A student walks past the student enrollment center at Chattanooga State Technical Community College in this Feb. 5, 2014, photo.Chef Shannon Johnson to direct Chattanooga State culinary center
Chef Shannon Johnson has been named director of the Michael P. Hennen Hospitality and Culinary Center at Chattanooga State Community College.
He is a graduate of Central High School and received an associate’s degree in culinary arts from Johnson & Wales University. He has 25 years of experience in the food industry, including serving as an executive chef for Walt Disney World, vice president of culinary and menu strategy teams at Applebee’s and executive chef/director of menu innovation for McDonald’s Corp.
Cawood nominated for sound editors’ award
Dustin Cawood, assistant professor of communication at Lee University, was recently nominated for a Motion Picture Sound Editor’s Guild Golden Reel Award in the “Feature Animation” category. He was nominated for his work on Laika Entertainment’s “The Boxtrolls.”