A Ball State distinigushed professor has been recognized by the university's Center for Organizational Resources for his contributions to its program.
Ramon Avila, distinguished professor of marketing, received the Outstanding Faculty Award from COR for his assistance in helping train employees in customer service.
COR, a university program, connects local businesses with business trainers to work with their employees on skills that will help them meet their clients' needs.
Delaina Boyd, director of COR, attributes the award to Avila's energy and dedication to the university.
"We've probably never worked with anyone with that level of enthusiasm," Boyd said.
Avila, who has been with the program for 18 years, said he loves getting in front of companies and telling them about the university.
"It has been a very good relationship and I hope it continues," Avila said of his involvement with COR.
Mitch Ripley, a outside consultant for COR from Greenwood, was also recognized by the organization with an Outstanding External Trainer Award.
"He has never turned down an assignment, no matter what time it is," Boyd said. "He is always glad and travels all over the state for us."
In addition to Avila and Ripley's recognition by the university, Lynne D. Richardson, dean of the College of Business, has been elected to the board of governors for Beta Gamma Sigma, a national business honor society.
"I was quite thrilled because there were so few business school deans on the board. It's not only good for me professionally, but it's also good for Ball State," Richardson said.
Ray Montagna, associate dean of the College of Business, said it was an honor for Richardson to be elected to the board.
"She'll bring energy to help them develop a new set of goals," Montagna said.
Richardson will begin to serve on the board next month. Her position will require her to serve on the Board of Vision and Strategic Planning, which helps ease the executive process for student chapters of Beta Gamma Sigma, and the Board of Communications, which works to promote the national honor society worldwide.
Richardson first became involved with Beta Gamma Sigma when she became a member while receiving her doctorate in marketing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1989. She went on to become faculty adviser of the organization for six years while teaching at UAB.
Richardson joined UAB in 1988 as a marketing professor and became director of the MBA Program in UAB's Graduate School of Management in 1996. She was promoted to associate dean in 1999.
Richardson was named dean of Ball State's College of Business on July 1.
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