N OT E D. Renée Price, Orange County Board of Commissioners chair,
was honored at the National Association of Counties’ conference in Colorado in July. The National Organization of Black County Officials awarded Renée an Outstanding Service Award for her service as a county leader. Maya Mahadevan, a senior at Carrboro High School, received the
American Association of Teachers of German Endowed Scholarship Fund for the German Summer Study Program 2022. In July, Maya spent three weeks studying at a German high school in the state of Hesse.
include helping to establish Camp Carefree, a camping experience for children with chronic illnesses, in 1986 and spearheading child advocacy legislation in North Carolina.
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The Orange County Historical Museum
announced Orange County native Catherine Atkinson, pictured above left, as the new site manager. Catherine, a recent graduate of Appalachian State University’s public history program, replaced Tanya Day, pictured below left, who held the role for two years and is now grant manager at Kidzu Children’s Museum.
The late Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and honored with the Early Influence Award on Nov. 5 in Los Angeles. The Chapel Hill native is known for having greatly influenced the music world with her particular way of strumming the guitar – a fingerpicking technique now known as “Cotten style.”
ON THE MOVE Oie Osterkamp was chosen as the CEO of the new Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle in September. He has served as the
executive director of RMH of Durham & Wake since 2012. In his new role, Oie will oversee a merger of the Chapel Hill and Durham & Wake houses. Come July 2023, the new organization will be the eighth largest RMHC chapter in the U.S. and the 13th largest worldwide. Erin Sapienza was
named Orange County library director on July 17. Erin, who has served as interim director since Lucinda Munger resigned from the role in October 2021, has more than nine years of experience at the Orange County Public Library.
The National Hemophilia Foundation selected UNC School of Nursing adjunct assistant instructor Brenda Nielsen as NHF Nurse of the Year in August. Brenda was honored for 30 years of service to the inheritable blood and bleeding disorders community. Her accomplishments
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community stakeholders and works to reduce the negative impacts of high-risk drinking.
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Two-time UNC graduate Samantha Luu was hired in July as the director of Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership’s Campus &
Community Coalition. Samantha leads a public health coalition of
Carrboro cartoonist Max Huffman’s “Cover Not Final: Crime Funnies” was nominated for Outstanding Collection in the 2022 Ignatz Awards. Max works as the print graphic designer for Cat’s Cradle and is the assistant director at Peel Gallery. Gov. Roy Cooper appointed Chapel Hill resident D.R. Bryan to the Coastal Resources Commission in August. In this role, he helps the commission oversee responsible coastal development. D.R. is the founder of Bryan Properties,
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Durham-based nonprofit NCModernist honored two area homes with the George Matsumoto Prize, North Carolina’s highest honor exclusively for modernist residential architecture. Architect Jason Hart with ThoughtCraft Architects was awarded first place jury winner for the Domeck residence, while Doug Pierson and Youn Choi of Pod Architecture + Design received third place for their Carrboro home. Additionally, Garden on Eden in Governors Club by Keith Shaw of Shaw Design Associates was the third place public voting winner.
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