Five alumni recently graduated from Public Allies Delaware, a part of an AmeriCorps program in UD’s Center for Community Research and Service: Matthew Bailey, AS ’03, of Newark, Del., Nicole Goodsell, AS ’00, of Wilmington, Del., Kim Gorgo, AS ’04, of Landisville, N.J., Nick Johnson, AS ’04, of Wilmington, Del., and Matt Lauer, AS ’04, of Dover, Del. Public Allies Delaware helps prepare young adults for leadership and careers in public service.

Five publications printed by UD’s Graphic Communications Center and designed by the Office of Public Relations won awards from the judging panel of this year’s national InPlant Printing Conference, in Chicago. The printed pieces recognized were the 2005 UD engagement calendar, the 2004 President’s holiday greeting card, a brochure for UD’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, the concert program for Xiang Gao’s inaugural performance with the Ceruti violin in 2004 at Wilmington’s Grand Opera House and an informational brochure for the PR office.

Janis Tomlinson, director of University museums, participated in an intensive three-week professional development course at the prestigious Getty Museum Leadership Institute. The course, which is designed for museum directors and senior executives, involved only 32 select participants.

YoUDee, the University’s award-winning mascot, is represented by a full costume display in “Mascot Mania,” an exhibition of mascots that runs through Sept. 24 at the NCAA Hall of Champions in Indianapolis.

Outstanding grad students, Vesselina Cooke, a fourth-year graduate student in the biological sciences laboratory of researcher Ulhas P. Naik, and Chad Blamey, a fifth-year graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, have been awarded pre-doctoral fellowships from the American Heart Association. They both will receive $20,000 a year for two years.
Jim Newton, recently retired professor of Black American Studies at UD and a senior fellow in what is now the Center for Community Research and Service at UD, was commended by the Wilmington City Council for his “outstanding service.” Newton was cited for his expertise in African-American studies and for his books The Principles of Diversity, A Curriculum Evaluation on Student Knowledge of Afro-American Life and History and The Other Slaves: Mechanics, Artisans and Craftsmen, which he coedited.

Leila Lyons, director of Instructional Technology-User Services, has been named executive committee chairperson of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Groups on University and College Computing Services, an association of professionals who support and manage information technology services at higher education institutions.

Mohsen Badiey, professor of physical ocean science and engineering, has been appointed director of the Physical Ocean Science and Engineering program in UD’s College of Marine Studies. The program uses physics and engineering to study the interactions that occur at the air-sea interface, the physical properties of the coastal ocean, how structures can be built in the near-shore environment, ocean acoustics, near-shore processes and the behavior of fluids in the environment.

Joyce Henderson, assistant director for employer outreach and multi-ethnic programming at the MBNA Career Services Center at UD, has been elected the 35th president of the Mid-Atlantic Career Counseling Association, which works to increase the effectiveness of career development and placement activities.

The Safety Beakon, a quarterly newsletter published by UD’s Department of Occupational Health and Safety, has received the 2005 Campus Safety, Health and Environmental Management Association Award of Excellence in the newsletter competition.

—Leah Conway, AS ’06