Kudos: Alumna receives SACSA Dissertation of the Year Award; Panaou receives state award, recognition for novel; Student worker creates Spotlight on the Arts design

Alumna receives SACSA Dissertation of the Year Award

Claire DePalma (Ed.D. ’23), an alumna of the student affairs leadership program, received the 2023 Dissertation of the Year Award from the Southern Association for College Student Affairs (SACSA) for her dissertation, “Antiracist Praxis by White Women in Student Affairs.”

She has been invited to present her dissertation results at SACSA’s 2023 annual conference on Monday, Nov. 6 at 3:30 p.m. in Atlanta.

Panaou receives Cypress State Award, recognition by International Youth Library for novel

Petros Panaou, clinical professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, won the Cyprus State Award for the Best Book Addressed to Older Children and Youth for his middle grades novel “Operation Logos: The Mobile Phone Mystery.” Called “The State Award” because it is organized and sponsored by the government of Cyprus, it is the most prestigious literary award in the country. There will be a formal award ceremony, under the auspices of the Minister of Education and Culture, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, and TV spots about the book will be broadcasted on live TV and social media.

Additionally, the International Youth Library, an international institution based in Munich, Germany, selected the book as one of the best 200 books in the world deemed worthy to be translated and published in other languages. They did so by including the book in the celebrated White Ravens list, which they curate and publish annually. They exhibit and promote selected books at international book fairs across the globe.

Student worker creates 2023 Spotlight on the Arts design

Congrats to Megan Montgomery, the communications team’s student worker, who created the design for this year’s Spotlight on the Arts festival going on throughout November.