The Office of Student Disability Services has announced faculty and staff who were recognized with the "Two Thumbs Up" Awards for the 2006-07 year. The annual awards recognize University employees who are nominated by students or staff for making a difference in the education of a student with a disability.

The four-year recipients are Viki Fecas, Career Center, and Joe Fortune, housing. Three-year recipients are Kevin Swick, instruction and teacher education, and Shane Thye, sociology.

Two-year recipients are:

• Wes Abercrombie, continuing education
• Scott Ardoin, psychology
• Karla Berry, art
• Herbert Brown, hospitality, retail, and sports management
• Joseph Dance, business
• Bobby Donaldson, history
• Michael Dukes, chemistry
• Mary-David Fox, student affairs
• Vicki Hamby, Career Center
• Robert Johnson, educational studies
• Deborah Lewis, financial aid
• Charles Martin, student affairs
• Cindy Peachy, financial aid
• Mike Perkins, engineering
• Kent Sidel, journalism and mass communications
• Brent Simpson, sociology
• Joanne Thompson, arts and sciences
• Eddie Thompson, housing
• Richard Vogt, biological sciences
• Ryan Webber, student affairs
• Linda Yount, student affairs.

One-year recipients are:

• Richard Adams, chemistry
• Sherika Addison, Career Center
• Gwynne Anderson, financial aid
• Sam Baker, health services policy and management
• Tracey Brooks, Carolina Shuttle
• Nelson Brown, facility services
• James Burkett, business
• Diane Byrd, payroll
• Bryan Byrd, facility services
• Jeff Cargile, human resources
• Brett Carney-Brown, health and wellness
• Bolivar Cedeno, Carolina Shuttle
• Rebecca Cody, Career Center
• Ben Coonrod, facilities planning and construction
• Virginia Cooper, continuing education
• Kendra Cusaac, psychology
• Emily Davis, orientation and testing
• John Dawson, chemistry
• Mathieu Deflem, sociology
• Charlotte Denniston, payroll
• Yolanda Edwards, rehabilitation counseling
• Madelynne Faircloth, payroll
• Janice Ferguson, business
• Curtis Ford, languages, literatures, and cultures
• Donald Fowler, political science
• Don Gibson, facility services
• Bobby Gist, legal office
• Olivia Hall, Carolina Shuttle
• Jim Haney, mass communications
• Viktoria Harms, languages, literatures, and cultures
• Karl G. Heider, anthropology
• Dawn Hiller, College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office
• Mike Hix, Career Center
• Vance Holderfield, engineering
• Charlie Jeffcoat, facilities planning and construction
• Carl Jenkinson, English
• Pamela Jewett, instruction and teacher education
• Beth Johnson, facility services
• Alice Jones, Career Center
• Donald Jones, facility services
• Donald Jordan, math
• Todd Kennedy, English
• Ashlon Langley, media arts
• Linda Leech, rehabilitation counseling
• Julie Loggins, political science
• Mariah Lynch, business
• Ella Marshall, human resources
• David Martin, facility services
• Ginny McDowell, Career Center
• Larry Medlin, facility services
• Ed Miller, financial aid
• Heidi Mills, instruction and teacher education
• H.R. Murphy, public health
• Nelson Newbill, Carolina Shuttle
• Daniela Nitcheva, epidemiology
• Anne Orange, Career Center
• Rekha Patel, biological sciences
• Esther Richey, English
• Ronda Sanders, math
• Dwayne Sandlin, facility services
• Connie Scrivens, admissions
• Laura Smith, journalism
• James Sodetz, chemistry
• Kate Sutton, dance
• Tucky Taylor, Thomas Cooper Library
• Sandy Tomes, Career Center
• Kindel Turner-Nash, reading instruction
• Jack Turner, orientation and testing
• Jeanene G. Varner, instruction and teacher education
• David E. Willer, sociology
• Carol Williams, library and information science.

5/07