Dr. Ronald Miller, professor of psychology at Saint Michael's College, was named to Fellow status in the American Psychological Association, effective September 2012. Dr. Miller is also director of the SMC master’s program in clinical psychology, a program he helped found in 1983.
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VHB is pleased to announce Jenny Austin, PE has joined the Transportation Engineering group in its North Ferrisburgh, VT office. Jenny most recently worked for Resource Systems Group (RSG) in White River Junction, where she focused on transportation design and planning, traffic studies and analysis.
The Burlington law firm of Paul Frank + Collins is pleased to announce the following promotions and new hires:
A new Norfolk, Mass. elementary school will be dedicated this weekend and formally named in part for a Norwich University alumnus and Norfolk native, Adam Kennedy, who was killed in Iraq in 2007. At the age of 25, SGT Adam Kennedy ’04, US Army, of Norfolk, Mass, was killed during his first tour of duty in Iraq from an improvised explosive device south of Baghdad on Sunday April 8, 2007.
Johnson State College welcomes two new full-time faculty members to the college for the 2012-2013 academic year: Associate Professor David Plazek Ph.D formerly of Lyndon State College, will teach political science as a member of JSC's Department of Humanities.
National Bank of Middlebury has recently welcomed Eleanor “Misse” Smith as its New Horizons Club Program Coordinator.
Ecologist Kristian Omland has joined the Environmental Services division of Stantec. Based in the firm's South Burlington, Vermont, office, Omland's work focuses on statistical data modeling for ecological and
biological research efforts.
Dr. David Mindich, professor and chair of the Saint Michael's College department of media studies, journalism and digital arts, was honored with the top annual award of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The Presidential Award was presented to Professor Mindich at the annual meeting of the AEJMC held in Chicago.
Champlain College recently named Sugarbush Resort Owner and President Winthrop Smith the Champlain College 2012 Distinguished Citizen.
Gov. Peter Shumlin announced the appointment of Brattleboro Union High School student Lachlan Francis to the Vermont Board of Education. Francis lives in Putney.
Chiropractor Dr. Andrea Kannas has joined the Sharon Health Center’s sports medicine team part-time.
Dr. Kannas, who is also in private practice in Woodstock, is a Rutland native and Middlebury College graduate who went on to Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, Minn., for her doctor of chiropractic (D.C.) degree.
Paul Frank + Collins P.C. and the Vermont Paralegal Organization, are pleased to announce that Burlington paralegal Heather Moreau, RP® has earned certification by the National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc. (NFPA®) as a PACE Registered Paralegal® (“RP”).