Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, May 31, 1994 TAG: 9405310140
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV7 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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The three recipients of the 1994 Diggs Teaching Scholar Awards are ANN KILKELLY, director of the women's studies program and an associate professor of theater arts; THOMAS GARDNER, associate professor of English; and SIEGFRIED HOLZER, professor of civil engineering.
MICHAEL DONDEVILLE has joined the staff of the Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center as manager of the special events and catering department. He will supervise a staff of four hospitality specialists who take care of arrangements for group meetings and catering services.
J. FRED READ of the geological sciences department and one of his former students, ISABEL MONTANEZ, were awarded best paper for 1992 in the "Journal of Sedimentary Petrology." This is the second award Read has won for his research.
JOSEPH WIECZYNSKI, professor of history, has had three books published recently. They are: "The Gorbachev Encyclopedia," "The Gorbachev Reader" and "Operation Barbarossa: The German Attack on the Soviet Union in 1941."
BONHAM RICHARDSON of the geology department received the Gordon Lewis Memorial Award for his book "The Caribbean in the Wider World, 1942-1992."
SAM RILEY of the communication studies department has published his 12th book. "American Magazine Journalists" is his 10th book on the history of magazine publishing.
CATHERINE CERNY, an assistant professor of clothing and textiles in the College of Human Resources, has received a $1,000 scholarship from the University of Hawaii to attend its four-week program in clothing and textiles this summer.
JAMES CAMPBELL of the geography department received the Outstanding Service Award of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
BRANDON FALLON is one of 16 engineering students in the nation to receive the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, which covers tuition, room and board, books and fees.
Virginia Tech faculty, staff and students earned 17 PATENTS during 1993. The patent recipients were honored at a luncheon held last month.
TIMOTHY PRATT, a professor of electrical engineering, received the "Outstanding Advanced Course Instructor" award from Martin Marietta Management and Data Systems Division.
Marketing major JENNIFER ARUTE and human nutrition and foods major MARCIA YOUNG each received $1,000 scholarships from the Virginia Tech Women's Club.
THE ENGINEERS' FORUM, a student magazine of the College of Engineering, won second place in the nation as the "Best All-Around Magazine" in the Engineering College Magazine Association contest. The magazine is edited by John Cole and Mike Reese, and the adviser is Lynn Nystrom.
HANIF SHERALI, a professor of engineering, received the 1994 David Barker Distinguished Research Award of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.
WILLIAM DUGGER, professor and administrative leader of technology education, was named to the International Technology Education Association Academy of Fellows at a recent international conference in Kansas City, Mo.
Biology major CHRISTOPHER ASHBY LEARN has been inducted into the Virginia Tech chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, a national honor society that promotes excellence in higher education. Learn, of Radford, is the son of the late Dr. William Learn and Suzanne Learn.
The VIRGINIA TECH CHEERLEADERS placed 13th in the Division IA 1994 College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championships last month. The DANCE TEAM placed fifth overall in its division.
JEFFREY VAUGHAN, a crop and environmental sciences graduate student, received an award for his outstanding teaching in an undergraduate soils lab. Vaughan is the son of David and Sarah Vaughan of Blacksburg.
ALLAN REICHBART, an undergraduate student in the department of hospitality and tourism management, received a $1,000 scholarship from the Virginia chapter of the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International.
Professor of finance RODNEY THOMPSON received the Virginia Social Science Association's 1993-1994 Scholar Award in business administration.
Two professors have been selected as Fulbright scholars for 1994-1995. NEVIN FRANTZ, professor of vocational and technical education, will spend two months in Finland studying the restructuring of vocational education in U.S. high schools. Political science professor TIMOTHY LUKE will spend seven months in New Zealand studying politics and economics of industrial societies.
Three Virginia Tech students have received scholarships from one of the two Blacksburg chapters of the national Philanthropic Educational Organization, an organization dedicated to furthering the education of women. LINDA PACIFICI, a graduate student in reading, language arts and elementary education; AMY CHENOWETH, a junior in communication studies; and AMY TASKER, a sophomore in family and childhood development, each received a $1,200 scholarship from teh organization. Heather Boardman, a graduating senior from Blacksburg High School, received the fourth scholarship.
Sigma Xi, a scientific research society, recently recognized SEAN CLARK and DAVID GRAY for their outstanding research projects. Clark, a graduate student in the entomology department, was recognized for his thesis project, "Generalist Predators in Reduced Tillage Corn." Gray is a doctorate candidate in the entomology department whose work on "Gypsy Moth Egg Development - a Model of Phenological Events" gained him recognition.
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