November 28, 2006

Knowbulls

Recent Changes, Promotions, and Awards

Awards & Recognitions

Events & Happenings

Promotions, Staff & Board Changes

New Businesses & New Developments

Changes & Renovations to Durham Businesses & Organizations

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Awards & Recognitions

• Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club, Arrowhead Inn, Fairview Restaurant, and Four Square Restaurant earned a Four-Diamond rating for 2007 from the American Automobile Association (AAA).
• Historian and Duke University professor emeritus of history Dr. John Hope Franklin has been chosen to share the $1 million John W. Kluge Prize for the Study of Humanity.
• Durhamite Dr. Charles Sanders has been given a prestigious North Carolina Award, the highest civilian honor the state bestows.
• Durham Mayor Bill Bell has been awarded the first annual Leadership Award by the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization N.C. Black Elected Municipal Officials.

· The NCCU Football Team has won the CIAA championship and is seeded number one in the Southeast Region for the NCAA playoffs.

· The NCCU Women’s Cross County Team became the first from a historically black institution to qualify for an NCAA final.

· NCCU’s volleyball team went undefeated on its way to winning its third straight CIAA championship.

· NCCU Quarterback Stadford Brown has been named CIAA Rookie of the Year.

· Durham Coca-Cola, in conjunction with the Coca-Cola Bottlers' Foundation, has provided $10,400 to support Museum of Life and Science’s Summer Science Camp.

· The Durham Bulls have won the 2006 Bob Freitas Award, which recognizes outstanding operations at each level of minor league baseball. It is the Bulls’ first win at the Triple-A level and second in the award’s 18-year history.

· The Durham Center has been recognized with a Substance Abuse Visionary of Excellence (SAVE) award in the "LME Leadership" category by the Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina.

· Tap water from the D. M. Williams Water Treatment Plant, the City of Durham’s oldest water treatment facility, has been judged the state’s “Best Tasting Tap Water” by the North Carolina American Water Works Association and Water Environment Association.

· The Museum of Life and Science has been voted "Best Museum" in Carolina Parent magazine's Family Favorites Poll published in its November 2006 issue. The museum also was voted second place for “Best Rainy Day Activity” and third place for “Best Day Camp.”

· Duke is the leading higher-education institution for student-athlete graduation rate according to a report from the NCAA.

· Ellen Dagenhart of Marie Austin Realty  has been awarded the 2006 Ben Ball Community Service Award by the North Carolina Association of Realtors.

· Durham Public Schools’ high school students took a record number of Advanced Placement exams during the 05-06 school year, up 11.5% from the previous year.

· Durham Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Carl Harris received the National Association for Gifted Children Annual Educator Award.

· Duke’s David Smith, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and David Schurig, Research Associate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, have been named to the "Scientific American 50" for their work on developing an "invisibility cloak."

· Duke English Major Charles R. Salmen is the university’s 41st Rhodes Scholar.

· The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded RTI International its annual Award for Outstanding Accomplishments by a Prime Contractor in recognition of RTI’s commitment to supplier diversity.

· Cousins Melodie Richardson and Barbara Turrentine-Bowe, each given $1,000 as one of talk show host Oprah Winfrey’s “Good Samaritans” earlier this year, were featured on Oprah for a clothing drive/neighborhood picnic that benefited members of the McDougald Terrace public housing community.

· Duke University Senior Jimmy Soni was awarded a Mitchell Scholarship for one year of graduate study in Ireland.

· Duke University Senior Felicia Walton was awarded a Marshall Scholarship for two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom.

· Dr. Jonathan Cohn, a professor at the Duke Department of Medicine and a gastroenterologist at the Durham VA Medical Center, has been named 16^th Frank Brooks Memorial Lecturer at the annual joint meeting of the American Pancreatic Association and the International Association of Pancreatology.

• NCCU Chancellor James Ammons has been appointed to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' board of directors.
• The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected Duke University professors Dr. Elwin Symons, Dr. Dennis Thiele, and recently retired Duke Office of News and Communications Vice President and Director of Research Dennis Meredith as fellows.

