Snyder received the Service to Church and Society Award in recognition of his more than 50-year career in the ministry. After serving as a pastor for several years, Snyder became chief executive officer of Elon Homes for Children in 1960. During his 30-year tenure, Elon Homes became the first agency to be accredited by the National Association of Homes for Children. Snyder oversaw the expansion of facilities and services at Elon Homes, and he helped establish satellite campuses in Charlotte, N.C., and Suffolk, Va. Seagraves, director of programs and marketing at World of Good Development Organization, was named Young Alumna of the Year. Seagraves helped develop the Fair Wage Guide, a free online calculator that estimates the fair localized value of handmade goods and provides an ethical method to compare wages worldwide. The guide has been adopted by more than 700 businesses and has increased wages for more than 50,000 low-income workers worldwide. In September, the Tech Museum of Innovation named World of Good one of its 15 Tech Award Laureates for 2009. Seagraves was selected to accept the award on behalf of the organization. Newbold also was named Young Alumna of the Year. She is an assistant professor at American University in the department of public administration and policy. As an Elon student, Newbold twice won the university’s annual Philip L. Carret Thomas Jefferson Essay Competition, in which students reflect on the ideals and principles embodied in Jefferson’s life and career. She continued her research of Jefferson in graduate school at Virginia Tech and as a research fellow at the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello in Charlottesville, Va. Her doctoral dissertation on Jefferson’s contributions to public administration earned honorable mention recognition from the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. Tims received the Distinguished Service to Elon Award. He served as the first president of the university’s Young Alumni Council during 2007-2008, working tirelessly to help the council become one of Elon’s most productive boards. He is an active member of the Triangle Alumni Chapter and has served as a class agent since 2001. A generous donor to Elon, Tims hosted the Triangle’s first ignite nite fundraiser for Elon’s young alumni giving program, and he is a member of Order of the Oak and The Elon Society Leadership Circle.
SHOW YOUR PRIDE FOR PETE!
Join the hundreds of alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends who have voted Elon head football coach Pete Lembo into the top 15 candidates for the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year award. In his fourth season leading the Phoenix, Lembo has guided the team to an impressive conference record, a consistent climb in national rankings and a chance to capture Elon’s first berth in the Football Championship Subdivision (fcs) playoffs.
Want to get away? Try Italy or Greece The Alumni Association offers the following trips in 2010: Cathedrals of Italy: March 19-27 • Nine days in Rome, Assisi, Florence, Pisa and Lucca • Sites include Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, Pantheon, Coliseum, Santa Maria Maggoire Basilica, Scala Santa, Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano and the Holy Steps, St. Francis’ Basilica, Santa Chiara Church, the Duomo, Baptistery and the Cemetery, 11th century Duomo, church of San Michele in Foro, Torre dei Guinigi, the Duomo in Florence, Church of San Lorenzo and Santa Maria Novella • COST: 3,299 per person (double occupancy) plus taxes; additional 750 for single accommodations
Best of the Mediterranean & Greek Isles Cruise: Oct. 11-24 • Twelve nights aboard Oceania Cruises’ Regatta departing from Venice, Italy, with stops in Dubrovnik, Croatia; Corfu, Delphi (Itea), Zakynthos, Monemvasia, Crete, Santorini, Delos, Mykonos and Athens, Greece; and Kasadasi, Turkey • COST: 3,299 to 6,099 per person for staterooms (double occupancy); taxes, fees and airport/ship transfers are not included; save 1,000 per person by booking a reservation for two by Jan. 15 • Book your trip by mid-January and receive free airfare from select gateway cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Washington-Dulles, Newark, New York-Kennedy, Philadelphia and Raleigh-Durham To download the travel brochure for either trip, visit www.elon.edu/alumni and click on the Travel Program link. You also may contact the Alumni Association at 877-784-3566 or alumnirelations@elon.edu for more information.
The Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year award recognizes coaches in four categories: Division i-a (Football Bowl Subdivision), Division i-aa (fcs), Division ii and Division iii. Lembo is a candidate in the Division i-aa category. Winners will be determined based on votes from fans, and a selection committee of college football media representatives and College Football Hall of Fame players and coaches. The 15 coaches with the most fan votes advance to the committee selection stage. Each winning
coach will receive $50,000 for the charity of his choice plus $20,000 for his school’s alumni association to enhance student scholarships and activities. To vote for Lembo, visit www.elonphoenix.com. Click on the “Pete Lembo for Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Div. i-aa” link toward the bottom of the page. Voting is open through Dec. 2.
Alumni Relations Office staff: Director, Sallie Hutton ’92, alumnirelations@elon.edu • Assistant Director, Lisa Ratliff Roper ’93 Assistant Director for Young Alumni, Lindsay Gross Hege ’04 • Coordinator of Alumni Chapters, Lauren Kelly ’08 • Program Assistant, Kelly Elliston
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