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Tom Flood, assistant director of physical plant and director of landscaping and grounds at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, has received the Certified Educational Facilities Professional credential from APPA.

The associate director of Study Abroad at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ traveled to Indiana in July 2014 for the highly competitive program.

In an Aug. 18 conversation moderated by President Leo M. Lambert, six professors and administrators shared insights about progress on the university’s strategic plan as ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ formally opened the 2014-2015 academic year.

An annual meeting in Whitley Auditorium allowed university administrators to talk with staff about goals for the upcoming year.

The veteran college administrator will provide overall leadership for the Multicultural Center while working closely with ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ President Leo M. Lambert and members of the senior staff to advance institutional diversity initiatives.

A canned food drive on the university's recent Staff Appreciation Day aided Allied Churches of Alamance County, a Burlington, N.C.-based charity that operates a food pantry to serve the region's hungry and homeless.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ President Leo M. Lambert and Student Government Association President Joe Incorvia offered gratitude Tuesday to dozens of employees who worked around the clock this year to keep the university running at the height of winter storms.

The campus community gathered Tuesday morning in the Numen Lumen Pavilion to celebrate the life of Ed Watkins, an auto mechanic who died April 18 while fishing with a friend from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Physical Plant.