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2017 ALUMNI AWARDS Alumni Award Honorees Recognized at Reunion Dinner
Dwight Mullen, professor of political science and 33-year veteran of UNC Asheville’s faculty, is the 2017 recipient of the Alumni Distinguished Faculty Award. Steve Woody is the founder and CEO of Avadim Technologies in Asheville and is named the Roy A. Taylor Distinguished Alumnus of the Year—the highest honor given to an alumnus of UNC Asheville. Bill Gettys, an IT expert, is the 2017 recipient of the Francine M. Delany Award for Service to the Community, recognizing his service to area boards, community gardens, and the Veterans Restoration Quarters.
PHOTO BY PETER LORENZ
UNC Asheville recognized the winners of the 2017 Alumni Awards at a special ceremony during Homecoming & Family Weekend. This year’s awardwinners include Professor of Political Science Dwight Mullen, honored for his mentorship of alumni as well as students, and UNC Asheville graduates Steve Woody ’89, Bill Gettys ’74, Molly de Mattos ’02, David de Haan ’97, and Patrick Conant ’11.
Patrick Conant ’11, Molly de Mattos ’02, Steve Woody ’89, Dwight Mullen, David de Haan ’97 and Bill Gettys ’74
Molly de Mattos, co-owner of the Matt and Molly Team of Keller Williams Realty, is the recipient of the 2017 Thomas D. Reynolds Award for Service to the University, particularly for her support of UNC Asheville Athletics. David de Haan, a psychologist by degree and profession, has made significant contributions in his field of Performance Enhancement
Psychology in the United States and Europe, earning the Order of Pisgah Award for Alumni Achievement. Patrick Conant has used his computer science degree from UNC Asheville to co-captain Code for Asheville and found PRC Applications, also earning the Order of Pisgah Award for Alumni Achievement.
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HOMECOMING FACULTY Alumni Scholars from the Class of 1999 UNC Asheville’s 2017 celebration of Homecoming & Family Weekend brought a few familiar faces back to the classroom, particularly from the Class of 1999 as Cerise Glenn and Aldo Garcia Guevara co-facilitated a workshop on Friday, Sept. 22. Glenn is an associate professor in communications studies at UNCG, and Guevara is an associate professor of history at Worcester State University. They joined Richard Reddick, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin in the Departments of Educational Leadership and Policy, and African and African Diaspora Studies, in leading the workshop on “Novel Recruitment Strategies for Diversifying the Faculty.”
Cerise Glenn, center, and Aldo Garcia Guevara right were co-facilitators. They are joined here by their classmate, UNC Asheville’s Assistant Director of Academic Programs Marquis McGee ’99
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