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Hirings

Peel

Gary Peel was recently hired as business and fiscal manager of KOMU 8. He will replace Linda Tomlinson, who is set to retire on Jan. 22 after 13 years of service to the station. Peel joins KOMU 8 with 30 years of experience in broadcast business administration. Before coming to KOMU 8, Peel served as the business manager of KMIZ for 25 years.

Cellular Sales, the largest Verizon Wireless retailer, hired Beau Hammon to serve as manager of a new store at 2300 Bernadette Drive beginning in November.

Julia Karll, Lance Mallette and Rebecca Spicer have been chosen to begin their year of service with a local nonprofit organization. The three members of the Missouri Clean Water AmeriCorps will work with the Missouri River Communities Network to help increase awareness and preservation of the cultural and natural resources of the Missouri River. Since beginning their work, the volunteers have promoted building rain gardens and rain barrels and have made appearances at the EcoArtFest and Sustainable Living Fair.

Gabrielle Harrison has been hired as an admissions counselor in Stephens College’s Office of Admissions. Prior to this, Harrison worked in the Office of University Advancement and Alumni Relations at William Woods University and graduated from Stephens College.

Promotions

Todd

Nathan Todd has been promoted to executive service director for the Tiger Hotel.

Recognitions

Jeff and Jade Hockman celebrated their 15th year of teaching martial arts in Columbia last month. The brothers run three martial arts schools in the Columbia area, with the most recent one opening in November 2006.They have taught martial arts in mid-Missouri for 20 years with locations in Sturgeon, Centralia and Mexico.

Matthew J. Bronson, Jeremy C. Hughes and Paul Larimore of the Shelter Insurance Group and Darryl Boddie, Scott Caldwell, Carrie Martin, John Ramsey, Margie Ray and Jeff Sasser of the State Farm Insurance Companies were recognized as Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters by the Central Missouri Chapter of the CPCU. To receive the recognition, they had to meet ethical standards and pass several written examinations taken over several years.

Awards

Columbia College professor Brad D. Lookingbill was awarded the Eugene Asher distinguished teaching prize from the American Historical Association. The award is given to a history teacher at two- and four-year institutions as well as master’s-granting institutions and includes a $1,000 cash award. Lookingbill was nominated for being student-oriented and for rigorous standards, according to a news release from the college. Lookingbill teaches history at Columbia College, has written two books and written for multiple scholarly journals.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri was honored with a first place Philly Award at the Philanthropy Midwest Conference in Kansas City. The award was for the local public service campaign 100 Men in 100 Days and recognizes excellence in nonprofit communications. The organization conducted the campaign from October 2008 through January 2009. More than 170 men became Big Brothers, and 156 women became Big Sisters at the end of the campaign.

Bachman

Sharon Bachman was initiated as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. This designation means Bachman, an assistant professor at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, passed evaluation and met the ACS membership requirements for education and training, ethical conduct and surgical competence, among other requirements.

Shane Peck won the Gold Anvil Individual Excellence Award. Peck is the community relations director for the Missouri Department of Transportation. The Missouri Department of Transportation won the second place Gold Anvil Award, and Missouri Employers Mutual won the first place Gold Anvil Award. The Mid-Missouri Gold Anvil Awards recognize public relations professionals and organizations that have advanced the profession of public relations and demonstrated the highest standards of excellence in the public relations industry.

Partnership

Halliday

Jake Halliday, president of the Missouri Innovation Center, which operates the the MU Life Science Business Incubator, announced a partnership with BioCity Nottingham, a bioscience and health care business incubator in the United Kingdom. Halliday signed the agreement this month with Glenn Crocker, the chief executive of BioCity, which houses 70 companies. The arrangement establishes a source of emerging European companies that will consider locating at the MU business incubator. Part of the agreement includes free workspace for up to a week for visiting companies, extending sponsor benefits to partner incubator’s tenants and providing access to information on entering and launching products in the U.S. and the European Union.

Volunteer Service

The 2010 Howard B. Lang Jr. Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service is now accepting applications. The award, which is organized by the City of Columbia and the New Century Fund, will recognize a volunteer for his/her contribution to city government. Leo Hill, the city manager from 1953 to 1958, made the award possible. He worked with Howard Lang when he was Columbia’s mayor and wanted to honor Lang’s service to the city. Lang died in November 2007. Nominees may have served in any volunteer role that benefits the city, and the recipient will be chosen due to his/her impact, length of service and initiative. Nominations will be accepted through Jan. 8.