Awards and Achievements

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Architecture|ret||ret||tab|

Gerri Kielhofner, AIA was appointed by Missouri Gov. Bob Holden to a four-year term on the state's Elevator Safety Board. The board, which was established to uphold safe installation, maintenance repair, construction and inspection of elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters and material lifts, also is responsible for elevator statutes and elevator inspector certification in the state. Kielhofner is a principal architect and shareholder at Butler, Rosenbury & Partners Inc.|ret||ret||tab|

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Communications|ret||ret||tab|

Dale Kammerich, Mike Mitchell, Dave Sharon, Sandy Vandiver, and Bill Whitworth were named to the President's Club of NuVox Communications. All were named to the club in recognition of outstanding sales efforts.|ret||ret||tab|

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Community|ret||ret||tab|

Julie March, curator of the History Museum for Springfield-Greene County, received the Governor's Humanities Award for Excellence in Community Heritage in Jefferson City. David Harrison received the Governor's Humanities Award for Excellence in Public Involvement.|ret||ret||tab|

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Education|ret||ret||tab|

Kevin Henderson was named the first Sue Rollins Continuing Studies Educator of the Year by Drury University's College of Graduate and Continuing Studies. Henderson began teaching at Drury in 1994. He holds a master of arts in English and a bachelor of arts, summa cum laude, both from Southwest Missouri State University. He also teaches at the Cox College of Nursing and Health Sciences.|ret||ret||tab|

Gary S. Liddle, associate professor of biblical studies at Evangel University, is the recipient of the 2001 E.M. and Estella Clark Award for Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship and Service. The award, which includes an unrestricted cash grant, is presented annually at the University's graduation ceremonies.|ret||ret||tab|

Ozarks Technical Community College was recommended for the maximum 10-year accreditation by a team from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The team cited seven strengths of the school, including exceptional equipment and facility support for the school's programs, and an involved and dedicated board of trustees.|ret||ret||tab|

Shirley Shedd, chair of the communication department at Evangel University, was one of 33 professors to receive an "Excellence in Education" certificate at the Delta Kappa Gamma state convention awards luncheon in April. She been a member of the Alpha Gamma chapter in Springfield since 1969, and the Beta Mu chapter was formed under her presidency in the 1970s.|ret||ret||tab|

Southwest Missouri State University's secondary social studies and secondary English certification programs were recently reaccredited by the National Council for Social Studies and the National Council of Teachers of English, respectively. Both programs were rated as "exceptionally strong" by the accrediting agencies.|ret||ret||tab|

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Financial Services|ret||ret||tab|

The Metro Credit Union of Springfield elected Jim Barber, William Davidson and Kerry Keller to a three-year term on the board of directors. Mike Rude was elected for a two-year term. On the Supervisory Committee, Dave O'Dell was elected to a three-year term and Charles Jerman was elected to a two-year unexpired term.|ret||ret||tab|

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Insurance|ret||ret||tab|

Chuck Chalender, an agent with American Family Insurance, was awarded the company's Life Diamond Award recognizing a superior level of life insurance and long term care sales for 2000.|ret||ret||tab|

Stephen M. Kersting, a Modern Woodmen of America district representative, completed a five-day educational program at the Fraternal Life Insurance society's headquarters in Rock Island, Ill.|ret||ret||tab|

Heidi J. Lee, divisional director of marketing of Christian Health Care of Missouri, was named a Who's Who in Executive and Professionals by National Register and will be featured in the 2002 edition.|ret||ret||tab|

The Loomis Insurance Agency Inc. of Springfield was named one of Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company's Top 10 agencies of the year for 2000.|ret||ret||tab|

Nick Love of Love Insurance and Financial Services received three industry awards: the Million Dollar Round Table, National Quality Award and National Sales Achievement Award.|ret||ret||tab|

Tim B. Piatchek of LUTCF Insurance Services Agency received the Master Builder honor club award for sales production in 2000 with the Mutual of Omaha Companies.|ret||ret||tab|

