Congratulations to Tiffani Everett, who has accepted a position at Arkansas Tech University as an assistant professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences, and to Daniel Shank, who has accepted a postdoctoral fellowship in the Sociology and Social Work department at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Congratulations to our Ph.D. graduate, Bonnie Semora, Assistant Professor, Dalton State College.

Paul Roman has received a MERIT award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, to extend his research on adoption of innovations in private alcohol and drug treatment centers.   To read more please see the Feature Story on the Franklin College website.

Five faculty have received University and College teaching awards. Paul Roman was appointed to a Regents' Professorship, the University of Georgia's highest research award.  Jody Clay-Warner was named a Josiah Meigs Teaching Professor, the University of Georgia's highest teaching award.  Mark Cooney received a Franklin College Sandy Beaver Teaching Award.  William Finlay received the Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Award and Dawn Robinson received the Faculty Division Outstanding Academic Advisor Award in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

Congratulations to April Brown on her promotion to Business Manager on July 1, 2011.

Congratulations to our Ph.D. graduates:  Sara Morris, Assistant Professor, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida; Lauren O’Brien, Research Associate, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; and Anita Winfrey Thompson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, Paine College, Augusta, Georgia.