Officer Eric Aquiar, Public Safety, has had several articles published in Law Enforcement Today, including “Want a Successful Career? Develop Emotional Intelligence” and “The Social Liability of Police Leadership.”

Charlene Bearden, ESL, Clarkston, recently completed her term as chair of Bylaws and Standing Rules for the DeKalb Chapter of International Association of Administrative Professionals.

Adam Stone, political science, Dunwoody and Alpharetta, was asked by public radio's WABE-FM for his political expertise in the station's story on former Gov. Zell Miller endorsing Michelle Nunn in the upcoming U.S. Senate race. The story was broadcast on Aug. 15. Stone said he believes the endorsement will help Nunn make inroads with older, more conservative voters outside metro Atlanta.

Robert “Bob” Knowles, humanities, Clarkston, has published his first book, “Free Men Shall Stand: 12 Generations Fight for American Liberty.” In it, he details how, beginning with the Mayflower in 1620, twelve generations of the Knowles family have served in battle as soldiers and officers of the American military forces. He recounts ancestors who fought at Bunker Hill in the Revolutionary War, with Sherman in the Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War, as well as in the two World Wars and in Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf. “All were volunteers or were called in wartime to defend American freedom against its adversaries,” says Knowles. “Some were wounded. All faced isolation, danger and hardship. All were transformed by their warrior experience. After their wars, they left the service and returned home, prepared to rear and lead a new generation of Americans. This is our story.”

Tiffany Flowers, education, online, has been named winner of the Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Award from the National Council for the Teachers of English. The award will be presented at the group’s annual conference in November in Washington, D.C. According to their website, “The mission of the council is to promote the development of literacy, the use of language to construct personal and public worlds and to achieve full participation in society, through the learning and teaching of English and the related arts and sciences of language.” The purpose of the Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Award is to provide early career educators of color a national forum for professional collaboration and development.

Tamra Ortgies Young, political science, Dunwoody, co-published an article in the blind-peer reviewed journal, Prism: A Journal of Regional Engagement, published by Eastern Kentucky University. The article, “MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transportation Authority) and Me: A Tale of Regional Engagement,” appeared in the July 2014 issue. Her co-author was Jonathan Harris of Clayton State University and formally GPC’s digital media coordinator supervising the MediaSpot labs.