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Cheryl Sutton,

business affairs, has been named to the Leadership North Carolina's Class XVII. Forty-five citizens from 18 different counties across the state comprise the 2009-2010 class. Leadership North Carolina (LNC) selects citizens who are current or emerging leaders in the state as well as in their communities and organizations to participate in the program.

The class meets six times over seven months in cities across the state to explore critically important issues in the five key policy areas of economic development, education, environment, government and politics and health and human services.

Frederick Bingham, physics & physical oceanography, has been selected as one of several principal investigators for a NASA-funded Aquarius/SAC-D mission involving remote measurement of sea surface salinity via satellites.

Julie Smith-Taylor, nursing, received the Women's Health Research Award as the 2009 First Place Poster Winner for "Compliance with Abnormal Pap Smear Surveillance in High Risk Adolescents." She was honored at the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health 12th Annual Women's Health Care Conference held in in Providence, RI.

Rebecca Caldwell, student affairs, & Gunnar Matthews, University Police, were funded $299,968 by the Department of Justice for "UNCW Cares: Enhancing Victim Services & Prevention Programs to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault & Stalking."

Doug Gamble,

geography & geology, received the 2009 North Carolina Geographical Society Educator of the Year Award. The award recognizes outstanding service and commitment to geographic education in North Carolina.

Chris Dumas & Doug Gamble,

CSB, met with Congressmen Mike McIntyre and Walter Jones, Senators Richard Burr and Kay Hagan, and their respective staff in Washington, DC on Oct. 22. The purpose of the meeting was to communicate results of recent studies on the potential impacts of climate change and sea level rise on coastal North Carolina.

Steve Meinhold, AA, Steve Demski, public service, Laurie Paarlberg & Tom Barth, public & international affairs, were funded $15,000 from CFMF for the project "QENO Support for Ron Moore Workshop," and $55,000 for “QENO Operating Support for Year 3.”

Jean-Anne Sutherland, sociology & criminology, has co-authored a book, Cinematic Sociology Social Life in Film (Pine Forge Press), with Kathryn Feltey of The University of Akron. The book is intended for a primary text for courses that use feature film as a medium for studying core areas in sociology.

Karl Ricanek, CSC, & Wesley Williams, CSC undergraduate, were funded $8,500 from Corning Optical Fiber Division to study and characterize "Detection of Optical Fiber Flaws."

M. Scott Baker, CMS, was funded $381,765 from the NOAA-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for "Characterization of Bycatch Associated with the South Atlantic Snapper Grouper Bandit Fishery with Electronic Video Monitoring, At-Sea Observers, and Biological Sampling."

Daniel Baden,

CMS, received $1,466,084 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Services for his project entitled "Effects of Inhaled Florida Red Tide Brevetoxins."

Steve Meinhold, AA, Laurie Paarlberg & Tom Barth, public & international affairs, were funded $28,235 from University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, Inc. for "Nonprofit Sector Capacity Building Program."

William Hall, Chris Dumas & Peter Schuhmann, CSB, were funded $9,060 by the Wilmington Regional Film Commission for their project entitled "Environmental Impact Statement of the Production of a Mid-Major Motion Picture."

Michael Durako, biology & marine biology/CMS, was funded $20,000 from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Research Institute for "Measure photosynthetic characteristics of turtlegrass for FHAP-SF."

Martin Posey & Troy Alphin, biology and marine bio, were funded $84,198 from Dial Cordy and Associates for their project entitled "Monitor the Effects of a Potential Increased Tidal Range in the Cape Fear River Ecosystem Due to Deepening Wilmington Harbor, NC" (Benthic – off).

Spencer Rogers & Michael S. Baker, CMS, received $12,275 from the NC Sea Grant for "NC Sea Grant Extension Service - Federal."

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Chris E. Fonvielle, Jr.,

assistant professor in UNCW's Department of History, has been elected by the NC Society of the Cincinnati as the State of North Carolina George Washington Distinguished Professor.

Fonvielle will receive a stipend of $6,000 to support his research and publication efforts regarding the Revolutionary War in N.C. He is currently researching a book on the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge.

The Society of the Cincinnati was founded at the close of the Revolutionary War by officers of the Continental army and navy to preserve the ideals and fellowship for which they had fought. The organization is headquartered in Washington, D.C., at Anderson House, a national historic landmark.

A Wilmington native, Fonvielle earned a B.A. in anthropology from UNCW, a M.A. in American history at East Carolina University, and a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina, where he studied with noted Civil War historian Thomas L. Connelly.

Fonvielle earlier served as the last curator of the Blockade Runners of the Confederacy Museum. Possessing a lifelong interest in American Civil War, North Carolina, Lower Cape Fear and Southern history, his in-depth research focuses on Civil War coastal operations and defenses, blockade running and the navies. He has published books and articles on the Civil War. He was interviewed and appeared in the UNCW produced documentary Confederate Goliath.

Fonvielle returned to his undergraduate alma mater in 1996 and currently teaches courses on the Civil War, Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear, the Old South and Antebellum America. He also teaches extended education courses.