Dennis Bires has been elected to the board of trustees of the Tulsa Arts Management Consortium, which provides joint use of a software platform for memberships, ticketing, donations and sponsorships to the Tulsa Symphony, Tulsa Opera, Tulsa Ballet Theater, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa Botanic Garden and the Woody Guthrie Center. Sarah Erickson rotated off the board of UKIRK/Presbyterian Campus Ministry at Agnes Scott College, serving the last several years as board chair. She is serving her second year as president of the Association of Leaders in Lifelong Learning for Ministry, having previously served two years as vice president. When not volunteering, she remains employed as director for the Center for Lifelong Learning and adjunct professor of Christian education and formation at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia.
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The Schizophrenia International Research Society presented Anthony Grace with its Outstanding Basic Research Award during its biennial conference in Florence, Italy, in April 2016. The award is based on the quality of the research and its impact in advancing schizophrenia research. He also received the Gold Medal Award for Translational Research from the Society of Biological Psychiatry in May. Grace is a distinguished professor of neuroscience and a professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Lori Pollock has been named alumni distinguished professor in the University of Delaware’s Department of Computer and Information Sciences.
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Victoria A. Lipnic was named acting chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in January 2017. Lipnic has served as an EEOC 26 ALLEGHENY Spring 2017
commissioner since 2010. “I am honored and humbled to be chosen by President Trump to serve as acting chair of EEOC, the agency which safeguards the civil rights of American workers,” Lipnic said.
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Sue Thomas has been named president of Truman State University. After two years as Truman’s provost, Thomas was selected in July 2016 to be the interim president, and the institution’s governing board made the appointment permanent in February 2017.
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Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has appointed Richard R. Titus as associate judge of the Circuit Court for Carroll County. Titus graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1990 and had practiced law for 23 years in Westminster, Maryland, with Hollman, Maguire, Titus and Korzenewski prior to his appointment.
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Dorcas Bethel is attending the Salvation Army College for Officer Training and is scheduled to graduate in 2018 as part of the “Messengers of the Gospel” session. “This college is accredited so I will receive an associate degree on top of my bachelor’s and two master’s,” she says. “The academic year is divided into three terms with six classes each(!), a worship winter intensive and bell ringing next to the Red Kettles. Pray that I can figure out a way to get to our 30th Reunion in 2018. I finally got my driver’s license this year, too.”
Ray Morandell has been named executive vice president, national sales director, for Crestmark Bank. He has more than 30 years of experience in banking and finance.
Kurt Holmes has been named executive director of LifeCare Hospice. Holmes served as the dean of students at the College of Wooster for 14 years and most recently was the interim vice president for student affairs at Ohio Wesleyan University. He and his wife, Gina, live in Wooster. He received his master’s degree in public policy from West Virginia University.
Robert C. Wonderling, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia, was appointed chairman of the Ursinus College board of trustees in January 2017.
Jim Gossweiler has founded the National Environmental Site Assessment Depository Inc., a national depository-archive of environmental and structural real estate due diligence documents. He is also principal geologist of Federated Environmental Associates Inc., an environmental consulting firm he founded in 1992. He holds bachelor’s degrees in biology and geology.
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Jay Badams accepted the post of superintendent of Hanover and Norwich schools in Vermont and New Hampshire, starting July 1, 2017. Carmen Ramsey Ellington has joined the board of Pittsburgh Musical Theater and is serving a three-year term. She is proud to help the organization celebrate its 25th anniversary.
Kent McFarland received the 2016 Sally Laughlin Award for the Conservation of Endangered and Threatened Species in Vermont. This award from the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources “recognizes individuals who have advanced the knowledge, understanding and conservation of endangered and threatened species and their habitats in Vermont.” William White officiated the Big 33 Football Classic played in June 2016 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Played since 1957, the Big 33 Classic is one of the oldest and most prestigious high school all star games in the