Dr.Katherine Barbieri, associate professor of political science at USC, has been named a fellow with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.

Gus Dixon Lambert Guinn, third- year USC student, has been named the 2008 Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year by the Richland County Court Appointed Special Advocates.

Chr isty Seguin has joined Coldwell Banker United Realtors ®, as a sales associate.

The SC Association of Nonprofit Organizations has been given the Best Recruitment and Promotion Efforts award by the S.C. Society of Association Executives.

The S.C. Depar tment of Health and Environmental Control has won the American Stroke Association's 2008 Power to End Stroke State Strategic Alliance award.

Jeffrey Reeves, senior vice president of Wachovia Bank, has signed on as the corporate chair for the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's 2008 Light The Night® Walk.

Practical Law Company's 2008

Which Lawyer? Yearbook has named Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough as the only highly recommended firm in S.C. for corporate mergers and acquisitions work. Partner Gus Dixon has been named the only highly recommended individual in the field in S.C. by the Yearbook. Dan Fritze has been named the "recommended" individual in Corporate/

Jane Napier M&A work by the Yearbook

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Jane Napier and Helen Kingkade have received the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence awards for Midlands Technical College.

Barry J. Brantley has been named senior vice president of South Carolina Bank and Trust.

Barry J. Brantley