Julius Dodds, site director of two campuses for Chattanooga State Community College, has been named a Maxine Smith Fellow by the Tennessee Board of Regents.

Mr. Dodds oversees educational operations at a Chattanooga State technical training center in Eastgate Towne Centre and the campus at 7158 Lee Highway.

The Maxine Smith Fellows program originated as a career development initiative by the board of regents for black employees. Over a 10-month period, Fellows attend workshops, observe the TBR decision-making and policy-implementation processes. This year, fellows are focusing on possibilities presented by social networking and on how these technologies can benefit the community college environment.

Fellows are partnered with senior TBR members. Mr. Dodds' mentor is Dr. Gary Goff, president of Roan State Community College.

Myers receives national award

The American Physical Therapy Association has awarded Keith Myers, PTA and new regional director for BenchMark Physical Therapy clinics, with "Recognition of Advanced Proficiency for the Physical Therapist Assistant (musculoskeletal)."

He will attend a reception held in his honor at the APTA's 2010 annual conference in Boston.

Mr. Myers graduated from Chattanooga State Community College with a degree in physical therapy. In 2006 he was named Chattanooga State's Clinic Instructor of the Year. He has been employed with BenchMark for eight years, and was named BenchMark Clinic Director of the Year in 2008.

Scholarship recipients

* The Chattanooga Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners awarded its 2009 scholarships for $1,000 to Adam Baldwin, Cortney Edmondson, and Stacy Taylor. The three recipients were selected from 15 applicants attending area colleges and universities.

Mr. Baldwin and Ms. Edmondson attend the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Ms. Taylor attends Covenant College.

* Faith Susanna Hargraves has been awarded a Leadership Scholarship from Chick-fil-A. The daughter of Boyd and Donna Hargraves, is a homeschool graduate who now attends Chattanooga State Community College.

Levin published in journal

Dr. Todd Levin of the Chattanooga Allergy Clinic had an article published in the November issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

His article, "Cross-reactivity Between Cockroach and Ladybug Using the Radioallergosorbent Test," studied the incidence of ladybug allergy in the general population and found it to be approximately 10 percent.

Cockroaches and ladybugs, both common indoor allergens, were determined to be partially cross-reactive, meaning that the proteins that cause allergy in each insect are similar in structure. The article stated that people with infestations of either may suffer from similar symptoms, including increased asthma symptoms, congestion, runny nose, and itching involving both the eyes and nose.

For more information, contact Dr. Levin at Chattanooga Allergy Clinic, 899-0431.

Truax leading Christian group

The board of directors of Christian BusinessMens Connection announces that Lee Truax has accepted the position of president of CBMC.

Mr. Truax has been an active member of the ministry for more than two decades. He has served in various roles of responsibility in Christian ministry organizations; as field staff director for Discipleship Network of America and as family conference chairman and ministry associate, since 1995, with CBMC.

Mr. Truax leaves a 22-year career as an information technology executive, where he served in product development and management positions for companies including Advanced Micro Devices, Hewlett-Packard, Memorex Telex and Zenith Data Systems.

Currently a resident of Hubbardston, Mass., where he is employed by Advanced Micro Devices, Mr. Truax will relocate his family to Chattanooga.

Johns wins state GED award

Michael Johns, a Georgia Northwestern Technical College construction management student, has been selected to receive the Exceptional Adult Georgians in Literacy Education GED Student of the Year award for Georgia.

The award was presented Oct. 29 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hotel during the annual GED awards luncheon.

The award was established to honor exceptional students in the GED and English as a Second Language programs at the state level. Honorees are chosen based on their academic achievements, reasons for enrollment in adult education programs, their promotion of adult education programs, and letters of recommendation from their instructors.