Achievements

• Driver, Second Harvest, Metrolina Food Bank, food recovery from 12 grocery stores for hungry children and food deprived adults.
• Recipient, Caregiver’s Award for Charlotte by the national Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF).
• Member, Jackson County, North Carolina Economic Development Commission.
• Member, Western Carolina University Chancellor’s Internal Advisory Committee on Economic Development.
• Western Carolina University’s first recipient, “Award for Excellence in Teaching” bronze medal presented by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.
• Promoted to Full Professor, Dean, and Chief Research Officer. Awarded Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus status.
• Recipient, Distinguished Alumnus, University of Central Florida’s College of Health.
• President, Southern Conference (Athletic conference).
• President, North Carolina Conference of Graduate Schools (leadership organization for all graduate Schools in NC).