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• Kenny Greene, director of mail services, received the National Association of College and University Mail Services’ Excellence in Management Award.
• Cliffton Peacock, associate professor of studio art, has been named a finalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009, securing a place for his painting, “Writer,” in the juried exhibition at the Smithsonian’s
  National Portrait Gallery through Aug. 22, 2010.
• The Rarest of Rare: Stories Behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, an exhibition featuring the photography of Mark Sloan, director and curator of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, is on view at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., through Jan. 7, 2010.
• Anton DuMars, adjunct professor of geology and environmental geosciences, is collecting used cooking oil this month. To donate, or for more information, contact him at dumarsa@cofc.edu or 813.2497.