Two Georgia Perimeter College leaders have been selected for the University System of Georgia’s Executive Leadership Institute. Dr. Paulos Yohannes, college-wide science dean, and Dr. Matthew Robison, dean of student services for Clarkston Campus, are among 41 leaders from 29 institutes and the system office chosen for the leadership development program. This is the fifth year the USG has sponsored the executive leadership program. Over the next seven months, Yohannes and Robison will attend scheduled meetings to engage in leadership challenges, coaching and exposure opportunities that are designed to enhance their self-awareness, broaden their perspectives and build their social capital.

Counselors Yolanda Fountain, Dunwoody, and Dr. Rufus Larkin, Newton, have successfully met professional supervision standards established by the Center for Credentialing and Education and thus have earned certification and recognition as Approved Clinical Supervisors. This credential identifies them as counseling professionals who provide mental health services and who have met approved national standards for providing supervision and training.

On Oct. 2, the National College Learning Center Association surprised Alan Craig, interim director of GPC’s Learning and Tutoring Centers, with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the group’s 29th annual conference in Albuquerque, N.M., “for his years of dedication and commitment to the field of learning assistance.” This was only the sixth such award given by the organization and the first since 2011. At the conference, Craig presented an invited pre-conference session for new learning center directors for the ninth straight year. He is a past president of NCLCA and was a board member for six years.  He is currently serving a second three-year term as NCLCA’s representative on the Council of Learning Assistance and Developmental Education Associations.

Film professor Elizabeth Lathrop, Clarkston, is hosting two films as part of the Landmark Midtown’s Cinema Classics series: Louis Malle’s“Elevator to the Gallows” on Oct. 28 and Jean-Luc Godard’s “Contempt” on Nov. 11.

Dr. Gregg Murray, English, Dunwoody, will have his poetry published in the upcoming issues of Birmingham Poetry Review, Carolina Quarterly, Sou'wester, Quiddity and Phantom Drift.

Dr. Michael Anderson, coordinator of Disability Services at Dunwoody, was awarded his doctorate in counseling and student personnel services from the University of Georgia in August. The department held a reception Sept. 24 to honor his achievement.

The Sept. 23 DeKalb Symphony Orchestra concert debuted a new jazz-infused piece titled “An Indoor Overture” by composer and music faculty member Greg McLean.  This commissioned composition was written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Georgia Perimeter College and the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra.

Fran Mohr was elected as sergeant at arms for the Gwinnett-Tucker Toastmasters Club #833. She is working to earn the Competent Communicator distinction.

Mark Flowers, economics, Newton, has published a book, “Three-Handed Economist Solutions in an Ideologically Cornered World.”

GPC personal counselors Yolanda Fountain, Dunwoody, and Loni Crumb, Newton, presented at the 2014 Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference Oct. 9-11 in Birmingham. Crumb presented “The Intersection of Retention and Attrition: Supporting Doctoral Students Navigating Multiple Identities,” while Fountain presented “Help, I’m Suffocating! Shame and Resistance in Supervision.”

Georgia Perimeter College’s Health and Wellness team attended the Georgia Recreation & Sports Association’s State Workshop Sept. 25-26 at Columbus State University. GPC attendees included Robert Edwards, Tammy Stanton, Jason Brown, Brandi Meriwether, Rodney Pegues and Jenny Lee. Also, Rodney Pegues led the GRSA business meeting as the organization’s new director. His term runs through April 2015.

Dr. Stuart Noel, English dean, was a visiting scholar at the Tennessee Williams Tribute in Columbus, Miss., in September. He presented his paper on Williams’ play, “Sweet Bird of Youth,” and led a discussion after a screening of the 1962 film version of the play.

Brenda Sudan, reading, Decatur, was awarded the Certificate of Excellence in Research from Georgia State University’s Journalism History Society for her paper, “The Historical Impact of Frederick Douglass’s North Star on the Abolitionist Movement, 1847-1851.” She presented the paper at the American Journalism Historians Association Southeastern Conference in Panama City, Fla.