Ashley Blanton, Dr. Kelly Graves, Wendy Scott and Christopher Townsend, clinicians in the Center for Behavioral Health and Wellness, are the first four nationally certified clinicians in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy in the Triad region of North Carolina and only 17 in the state of North Carolina. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is a treatment model designed to treat posttraumatic stress and related emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents.

D. Cherie Lofton, program/music director at WNAA 90.1 FM, has been selected by Café Mocha Radio to receive the Salute Her: Quite Fire Award for her longevity and groundbreaking career. The award will be presented at the Salute Her: Superwomen Making a Difference day of empowerment and brunch on Saturday, June 21, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in downtown Newark.

Dr. Ewuukgem Lomo-David, associate professor in the Department of Business Education, has published two articles this year. “Evaluation of retail service quality using Analytic Hierarchy Process,” coauthored by Dr. Madhurima Deb of the Indian Institute of Management, appears in the International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management (Vol. 42, No. 6). “The Bane of Crude Oil Exploitation on the Lives of the Niger Deltans of Nigeria,” coauthored by Dr. Finomo Julia Awajiusuk, University of Port Harcourt, appears in the Journal of International Studies and Development (Vol. 4, pp. 117-141).

Lomo-David also presented a paper, “Examination of Data Breaches in the Healthcare Provider Industry and Essential Factors for Recovery,” at the Sixth Annual General Business Conference in Huntsville, Texas, April 10–12. Deb was the coauthor.

At the invitation of North Carolina Triad Teaching Fellows, Lomo-David presented “Unconventional Education: Now the Real Expiration of Ancient Greek Aristotelian Peripatetic Philosophy,” at the North Carolina Triad Teaching Fellows Intercollegiate Conference that was April 5 on the campus of at N.C. A&T.

Dr. Frank I. Mullins, assistant professor of management, has been named a 2014-2015 Louis O. Kelso Research Fellow at Rutgers University in the School of Management and Labor Relations. This fellowship, in the amount of $12,500, is given for the study of employee ownership, profit sharing, and broad-based stock options in the corporation and society in the United States.

Cheryl Pollard-Burns has been named director of undergraduate admissions. Prior to this appointment, Pollard-Burns served as interim director of undergraduate admissions while a national search was conducted, and as the senior associate director of undergraduate admissions. She has over 15 years of experience in admissions and enrollment, most recently serving at Winston-Salem State University.

Pollard-Burns has over 15 years of experience in the admissions and enrollment management arena. She completed her bachelor’s degree at Winston Salem State University and received her master’s degree from N.C. A&T.

Dr. Lijun Wang (left), associate professor of biological engineering, is editor of and contributor to a new 583-page, 25-chapter textbook from the Taylor & Francis Group’s CRC Press Imprint, Sustainable Bioenergy Production. The book provides analysis and design of sustainable biomass production, bioenergy processing and biorefinery systems for professionals in the bioenergy field. Wang is the author of a chapter on food processing wastes as an energy feedstock and co-author of chapters covering animal and food processing wastes as feedstocks, biomass pyrolysis, bio-oil utilization, and anaerobic digestion of organic wastes.

Wang and Dr. Abolghasem Shahbazi, director of the biological engineering program, are part of the team of authors of a chapter on mathematical modeling in biomass and bioenergy systems. Wang also serves as one of six lead researchers for A&T’s Bioenergy Center, which operates under Shahbazi’s direction. The team was recently presented the university’s 2014 Research Team Award for recognition of ongoing research into conversion of agricultural biomass into liquid and hydrogen fuels.