Dean James K. Gentry received the Society of American Business Editors and Writers' Distinguished Achievement Award at the society's 40th anniversary meeting in Boston in April. The award has been presented annually since 1993 to those who have advanced business journalism through nurturing others and through outstanding career performance. Dean Gentry was SABEW's first executive director, serving from 1985 to 1991, presiding over its growth from 130 members to more than 1,000. Now it has 3,200 members.

Charles Marsh received two awards for academic papers from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. His work on "Aristotelian Causal Analysis and Advertising Copywriting" was the outstanding faculty research paper in the open division in the AEJMC Southeast Colloquium. His paper on "Literary Journalism and Aristotle's Poetics" placed second in the magazine division and will be presented at the 2003 national convention.

Kerry Benson and Malcolm Gibson were among seven finalists for the HOPE Award, given by the University's senior class, and Tim Bengtson, a former winner, was nominated.

Larry Baden received two awards from student honor societies. The Golden Key National Honor Society presented him its award for excellence in teaching, advising and service. The Order of Omega gave him its outstanding faculty award. The group represents the students in the top 3 percent in grade point averages among all fraternities and sororities.

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Shannon Campbell and Maria Len-Rios were chosen to attend the Clinical Research Roundtable on "Exploring New Models for Engaging the Public in the Clinical Research Enterprise," sponsored by the Institute of Medicine in Washington. Participating organizations included the Centers for Disease Control, Genentech, the American Cancer Society, WebMD and the Washington Post.

Len-Rios was one of 40 scholars invited to participate in the California Endowment's Conference on Food and Beverage Marketing to Children in June 2003. The conference involving representatives of universities, nonprofit organizations and advocacy groups nationwide discussed ways to combat childhood and teen obesity.

Len-Rios was one of 15 educators selected to attend the Poynter Teaching Workshop at Indiana University in summer 2003.

Bob Basow was appointed to the International Advertising Education Committee of the American Academy of Advertising