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transitions Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina Norman Smith will be the new assistant director of housing and residence life for marketing and conferences. Smith comes from the University of West Georgia in Carrollton where he worked as a residence life coordinator and earned his bachelor’s degree in English. Corinne Smith will be a new residence life coordinator and will also oversee the administrative aspects of all residential learning communities. Aaron Voyles will be a new residence life coordinator and will also partner with the honors program to oversee honors housing. University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, Hawaii Nick Sweeton is the new associate director in student housing services. He came to UH from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, where he served as an assistant director in housing and dining services. Alan I. Resnick Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering Wake Forest Winston-Salem, North Carolina Nicole Rodriguez-Pastor has been promoted from residence life coordinator to assistant director of residence life. Bill Yost has been promoted from coordinator of housing to assistant director of housing. Jeff Tate is the new coordinator of housing. in memoriam: Ronald L. Fruitt Cherise James is the new residence life coordinator. Frank Shelton is a new access system administrator for the Deacon OneCard office. Ronald L. Fruitt, former vice president of housing and food services at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, died March 18 in an automobile accident. Fruitt earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Purdue University, where he then started his career as a hall manager in 1962. He eventually became vice president of housing and food services, overseeing the Purdue Student Union, Elliott Hall of Music and the Black Cultural Center. He retired in 1996 with the honor of Vice President Emeritus and continued to serve as a special assistant to the director of the Purdue Alumni Association for five years. He also was an enthusiastic supporter of Purdue athletics, only missing four home football games since 1962, and an active member of the John Purdue Club, Downtown Grid Iron Club, and Fast Breakers. “Ron was a mentor to hundreds of students and staff,” says John Sautter, current vice president of housing and food services at Purdue University. “Any person who came into contact with Ron left feeling better for the positive interaction. He gained the respect and friendship of campus housing leaders throughout the country.” Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering Boston, Massachusetts Alan I. Resnick, AIA is a new principal. He brings many years of student housing expertise to the firm and will work to further strengthen the practice in that direction. Resnick received an architectural degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. While he was a student at Pratt, his education was enhanced by the study of philosophy of design and urban planning in residence with Umberto Eco and Leonardo Ricci at the Instituto di Urbanistica in Florence, Italy. Resnick is also a frequent speaker at national conferences for ACUHO-I, the National Association for College Auxiliary Services (NACAS), and Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA). 1 Talking STick

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