Assistant dean for the John E. Simon School of Business and assistant professor of accounting SOMER ANDERSON, MACC, was named a regional recipient of the 2020 Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs Teaching Excellence Award.

Program director for music therapy LAURA BEER, PHD, MT-BC, co-wrote an article, Prosocial Behaviors in a Creative Arts Day Camp for Children With and Without Special Needs: A Mixed-Methods Study, which was published by The Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Director of the clinical mental health counseling program and professor of rehabilitation counseling ROBERT BERTOLINO, PHD, participated in the World Record Baseball Game at GCS Ballpark in May 2019. The event raised $100,000 for St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

STEVE COXON, PHD, executive director of Maryville’s Center for Access and Achievement and associate professor of education, received the Laura Joyner Award from the Mensa Education and Research Foundation.

Associate professor of biology STACY DONOVAN, PHD, spearheaded Maryville’s presence at the STEAM-ing Up STEM Academy, hosted by the Midwest Education Technology Community. Approximately 125 seventh-grade girls participated in a DNA extraction activity and engaged in conversations about future careers in STEM-related fields.

Chief digital transformation evangelist FENG HOU was featured by Toggle business-to-business trade journal for his expertise regarding how the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in higher education.

Distinguished writer-in-residence DANA LEVIN, MA, was a guest curator for Poem-a-Day, an original daily poetry series that published new work by contemporary poets, hosted by the Academy of American Poets.

Director of the rehabilitation counseling program and professor of rehabilitation counseling MICHAEL KIENER, PHD, was featured by the Today Show for his expertise in assistive technologies that could help deaf people or people who are hard of hearing communicate while wearing face coverings.

Director of the exercise science program and assistant professor of exercise science VICTOR KIZER, CSCS, TSAC-F, helped transition the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s Missouri State Clinic to a fully virtual event amidst the coronavirus pandemic, allowing nearly 300 registrants to secure necessary continuing education.

CAITLIN LAYER-GASKELL, MSW, LCSW, CCTP, a licensed clinical social worker for Maryville’s Counseling Center, created the Survivors Circle, a weekly confidential support group for Maryville students who identify as survivors of sexual assault, rape, intimate partner violence or harassment.