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- President P. George Benson has been named to the Manufacturing Institute’s Education Council.
- Michael Haskins, executive vice president for external relations, was named the South Carolina Marketer of the Year by the Charleston American Marketing Association.
- Lou Burnett, biology professor and director of the Grice Marine Laboratory, appeared on NBC’s The Today Show to talk about his “shrimp on a treadmill” experiment and YouTube video.
- Roxane Delaurell, assistant professor of accounting and legal studies; David Desplaces, associate professor of entrepreneurship; Hao-Chen Liu, assistant professor of economics and finance; Jim Mueller, associate professor of management and entrepreneurship; and Henry Xie, assistant professor of marketing and supply chain management, earned the Certified Global Business Professional designation from NASBITE International.
- The Charleston Regional Business Journal has named English professor Caroline Hunt a Health Care Hero for her volunteer work directing the pet therapy program at Roper St. Francis Healthcare.