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ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Provost Steven House recently announced that School of Communications lecturer Randy Piland will serve as ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's first Faculty Fellow for Technology beginning January 2011.

Alexa Darby, an assistant professor of psychology, will assume the role of academic coordinator for the Civic Engagement Scholars Program effective Jan. 1, 2011.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumna Rachel Cieri, a 2010 graduate who majored in journalism, placed 11th in the Hearst Journalism Awards Feature Writing competition.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ journalism student Samantha Baranowski placed seventh in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program's Television Broadcast Features Competition I.

Thomas K. Tiemann, Jefferson Pilot Professor of Economics, has been named a trustee of Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Mo.