East Carolinian

Issue date: 1/15/09 Section: News

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ECU Alumni Association director of Membership and Marketing Doug Smith has been selected as recipient of the 2009 Council of Alumni Association Executives (CAAE) Tardy New Professional Award.

Named in honor of Indiana University Alumni Association's former President and CEO, the late Jerry F. Tardy, the award provides alumni association professionals with one to five years experience in the field an opportunity to visit other CAAE member alumni associations and the CAAE summer institute. ??

The internship is one of the highest honors among university advancement professionals and brings notoriety to ECU, which now accompanies the Universities of Arkansas, Nevada Las Vegas, Illinois, South Carolina, Houston, Connecticut, North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Missouri as CAAE member institutions that have received this honor. "Doug Smith is a national leader in our profession and this is recognition of all his efforts on behalf of the Pirate Nation. This honor is well deserved for both Doug and the Alumni Association," said ECU Alumni Association president and CEO Paul J. Clifford.??

"I am proud to bring this national recognition to my alma mater," said Smith. "This is not just a personal honor, but one I receive on behalf of our entire staff who work together to accomplish great things for our 123,000 alumni."

Smith will receive a $2,500 grant to cover travel expenses for institution visits where he'll be able to learn from fellow alumni professionals about their overall alumni program, focusing primarily on membership and marketing tactics.

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