Awards


Staff Awards

Marcella Middleton

Youth partner trainer Marcella Middleton received the NCSU College of Humanities and Social Science’s EHRA Award of Excellence in 2016 for her passionate commitment to bettering the lives of children in foster care.

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Stacy Quillen

Stacy Quillen won the NCSU Pride of the Wolfpack Award in 2015, which recognizes faculty and staff who contribute to their college or the university each year through leadership, high quality work, and fostering positive relationships.

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Claudia Kearney

Family partner trainer Claudia Kearney is one of only five employees to receive a University Award for Excellence in 2014. She was lauded for providing outreach and training to all of North Carolina's 100 counties.

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Opal Mann Green Engagement and Scholarship Award

In 2013, the Center was honored wtih the Opal Mann Green Engagement and Scholarship Award, which recognizes the contributions of the center and its partners to supporting safe, healthy, and productive families and communities and to generating societally relevant scholarship.

From Left to Right
Back Row: Kara Allen-Eckard (NCSU), Stacy Comey (NCSU), Dr. Joan Pennell (NCSU), Gail Cormier (NC Families United), Nancy Carter (Independent Living Resources), and Marianne Latz (NCSU)
Front Row: Jenny King (NCSU), Chaney Stokes (NCSU and SaySo), Margaret Heil (NCSU, representing Joanne Scaturro of NC Division of Social Services), and Lana Dial (NC Standing Committee on Indian Child Welfare)

Center Director, Dr. Joan Pennell is Highlighted in the "Meet the Researchers" Series

Meet our Center Director and NC State Professor Dr. Joan Pennell, who is featured in one of five new videos released by CHASS highlighting faculty research. Each is produced by undergraduates in the Department of Communication's Advanced Video Production class, taught by Jim Alchediak.

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