Events & Happenings

• The Carolina Theatre is sponsoring the Fourth Annual Full Bowl Food Drive to benefit Independent Animal Rescue through Dec. 31.
• The Lucky Strike Water Tower on the American Tobacco Campus will be lit with holiday lights on Friday, December 1, at 6pm.
• Light Up Durham’s Talent All Over Town will take place Saturday, December 2, at various locations throughout Downtown Durham starting at 9am.
• Duke Homestead’s Christmas by Candlelight will take place Friday, December 1, and Friday, December 8, from 7-9pm.
• The Durham Art Guild’s 52 Annual Juried Art Show is happening now through Sunday, December 17, at the Royall Center for the Arts.
• The John Brown Jazz Orchestra will hold its debut performance Sunday, December 3, at 7 pm at Reynolds Theater.
• The Eno River Association’s 2007 Calendar is now on sale at various retail outlets, online , and via phone at (919) 620-9099.
• For a complete list of events and happenings in Durham, visit www.durhameventcalendar.com. Click here to have weekly eCalendar updates delivered to your email.

Promotions, Staff & Board Changes

• Stephen Raburn is the new Executive Director of The Volunteer Center of Durham.
• Interim C.C. Spaulding Elementary School Principal Vandi Kelley has been named to the position on a permanent basis.
• Mark Gulledge has joined Scienta Healthcare Education as a Program Manager.
• Stephen Snyder has been elected Corporate Officer, coinciding with his recent appointment as Vice President and Corporate Controller at RTI International. 
• RTI named David Rosenberry Vice President, Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer.
• N.C. Central University has named Willie Williams as its new Campus Police Chief.
• Dr. David Grimes, Vice President of Biomedical Affairs at Family Health International, has been elected to the Washington, DC-based Institute of Medicine.
• Intersouth Partners, a venture capital firm, has named Katrin Burt an Associate.
• Mike Adkins is the new General Manager of the Comfort Inn RTP.
• N.C. Central University has appointed Theodosia Shields director of the James E. Shepard Memorial Library.
• The Rev. Haywood Holderness, retired pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, has joined Richmond, Va.-based Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education as Senior Development Associate.
• Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has appointed Duke Law’s Dr. Curtis Bradley and Dr. Madeline Morris to the Advisory Committee on International Law and Dr. Donald Horowitz to the Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion.
• Dr. Catherine Frank has been named director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke University.
• North Carolina Central University Chancellor Dr. James Ammons has been appointed to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' board of directors.
• Dr. William H. Schlesinger, head of Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences since 2001, has been selected as president and director of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York.
• Bill Holman, director of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, has accepted a one-year appointment as a visiting scholar at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University.
• Andrew Kyngdon has joined MetaMetrics, Inc. as a senior research scientist.
• Leigh Benoliel has been hired as broker at Spritzer Commercial Properties.
• Nate Efries has joined Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston as a sales associate in the Durham division.
• Ellen Bovarnick has been named vice president of Lean Six Sigma and Global Quality at Nortel.
• Thomas Staab, II, chief financial officer and treasurer at Inspire Pharmaceuticals, and Carl Webb, a partner at Greenfire Development, have been appointed to the board of directors at Triangle Community Foundation.

New Businesses & New Developments

• Piedmont, located at 401 Foster St. in Downtown Durham, is now open.
• BookDabbler, a new bookstore at 1821 Hillandale Road in the Loehmann's Plaza shopping center, is now open.
• Biotechnology company Embrex, whose products are used to vaccinate 80 percent of the nation's chickens and turkeys before they hatch, has agreed to be acquired by Pfizer for $155 million.
• Carrabba's Italian Grill is now open at Indigo Corners at Mount Moriah Road and U.S. 15-501.
• Tommy's Rubs, Grubs and Suds is now open in Duke University’s McClendon Tower.
• Hot Pot, a Jamaican restaurant at 4823 Meadow Drive (near NC 54) in southern Durham, is now open serving lunch and dinner seven days a week.
• Durhamite Jim Reingruber has created a new online map showing the locations of all bicycle racks in Durham at www.durhambikeracks.com.
• Next year, Durham Public Schools will open two new STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) schools at Hillside and Southern high schools.
• Office Depot will open at the Shoppes at Northgate later this year.
• A Beautiful Day Bridal is open at 1804-E North Pointe Drive.

Changes & Renovations to Durham Businesses & Organizations

• Fowler’s Fine Food and Wine is currently undergoing extensive renovations and is planning on reopening at the first of December.
• The Durham County Library now offers wireless Internet service at Main Library.
• Durham Literacy Center is operating from two temporary locations while their permanent home at 1410 W. Chapel Hill St. undergoes some work. Office operations will relocate to the Durham Public Education Network, 4235 University Drive, while classes will be held at Lakewood Baptist Church, 2100 Chapel Hill Road.
• The North Carolina DMV’s South Durham Driver’s License Office has closed it’s office on NC 54 and will reopen December 4 from its new location, Hope Valley Shopping Center, 3825 S. Roxboro Street, Suite 119.

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