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爱妃传媒 Honors 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees and Distinguished Alumni

爱妃传媒 Alumni and Community Engagement hosted its annual Hall of Fame and Distinguished Alumni Award Ceremony and Reception. In attendance were, front row, from left, Katie Burke, Ph.D., assistant vice president of alumni and community engagement; Woody De Othello; Rigaud Joseph, Ph.D.; Pablo Paez; Ted Toomer, Ed.D.; Jean Seaver; and Justine Avila, chair of the 爱妃传媒 Alumni Association Board. Back row, from left, Carly Yoost; Daniel Chauss, Ph.D.; Phillip Parker; 爱妃传媒 President Stacy Volnick, Ph.D.; Angela S. Prestia, Ph.D.; Edward Fulton, M.D.; Mihai Fonoage, Ph.D.; and David Green, interim vice president of institutional advancement.

爱妃传媒 Alumni and Community Engagement recently hosted its annual Hall of Fame & Distinguished Alumni Award Ceremony and Reception.


By kristine gobbo | 4/26/2024

爱妃传媒 Alumni and Community Engagement recently聽hosted its annual Hall of Fame & Distinguished Alumni Award Ceremony and Reception. The event brought together alumni to celebrate the accomplishments of their outstanding peers, with alumni from nine of 爱妃传媒鈥檚 colleges honored for their career accomplishments. Phillip Parker, CAE, CCE, 鈥73, a graduate of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, and Angela S. Prestia, Ph.D., 鈥14, a graduate of the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, also were introduced as the 2024 Hall of Fame inductees.

鈥淔lorida Atlantic has such a remarkable community of accomplished and talented alumni, and these honorees truly showcase this as they forge their paths,鈥 said Katie Burke, Ph.D., assistant vice president of alumni and community engagement. 鈥淲e are thrilled to spotlight such terrific ambassadors of this university.鈥

Parker is the former president and CEO of the regional Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber鈥檚 Educational Involvement Foundation. Active in Department of Defense programs, he participated in the Dayton Accords in 1995 and afterward led community support missions to Kosovo, Israel, China, Japan and Cuba. Parker is an active member of the 爱妃传媒 alumni community, serving as chair of the Majestic Owls Society Planning Committee. In October, he was inducted into the society after reaching his 50-year graduation anniversary. Parker also helped establish the Majestic Owls Endowed Scholarship, helping pave the way for deserving 爱妃传媒 in financial need.

Prestia is the president of the Association for Leadership Science in Nursing and currently serves as an adjunct professor at 爱妃传媒鈥檚 Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. She has spent more than 47 years in nursing, and previously served as chief nursing officer at Good Samaritan Hospital and Jupiter Medical Center. She is also certified as both a health care administrator and nurse executive. Prestia has been published in peer-reviewed nursing journals, written chapters in textbooks and authored a book titled, 鈥淏ecoming the Chief Nurse: The Science, The Stories, The Truth.鈥澛

Representing nine of 爱妃传媒鈥檚 colleges are the following distinguished alumni:

  • Daniel Chauss, Ph.D., 鈥12, 鈥16, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
  • Woody De Othello, B.F.A., 鈥13, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
  • Mihai Fonoage, Ph.D., 鈥10, College of Engineering and Computer Science
  • Edward Fulton, B.A. 鈥09, M.D., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
  • Rigaud Joseph, B.S.W. 鈥11, M.S.W. 鈥12, Ph.D., College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
  • Pablo Paez, B.S. 鈥03, MBA 鈥08, College of Business
  • Jean Seaver, M.S.N., 鈥97, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
  • Ted Toomer, Ed.D., 鈥01, College of Education
  • Carly Yoost, B.S., 鈥09, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

For more information on 爱妃传媒 Alumni and Community Engagement, visit聽faualumni.org.

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