Awards & Recognitions

Darris Means, associate director of Elon Academy, received $19,891 from North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU) for Successful Transitions: Supporting Underrepresented Students to Succeed in High School, College and in Life.

Communications assistant professor Sang Nam took home fifth place at the Korean National Writing Competition.

Dr. Michael Kingston, professor of biology and environmental studies, was elected to the position of President-Elect at the North Carolina Academy of Science's 109th annual meeting at Campbell University on March 23-25. He will serve as the Academy's President during the 2013-2014 academic year.

Professor of Management Matthew Valle in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business has been selected to receive the Best Reviewer Award for 2011 from the journal Career Development International (CDI).

Todd Coleman, associate professor of music and coordinator of music technology, has been invited to adjudicate the Raleigh Piano Teachers Association annual Young Artist Auditions Composition Competition which takes place March 4 at Meredith College.

Daryl Lawson, assistant professor of physical therapy education, was selected for the second annual Wound Management Research Award by the American Physical Therapy Association Special Interest group in Wound Care during the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Section Meeting in Chicago on Feb. 9, 2012.

The American Association of Philosophy Teachers has selected "When the 'Best Hope' Is Not So Hopeful, What Then? Democratic Thinking, Democratic Pedagogies, and Higher Education," Journal of Speculative Thought, 24:4 by Stephen Bloch-Schulman, associate professor of philosophy, as an honorable mention for the 2012 Lenssen Prize.