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Larry Cornelison (far left) is the recipient of an Appalachian State University Staff Award.

Larry Cornelison is one of four 2008 recipients of the Appalachian State University Staff Award.

The annual award recognizes individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the life of the university. The awards will be presented Sept. 4 during convocation.

Cornelison is the chief engineer for the Department of Communication’s television and radio broadcast facilities.

One nominator praised Cornelison for his dedication to the department, and concern for students. “He maintains broadcast the production equipment and he has provided invaluable expertise in the design and engineering of the Beasley Broadcasting Complex scheduled to open in 2010. He has been the single most important factor in our realizing a facility that meets the department’s needs in every way,” the nominator wrote.

Cornelison was also praised for his contributions to the educating students in the department. “He is one of the best role models on campus, and he does so without even realizing it,” wrote another nominator.

Appalachian State University’s Department of Nursing will hold a pinning ceremony for Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduates at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center.

The graduates receive their BSN pin to signify completion of the program during the ceremony.

Polly Johnson, RN, MSN, FAAN, president and chief executive officer of the North Carolina Foundation for Nursing Excellence, and retired executive director of the North Carolina Board of Nursing, will give the address.

Johnson served as the Executive Director of the North Carolina Board of Nursing from March 1997 to July 2008. During her 20-year career in nursing regulation, she helped position regulation as a vital and proactive partner in facilitating the delivery of safe, effective patient care by moving health care regulation from a culture of blame to one of quality improvement and from an opinion-based to an evidence-based public service at the state, national and international levels.

Under Johnson’s leadership, North Carolina implemented the first early intervention program to address the competencies of individual licensees within employment settings as an effort to both retain nurses as well as enhance the delivery of safe patient care. Prior to her career in regulation, she spent 13 years working with children with chronic illnesses and their families at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.

Currently Johnson serves as president and CEO of the Foundation for Nursing Excellence which is committed to improving the health outcomes of our citizens through enhancing the practice of nursing in North Carolina. She also is a Board member of the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and of the North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety. For her contributions to nursing regulation and health policy development, Johnson was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2005. She holds a BSN from Ohio State University and a Master of Science in Nursing from Duke University.

Twenty program graduates from the Burke and Watauga cohorts will receive pins. They are as follows:

BURKE COHORT:

Mary Ann Chandler, Burnsville

Katy Childers, Vale

Tanya Stallings Clanton, Vale

Beverly Conner, Union Mills

Charles David Edwards, Forest City

Emily “Gail” Eller, Nebo

Kelly “Brooke” Englert, Lincolnton

Karen Franklin, Fairview

Cheryl Goossens, Valdese

Julie “Leann” Nieters, Drexel

Sandra Norton, Nebo

Ernest Shock, Rutherfordton

Susan Stephens, Connelly Springs

WATAUGA COHORT:

Andrew Blavatt, West Jefferson

Evelyn Brewer, Creston

Melanie Edmisten, Boone

Shannon Harden, Vilas

Kirsten McBurney, Hudson

Patricia Rowland, Boone

Mellisa Thompson, Wilkesboro

Designed by the nursing faculty and students, Appalachian’s nursing pin is gold and circular in form. It is inset with mountains and a sunrise. Imprinted in gold letters on a black background are the words “Appalachian State University Bachelor of Nursing.”

For more information about the Nursing program at Appalachian State University, visit www.nursing.appstate.edu.

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.