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Employee/Alumni Briefs

Professor of Special Education Michael F. Shaughnessy has been asked to continue to serve on the Academic Advisory Board for Annual Editions: Educational Psychology.

Eastern New Mexico University employee Sharon Cabeldue passed away Thursday. Cabeldue was the secretary for University Police for many years. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Third and Kilgore Church of Christ in Portales.

Retired education professor Kathy Peca has passed away. Services are pending.

ENMU graduate Timothy J. Hudson has been hired as the first dean of the new School of Communication at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pa.

ENMU graduate Tracy Simmons won first place for 2009 In-depth Religion Reporting in the under 100,000 circulation category from the American Academy of Religion. She is expected to attend a ceremony in Montreal, Canada, where she’ll receive a glass trophy and a $1,000 prize.

Simmons lives in Connecticut and works for the Waterbury Republican-American.