NEW HIRES
Daniel Hoyt
Columbia-based Coil Construction hired two assistant project mangers. Don Prose has responsibilities for assisting management for the University of Missouri Greek housing projects this summer and the renovation of the fine arts building at Central Methodist University in Fayette. Prose is currently pursuing his professional engineer’s license and received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from MU. Daniel Hoyt’s responsibilities include assisting management on a series of MERS-Goodwill projects, both renovations and ground-up construction, in the St. Louis area and Illinois. Hoyt is currently pursuing his professional engineer’s license. He also graduated from MU with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
PROMOTIONS
The Columbia Board of Realtors is hosting an event July 28 to honor its new CEO, Lee Terry, who was named to the position in late June. The wine and hors d’oeuvres reception will be 4 to 6 p.m. at the board offices, 2309 I-70 Drive N.W.
Central Trust & Investment promoted Greg Berg to senior vice president and senior portfolio manager. Berg will supervise the investment team at Central Trust’s Columbia office.
Leanne Casey was promoted to manager of marketing intelligence for Columbia College. She joined the school in 2010 as a marketing analyst. As manager of marketing intelligence, Casey will be responsible for analysis of advertising, marketing strategies and marketplace trends. Casey earned a dual bachelor’s in business administration and psychology from MU, while playing on the MU softball team. She also has a master’s degree in business administration from MU.
AWARDS
Ethan Lee of Sturgeon received a $1,500 scholarship from the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International. Lee will attend Linn State Technical College and plans to major in machine tool technology.
Kathy Lou Neale
Edward Jones financial adviser Kathy Lou Neale recently won the firm’s exclusive Century Award for outstanding performance during 2010. Neale was one of only 625 of the firm’s more than 12,000 financial advisers to receive the award. Headquartered in St. Louis, Edward Jones provides financial services for individual investors in the United States and, through its affiliate, in Canada.
Bill Fretwell
Edward Jones financial adviser Bill Fretwell recently received the Managing Partner’s Award for his outstanding service efforts during the past year. Fretwell was one of only 937 of the firm’s more than 12,000 financial advisers to receive the award.
University of Missouri Hospital’s Frank L. Mitchell Jr., M.D., Trauma Center has received a three-year re-verification by the American College of Surgeons as a Level I trauma center, one of only three in the state. A team of nationally recognized experts visited University Hospital to evaluate the full spectrum of trauma services. Approximately 1,500 trauma patients are treated at the hospital each year. Because of the diverse and complex nature of the injuries, the American College of Surgeons requires Level I trauma centers to have specialized surgeons in such areas as trauma, neurosurgery and orthopedics.
William Woods University in Fulton has been accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council for its master of education-administration and educational special degrees. This TEAC accreditation allows for reciprocity with other states, and this will allow Arkansas teachers to take graduate courses from any one of the William Woods campuses. Doug Ebersold, dean of education, said the Arkansas Department of Education recently started requiring teachers to complete either TEAC or NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) accredited programs to receive administrative certification. In Missouri, graduate education programs are accredited by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Greta M. Bassett-Seymour
The Bassett Law Firm recently became certified by the State of Missouri Office of Administration as a bona fide Woman-Owned Business Enterprise. Greta M. Bassett-Seymour is the owner and managing attorney of the 7-year-old firm and practices social security and veterans disability law throughout Missouri and nationwide. Obtaining WBE certification is an important designation for women business owners for two primary reasons: Having WBE certification is the only way the public can have confidence that a business representing itself as woman-owned is in fact woman-owned; and second, many states and governmental agencies, as well as corporations, track and have programs for doing business with woman-owned vendor companies.
Those catchy “Get About Columbia” television ads have earned two Telly Awards for Vangel. The Columbia marketing, advertising and PR firm was honored for 30-second television ads it created for Get About Columbia, a pilot program to encourage more biking and walking. The spots were written and produced by Brooke Omar. One spot features animation from The Vision Factory in St. Louis. The second combines animation with video footage from Boxcar Films in Columbia. Telly Awards is a national competition that recognizes outstanding local, regional and cable TV commercials.