ARCHITECTURE

- Adam Cohen, co-founder of Structures Design Build, has received certification from the Passivhaus Institute in Germany as a Certified European Passivhaus Planner.


EDUCATION

- Dr. Earl Gaughan has joined the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech as a clinical professor of large animal surgery in the department of large animal clinical sci-ences. Dr. Katie Boes has joined the faculty as a clinical instructor of clinical pathology in the department of biomedical sciences and pathobiology.

- Roland Walters Jr., director of the career services office at Ferrum College, is the 2011 recipient of the Leadership & Service Award from the College of Education at Penn State University.

- Charles Cosmato has been appointed director of the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning at Radford University.

- Marissa Rylander, an associate professor jointly appointed in the mechanical engineering department and the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences at Virginia Tech, is the recipient of the 2012 Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award.

- Scott Weimer has been named director of continuing and professional education at Virginia Tech.

- Radford University's College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences announced the following new faculty members: Aryn Bartley, assistant professor, department of English; Kevin Bowers, assistant professor, School of Communication; Tanya Corbin, assistant professor, department of political science; Joe Jones, chairman and professor, department of philosophy and religion; Taj Mahon-Haft, assistant professor, department of criminal justice; Gabriella Smith, instructor, department of sociology; Paul Thomas, assistant professor, department of philosophy and religious studies; Allison Wisecup, assistant professor, department of sociology; and Daniel Woods, assistant professor, department of English.

- Morris Cregger is the new chairman of the Roanoke College Board of Trustees.


FINANCIAL

- Betty Figall, Jamie Artutis and Andrea Milliron were named vice presidents of Member One Federal Credit Union.


LAW

- Timothy Heaphy, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia, has been appointed to the advisory committee for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.


MEDICAL

- Kristin Conrad of Carilion Clinic Obstetrics and Gynecology Blacksburg has been named 2011 Midwife of the Year by the Southwest Virginia Regional Midwives Group.

- Manly Aylor and Paul Kuhnel have been named board directors of Project Access of the Roanoke Valley.


ORGANIZATIONS

- The Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce has elected officers for 2012: John Francis Jr., chairman; Dan Motley, chairman-elect; Ken Lanford, past chairman; Barry Henderson, vice chairman/membership; Harvey Brookins, vice chairman/economic development; Melinda Chitwood, treasurer; John Parrott, vice chairman/at large; Vickie Bibee, vice chairwoman/public policy; and Joyce Waugh, president and secretary. New members of the board of directors: Garry Norris, Ted LeNeave, Jonathan Hagmaier, Tamea Woodward, Scott Hodge, Roger Elkin, Steve Strauss, Ryan Patterson, Betsy Head and Leonard Wheeler.

- The Roanoke Regional Home Builders Association has named its 2012 officers: Brad Graham, president; Pete McKnight, vice president; Gary Judd, secretary; Frank Caldwell IV, treasurer; Brenda Giles, vice president/associate; and Neal Frank-Rempel, immediate past president. The association also announced the following awards: James Harlow, rookie of the year; Brad Graham, member of the year-builder; and Brett Bennett, member of the year-associate.


OTHER

- Ted Faulkner has been named Virginia Tech's new director of dining services.

- Miguel Nunez has joined SiteVision Inc. as Web application developer.

- John Long was named the Sodexo general manager at Warm Hearth Village.


REAL ESTATE

- Courtney Traylor, leasing consultant for Knollwood Condominium in Blacksburg, was selected 2011 leasing consultant of the year by the New River Valley Apartment Council.

- Christine Kaempfe and Kent Roberts of Cushman & Wakefield/Thalhimer have been elected as directors on the newly merged 2012 CCIM DC/Maryland/VA Chapter board of directors.

- Bitsy Davis, manager of Long & Foster's Smith Mountain Lake office, has been named 2011 Realtor of the year by the Roanoke Valley Association of Realtors.

- The Roanoke Valley Association of Realtors has announced its new officers: Melissa Morgan, president; Betty Kingery, president-elect; Donna Greer, vice president; Adam Lynch, director; and Bryan Musselwhite, director.

- Steve Turner and Ann Stobbe-laar have joined Lichtenstein Rowan Realtors.