Dr. Ronald Drayton, Midlands Technical College vice president of academic affairs, has received the 2008 National Council for Learning Resources Administrative Leadership Award.

Dr. Ronald Drayton Katherine S. Haltiwanger has been named assistant vice president of marketing and administration of Red Rock Developments.

Five incumbents and four new board members have been elected to the Francis Marion University Board of Trustees by the General Assembly. New board members are Laura Stroman Crowther, Brad Boles, J. Kevin O'Kelly, and Timothy Norwood.

Sher ra Scott of Quality Practice Management has completed the Real Estate Professional AssistantSM certification training through the National Association of REALTORS®.

Sister Judith Ann Karam, president and CEO of Sisters of Charity Health System, has received the Order of the Palmetto Award. Dunah Gandy, volunteer for Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals, has been recognized for more than 12,700 hours of service since 1991.

Vector Marketing has opened a new sales office in Columbia, run by branch manager Anthony Mercer.

Sister Judith Ann Karam USC dance students Olivia Anderson, Carolyn Bolton, Ben Hankinson, Bonnie

Boiter- Jolley, McCree O'Kelley, Lindsay Schatzer, and Ryan Thomas have been selected to perform Alan Hineline's ballet Twist at the National American College Dance Festival.

Alan Richardson has joined Carter Goble Lee as a senior associate, and Paul T. Chastant ll has joined as a senior associate architect. Major Mark A. Keel has been nominated as S.C. director of the Department of Public Safety by the State Senate.

Columbia City Ballet has completed its most successful fundraiser in its 48- year history, raising over $18,000 during the Dancing Under the Stars gala.

Alan Richardson Dunah Gandy Paul T. Chastant II