College of Fine and Applied Arts

Appalachian State University’s student-run radio station, WASU FM, has won a 2008 Finalist Certificate in the New York Festivals Radio Broadcasting Awards.

2008 is the first year that the New York Festivals Radio Broadcasting Awards has included college radio. These awards recognize “The World’s Best Work” in radio broadcasting. Hundreds of entries come from all over the world.

WASU entered in one category this year, “Best Sportscast,” and won the certificate for its “Sports Yapp” program. SPORTS YAPP is a sports talk show that focuses on the major sports stories that are interesting to college students. The hosts of SPORTS YAPP give unique perspectives on the sports world as they try to look beyond the box score and entertain listeners with their sports opinions. SPORTS YAPP’s slogan is: “We’re not always right, but we’re always convincing.” The hosts love sports, so they like to take a positive approach to sports topics. It’s a fun, high-energy and exciting sports show with a “college” attitude.

Students working on the program are Bryce Johnson, host and executive producer; Jesse Davis, technical producer and board operator; Dan Starbuck, co-host and producer; Clint Barefoot, co-host and producer; Eric Donham, producer; Jason Dunphy, statistician; and Matthew Garrison, consultant. Dan “Vallie” Hill serves as general manager of WASU.

New York Festivals (NYF) now in its 51st year, is an International Awards Group (IAG) Company. Recognizing The World’s Best Work™ in advertising and programming, IAG and its other advertising brands, AME, Globals and Midas, honor advertising and marketing in global communications through eight annual competitions.

The New York Festivals Radio Broadcasting Awards recognizes “The World’s Best Work” in radio broadcasting. Entries are judged by panels of radio experts from stations and companies throughout the world for their production values, organization, presentation of information, creativity and use of the medium.

For more information about the awards, visit www.newyorkfestivals.com. For more information about WASU, visit www.wasurocks.com.

Terry Cole, professor of communication, has been elected to the Pi Kappa Delta (PKD) National Honor Society Hall of Fame, Class of 2009.

As one of just two honorees selected this year, Cole is being honored for his contributions to PKD. The Hall of Fame honors PKD members for life-time contributions to national, province, chapter or organizational forensics.

He was congratulated for being “a person of vision, strength and character.”

Pi Kappa Delta is an honorary consisting of educators, students and alumni committed to encouraging the education of articulate citizens through a three part focus: the commitment to and promotion of ethical, humane and inclusive communication and educational practices; the commitment to and promotion of professional development of forensics educators; and the commitment to and promotion of comprehensive forensics programming.

Dennis Scanlin has received the Small Wind Advocate of the Year Award for the Southeast region from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Powering America program. He was honored for his leadership in small-scale wind energy activities in Western North Carolina.

Scanlin is a professor and coordinator of the appropriate technology program in Appalachian State University’s Department of Technology.

The national award was presented June 5 at the annual Wind Powering America State Summit which followed the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) annual WINDPOWER Conference and Exhibition held in Houston.

Scanlin has coordinated Appalachian’s appropriate technology program for 24 years. He also directs the small wind activities as part of Appalachian’s Energy Center, including the ongoing North Carolina Small Wind Initiative, a collaborative project supported by Appalachian and the N.C. State Energy Office, Tennessee Valley Authority and U.S. Department of Energy to raise awareness about the benefits and feasibility of wind power in the southern Appalachian region.

Scanlin received Wind Powering America’s Regional Wind Advocacy Award for the Southeast Region in 2005.

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Michael Hugh Owings

Joel Valente

Katherine Watts

Three Appalachian State University students will receive full tuition, room, board, books and fees for the 2008-09 academic year.

Michael Hugh Owings of Murphy, Joel Valente of Faber, Virginia, and Katherine Watts of Garner are the recipients of Celia Moh Scholarships. The Celia Moh Scholarship was established in October 2001 by furniture industry entrepreneur Laurence Moh to honor his wife, Celia. The scholarship program, funded by Mr. Moh’s initial gift of $3 million, was established to provide full tuition scholarships for students whose academic endeavors would lead to careers in the home furnishings industry.

Owings, a senior, and Valente, a junior, are studying industrial design; Watts, a junior, is majoring in interior design.

The application process requires candidates to complete an extensive questionnaire, write a personal essay, obtain instructors’ recommendations, and provide a college transcript illustrating exceptional academic achievement. A scholarship committee comprised of notable home furnishings industry executives selected the students from a highly competitive field of candidates. Forty-eight full scholarships have been awarded in the program’s seven-year existence.

For more information about the Celia Moh Scholarship program, please visit www.mohscholarship.org. For more information about Appalachian’s programs in industrial design and interior design, visit www.tec.appstate.edu.