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Catherine McNeela, professor of performing arts and coordinator of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's music theatre program, has been named the university's William S. Long Professor, an honor named for the institution's first president. McNeela's appointment was made by President Leo M. Lambert in recognition of her 20 years of outstanding teaching, scholarship and leadership in developing ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s nationally recognized Music Theatre program.

Former Phoenix linebacker Chad Nkang has signed a contract to play with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.

A 2009 ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumna will have a documentary she produced as a student broadcast this month on One Africa TV. Erin Barnett's film, "My Name is Anita," introduces viewers to Anita Isaacs, a former Periclean-in-Residence at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ and an HIV/AIDS activist in Namibia.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumnus Preston Williams Jr. ’09 was named one of four recipients of this year’s Diane Kent-Parker First Year Teacher Award in the Wake County Public School System, which serves more than 139,000 students in North Carolina’s second most populous county.