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as the new associate editor of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. ••••••
Melanie McKay, Ph.D., vice provost for faculty affairs and director of First-Year Experience, and Brad Petitfils, Ph.D., curriculum developer, represented the university at the 25th annual International Conference on the First-Year Experience in Vancouver, British Columbia. ••••••
Andre Perry, Ph.D., associate director for educational initiatives at the Institute for Quality and Equity in Education, received the Kappa Alpha Psi Distinguished Citizen Award, presented at the fraternity’s 76th southwestern province council public meeting.
M.L. “Cissy” Petty, Ph.D., vice president for Student Affairs and associate provost, was recognized by the higher education website www.bestcollegesonline.com for her Twitter prowess as one of the nation’s top 50 high-profile higher education administrators who have embraced social media, especially Twitter.
Tyler Smith, D.M.A., instructor of voice, stepped in at the last minute to take on the lead role of Canio in the New Orleans Opera Association’s production of Pagliacci on April 29. ••••••
Artemis Preeshl, M.F.A., associate professor of theatre arts, was chosen to participate in the Actors Center Teacher Development Program in New York City in June.
Petrice Sams-Abiodun, Ph.D., executive director of the Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy, joined President Barack Obama and other community activists in honoring 12 “Champions of Change” on June 13 at the White House in Washington, D.C.
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Karen Reichard, Ph.D., director of the Women’s Resource Center, was accepted into the Higher Education Resource Services Leadership Institute at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
Lee J. Yao, Ph.D., the Rev. Joseph A. Butt, S.J., Distinguished Professor in Accounting and Marquette Faculty Fellow, accepted an honorary professorship at his
and best sports story or feature. Recently, The Maroon and its staff have been awarded top honors three times by several different journalism organizations, including the Society of Professional Jour-
nalists and the Louisiana/Mississippi Associated Press. In late April, Maroon staffers Precious Esie, Holly Combs, Carl Harrison, Leslie Gamboni, Jamie Futral, and Masako Hirsch were awarded the SPJ’s national Mark of Excellence Award for in-depth reporting. The most recent honors bestowed by the LPA also recognized Camara Thomas and Karin Curley.
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alma mater of Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, as well as a visiting fellowship at the prestigious Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, U.K. Yao also received two rare academic grants from the Chinese government to study investment strategies, as well as investment education, in the emerging Chinese marketplace. ••••••
Evan Zucker, Ph.D., professor of psychology, began his two-year term as the new vice president of the southwest region of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society for Psychology.
STUDENTS The Loyola student-run newspaper, The Maroon, earned the Louisiana Press Association’s top General Excellence Award, in addition to capturing first place in its division for both best news or feature story
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Faelynn Carroll, a sophomore French major, was awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to spend the summer studying in the western African country of Senegal. ••••••
J.C. Romero, a senior sociology major, received the Exchange Student with the Most Impact Award at Keele University in Staffordshire, U.K. He also was named a 2012 Honorary Secretary of State for Louisiana for his leadership in the community, as well as for being elected the new cochairman of the Young Democrats of New Orleans.
The Loyola Trumpet Ensemble, under the direction of Nick Volz, D.M., performed at the 37th annual conference of the International Trumpet Guild in Columbus, Ga., in May.
at the New Orleans Press Club 54th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards banquet in July. Student winners included: Sydney Barbier, Karin Curley, Sam Winstrom, Colby Wilson, Precious Esie, and Cherie Lejeune. Alumni winners included: Les East ’82, Ramon Antonio Vargas ’09, Joseph Halm ’04, Fletcher Mackel ’98, Diane Mack ’78, Sally Tunmer ’08, and Lauren LaBorde ’09.
ATHLETICS Doug Faust was named the eighth baseball coach in Loyola’s history, and comes to the university after a successful high school coaching career in the New Orleans area, most recently, as the head coach at Archbishop Shaw High School since 2007. He was named District Coach of the Year nine times in his career.
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Several members of the Loyola community took home top honors
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