Ron Williams, CIC, Ollis & Company Insurors, was honored as a Five-Star producer by GuideOne Mutual Insurance Company. The award was presented during the company's annual convention held this year at Palm Desert, Calif. Williams is a certified insurance counselor serving church and school clients in Springfield and the Midwest. GuideOne, located in Des Moines, Iowa, is the largest insurer of churches and colleges in the United States.|ret||ret||tab|

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Leadership|ret||ret||tab|

The following business leaders were selected for Leadership Missouri, a seven-month leadership enhancement program sponsored by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce: Pamela Armstrong, senior manager information technology, City Utilities of Springfield; Jim Baker PhD, executive assistant to the president, Southwest Missouri State University; W.D. Blackmon PhD, English department head, SMSU; and Dwayne Fulk, attorney and partner, Neale & Newman LLP.|ret||ret||tab|

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Mailing Service|ret||ret||tab|

Tricia Kerley, customer service manager at Ozark Mailing Service Inc., was certified by the United States Postal Service as a Mailpiece Quality Control Specialist.|ret||ret||tab|

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Manufacturing|ret||ret||tab|

Embroidery House of Nixa announced that Tom Tungseth was certified as a factory-trained technician by Barudan, a manufacturer of embroidery machines. Tungseth attended training for the designation in Greensboro, N.C.|ret||ret||tab|

The Maiman Company of Springfield, an architectural door manufacturer, was recognized by the CGU Insurance Company for its outstanding achievement in safety. The company has gone approximately 700,000 hours without a lost workday due to an injury or accident.|ret||ret||tab|

Positronic Industries Inc. received a Gold Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Compliance Award at the Missouri Water Environment Association's 72nd annual meeting. Winners of this award must be in complete compliance with all wastewater discharge and reporting requirements, must have an industrial wastewater treatment facility or pollution prevention program, and must have a history of good relations with the nominating city or sewer district.|ret||ret||tab|

Premier Turbines of Neosho was named the 2001 Missouri Industry of the Year in the medium-size company classification.|ret||ret||tab|

Willow Brook Foods received a Gold Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Compliance Award at the Missouri Water Environment Association's 72nd Annual Meeting.|ret||ret||tab|

Virginia Wise of Megavolt completed the requirements for a Human Resource certificate from the SMSU Management Development Institute.|ret||ret||tab|

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Training|ret||ret||tab|

Musette Baird from The Great Game of Business Inc. completed the requirements for a human resources certificate from the SMSU Management Development Institute. |ret||ret||tab|

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Transportation|ret||ret||tab|

Tom Hornbuckle of the Springfield franchise of Two Men and a Truck International earned the Triple Diamond Market Share Award in moving in recognition of having the highest packing sales revenue based on publication. His franchise also received the Triple Diamond Market Share Award in packing for market share exceeding 16 percent.|ret||ret||tab|

Janet Miller, human resources director for Jenkins Diesel, completed requirements for a human resource certificate. This represents a total of 61 classroom hours of instruction in eight modules. The certification came from Southwest Missouri State University Management Development Institute.|ret||ret||tab|

The Missouri Department of Transportation received the Trailblazer Award from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials for outstanding team efforts in its departments. MoDOT was commended particularly for its 1999 comprehensive customer service quality survey.|ret||ret||tab|

Prime Inc. recently joined with the Drug Enforcement Administration to stop the transport of illegal narcotics into the United States. With the help of Prime Inc., the DEA was able to obtain several hundred pounds of marijuana and cocaine and make several arrests in New Mexico.|ret||ret||tab|

Lynn H. Thompson, president of Thompson Pontiac-GMC-Cadillac, was named a recipient of the 2001 TIME Magazine Quality Dealer Award.|ret||ret||tab|

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Veterinary Medicine|ret||ret||tab|

Philip R. Brown, DVM, Michael Pfander, DVM, and Douglas Hardy, DVM, recently attended the Missouri Veterinary Association Convention at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach.[[In-content Ad]]