Agriculture Hammons Black Walnuts was certified in compliance with Non-GMO Project standards. The designation means Hammons’ products were 100 percent natural and free from chemicals, pesticides or mass commercialized processes.
Architecture Layne Hunton joined the design team of Butler, Rosenbury & Partners Inc. as an intern architect. Hunton holds a bachelor’s in architecture from Drury University.
Banking and Finance Metropolitan National Bank promoted Nancy Akromis to manager and named Shari Schirmang assistant manager of the Branson West banking center. Akromis and Schirmang joined the bank in 2006. Schirmang transferred to Branson West from the bank’s Kimberling City branch.
First Home Bank promoted Tyrell Molleck to vice president. Molleck, who holds a bachelor’s in finance from Missouri State University and has seven years of banking experience, also serves as manager of First Home’s Crane branch.
Terry Daniels, a chartered financial analyst and senior research analyst at Pension Consultants Inc., was awarded the 2014 CFA Society St. Louis Bulls Eye for Crude Oil Spot Price for his forecasts of West Texas Intermediate futures.
Education The work of Southwest Baptist University professor Tim DeClue will be published in the May Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. DeClue, chairman of the school’s computer and information sciences department, prepared a tutorial for Earsketch, a programming environment that combines code writing and music production.
Nixa Public Schools was named one of the Best Public School Districts in Missouri by Niche.com, which ranks educational institutions nationwide based on student and parent reviews.
The Missouri Bar Advisory Committee on Citizenship Education awarded Nixa junior Jarrod Griffin the 2015 Dr. Warren H. Solomon Civic Virtue Award. The youngest recipient of the award, Griffin organized classmates to participate in the state bar association’s citizen-education competition, entitled We The People.
Government Six Springfield-area communities were named clean-water grant recipients in the state’s Small Community Engineering Assistance Program. Aurora, Lockwood and Miller received $48,000 apiece; Cassville, $40,000; Hartville, $20,000; and Seymour, $16,500.
Health Care Loehr Chiropractic & Acupuncture hired Chandler Grega and Adam Loehr as chiropractic assistants and Joetta Kessler as administrative assistant.
Real Estate Keller Williams Realty agent Steven Shelley received designation as a global property specialist. Shelley markets his listings in 19 languages to 600,000 agents globally.
Affiniti Management Services promoted Les Butterfield to community director for three Beacon Student Housing properties and Rick Shortt to director of sales and marketing. Affiniti Management also named Daniel Stoll leasing director of Beacon Student Housing and Tamara Simpson senior community director for Miller O’Reilly Student Housing, which includes The Jefferson, Deep Elm and The Q’ube. Stoll holds a bachelor’s in antiquities and near Eastern studies, and Simpson previously managed the front office for Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Springfield. [[In-content Ad]]
A relocation to Nixa from Republic and a rebranding occurred for Aspen Elevated Health; Kuick Noodles LLC opened; and Phelps County Bank launched a new southwest Springfield branch.
