experience, be an ACF member in good standing for a minimum of 10 consecutive years or more, and sponsorship by two AAC members.
■ Melvin L. "Skip" Alston of Greensboro has been re-elected the chairman of the N.C. Real Estate Commission. He has been a member of the commission since 2003. He is serving his fifth four-year term as a member of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. He is the president and owner of the Alston Realty Group Inc., a real-estate company in Greensboro specializing in property management and real-estate sales.
Karl Hastings Jr., a designer at Bo-Ty Florist Inc. in Winston-Salem, won the 2008 Jim Treadaway North Carolina Cup for Interpretive Design at the N.C. State Florists' Convention in Raleigh on July 25-27. He also won the People's Choice Trophy for his design.
Also, Gene Harbaugh of Bo-Ty Florist was a second runner up in the N.C. Designer of the Year Competition at the convention.
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