Class Notes Category: Accolades

  • Nicole Crawford ’94

    Nicole Crawford ’94

    Nicole Crawford ’94 has been recognized by her peers for inclusion in the 2016 edition of Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite,” a listing of the state’s top lawyers in business-related categories. Business North Carolina is the state’s leading business magazine. She is one of fourteen attorneys at the Brooks Pierce firm recognized in the publication. Crawford…

  • Rachel McGuire ’04

    Rachel McGuire ’04

    Rachel A. McGuire ’04 received her Accreditation in Public Relations. The accreditation program aims to improve the practice of public relations by assessing competence in 60 areas of knowledge, skill and ability associated with the profession. Rachel successfully completed the rigorous year-long process, which included a portfolio presentation in front of an APR panel of…

  • Carey Nachenberg ’95, M.S. ’95

    Carey Nachenberg ’95, M.S. ’95

    Carey Nachenberg ’95, M.A. ’95 published a techno thriller novel titled, The Florentine Deception. A Manhattan Beach resident, the author spent nearly nine years writing the book and working to get it published. Nachenberg has pledged 100 percent of the book’s profits to charity and has already donated to the Success Academy, KIPP.org, UniCamp, Npower.org…

  • Michael Manville, M.A. ’03, Ph.D. ’09

    Michael Manville, M.A. ’03, Ph.D. ’09

    Michael Manville, M.A. ’03, Ph.D. ’09 published a chapter titled “Parking Pricing” in the book Parking: Issues and Policies. The chapter has been selected by the editorial team at Emerald Publishing as an Outstanding Author Contribution, and received a 2015 Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence. Manville is an associate professor at Cornell University and…

  • Larissa Lam ’97

    Larissa Lam ’97

    Recording artist and songwriter, Larissa Lam ’97, won the 2015 Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Dance Song with her track “I Feel Alive.” The song is from her fourth solo album Love & Discovery, which is available now. Larissa was also named November 2015 Vocalist of the Month by SingerUniverse Magazine. Read more here.  

  • Nova Jiang, M.F.A. ’10

    Nova Jiang, M.F.A. ’10

    Nova Jiang, winner of the UCLA Art in Public Spaces competition, will have her work displayed at the Village at Westfield Topanga, an open-air mall located in Warner Center in the San Fernando Valley. Jiang’s playful artwork, which resembles a giant replica of plastic model parts that children snap off a plastic frame before assembling…

  • Louise Richardson, M.A. ’80

    Louise Richardson, M.A. ’80

    Louise Richardson, M.A. ’80 will become the first female vice chancellor of England’s Oxford University. As vice chancellor and senior officer for Oxford, Richardson will provide strategic direction and leadership to the collegiate university, and will position and represent Oxford internationally, nationally and regionally. Previously, she held academic positions at Harvard and received several honors…

  • Richard S. Levine ’74

    Richard S. Levine ’74

    Richard S. Levine ’74 was recently inducted into the UC Irvine Hall of Fame in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences. The UC Irvine Hall of Fame honors those who have brought distinction to their alma mater or have made a significant impact in their profession. Levine is a video game developer,…

  • Janice Parks ’90

    Janice Parks ’90

    Softball player Janice Parks was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. The 1989 Honda Award winner for softball, Parks led UCLA to NCAA championships in 1988 and 1989 and was a three-time first-team All-American. She led UCLA in RBI every year she played and was the team’s leader in batting average, runs scored, hits,…

  • Jeffrey Lowenstein ’95, J.D. ’98

    Jeffrey Lowenstein ’95, J.D. ’98

    The Best Lawyers in America 2016 features 10 Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP attorneys including Bruin Jeffrey S. Lowenstein ’95, J.D. ‘98. This is the highest number of attorneys selected for inclusion in firm history. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.…