Kathy Castle, professor of practice in communication studies, has earned the Pearson Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology from the Association for Business Communication. This award recognizes innovative uses of technology to enhance learning and engagement in business communication classrooms. Castle will receive the award at the annual international conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in October. Castle is also invited to make a presentation of her work at the association's 82nd conference in 2017 in Dublin, Ireland.
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Jennine Capó Crucet, assistant professor of ethnics studies and English, earned a Best Latino-Themed Fiction Book honor as part of the International Latino Authors Awards. The award was for "Make Your Home Among Strangers," a 2015 novel about a young Cuban-American woman torn between her humble immigrant family and life in an elite American college. For more information on the book, click here.
