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external recognition continued TR I C I A BURKE Division of the National Communication Association and the 2016 Outstanding Article of the Year from the Journal of Family Communication . Marian L. Houser was named an Eastern Communication Association 2016 Research Fellow. Eugene Lee won Best Actor Awards in Pittsburgh (2016) and Chicago (2015), with additional nominations in Atlanta and Boston (2015). He was the NAACP Theatre Award Best Actor in 1990, and his play East Texas Hot Links won the 1994 AUDELCO Award in New York for Best New Play. Stephanie L. Dailey received the 2015 Rising Star Award from the Training and Development Division of the National Communication Association. Martin McCain won two 2015 Billboard Global Music Awards Silver Medals. Todd Oxford was nominated for a Grammy (Contemporary Instrumental Album Category) for his 2014 solo CD Synaesthesia ; it won two Global Music Awards Silver Medals. His 2016 solo CD Tango Magnetism also won two Global Music Awards Silver Medals. He earned two other Global Music Awards in 2013. Tricia Burke (pictured) received the 2014 Article of the Year from the Journal of Family Communication . Rebekah Fox received the 2014 Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career Research Award from the Southern States Communication Association. Rebekah Fox and Ann Burnette received the 2014 James Madison Prize from the Free Speech Division of the Southern States Communication Association. TOM GR IMES Craig Hella Johnson was selected by the Texas Commission on the Arts as the 2013 State of Texas Music Artist of the Year. In 2012, a 1996 article co-written by Tom Grimes (pictured) was recognized as one of the 50 most cited articles in the Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly’s then 84-year publishing history. Hank Hehmsoth was a 2012 MacDowell Norton Stevens Fellow in composition and a 1980 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in jazz composition. Marian Houser received the 2010 Past President’s President Award from the Eastern Communication Association. Cynthia Gonzales , as a vocalist and soprano section leader with the professional choral ensemble Conspirare, sang on the Grammy-nominated albums A Company of Voices (2009), Threshold of Night (2008), and Requiem (2006). Ian Davidson and Faith DeBow were performers on Conspirare’s Grammy-nominated album A Company of Voices (2009). Chuck Ney received a 2008 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KC/ACTF) National Faculty Fellowship in Directing Award. Roseann Mandziuk received the 2008 Gender Scholar of the Year Award from the Southern States Communication Association. Maureen Keeley’s 2007 book Final Conversations: Helping the Living and the Dying Talk to Each Other (co-authored with Julie Yingling) was awarded Book of the Year in Consumer Health by the American Journal of Nursing , Silver winner Self-Help Book of the Year by Foreword HANK HEHMSOTH magazine, and Bronze winner in Aging/Death & Dying (Ippy) Award from Independent Publishing. Kaitlin Hopkins received Ovation Award nominations in 2005 and 2003 and a Drama Desk Award nomination in 2001. She performed on the original cast albums for Bat Boy: The Musical , The Great American Trailer Park Musical , and Bare: A Pop Opera . Laura Lane had principal roles in the network series Hunter , La Law , and The Nanny (C.C. Babcock); for her theatre work, she won the 1996 LA Critics Best Supporting Actress award. Roseann Mandziuk and Suzanne Fitch received the 2002 Southern States Communication Association’s Rose B. Johnson Article Award. Michelle Ney was one of 36 designers selected for the 1999 Prague Quadrennial International Design Exhibit . David Dawson , while playing with Asleep at the Wheel, won a Grammy for their song “Sugarfoot Rag” (1988). Hank Hehmsoth , (pictured) as a member of the Christopher Cross pop-rock group, won a 1981 Academy Award for Best Song for "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)." In 1980, the group won five Grammy Awards for their debut album and hit single “Sailing.” Hank Hehmsoth (pictured) performed on tour with Christopher Cross (5 years), Fleetwood Mac ( Tusk album tour), The Eagles ( The Long Run album tour), and Bonnie Raitt. SERV I CE Ann Burnette (pictured) is the 2021 Second Vice President of the Southern States Communication Association, placing her in line to be president in 2023. ANN BURNETTE Roseann Mandziuk received a 2020 Distinguished Service Award from the Southern States Communication Association. In 2020, Ames Asbell was named president-elect of the American Viola Society. Roseann Mandziuk serves as the Vice President of the National Communication Association, and she will ascend to president of NCA in 2022. Judy Oskam was the 2nd place recipient for the Scripps Howard Foundation Administrator of the Year award. Roseann Mandziuk received the 2017 National Communication Association Women’s Caucus Francine Merritt Award; she also served as the 2017 President of the Southern States Communication Association. Nico Schüler has been serving as president of the American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter since 2016. Tim England received the Kappa Tau Alpha William H. Taft Public Service Award in 2015. Todd Oxford and Hank Hehmsoth are voting members of the National Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences annual Grammy Awards. Marian Houser served as the editor of Communication Teacher from 2013-2016. Lynn Brinckmeyer served as president of the National Association for Music Educators from 2006-2008. Roseann Mandziuk was an American Council on Education Fellow in 2005-2006. 16 ■ C O L L E G E R E P O R T 2 0 2 1 ■ 17