WSSU Student Receives American Society of Clinical Chemistry Award June 8, 2012 WSSU student Shavada Roary receives award presented by Dr. Richard Early, for whom the award is named. Shavada Roary, second-year professional phase student in the Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) program at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), recently was awarded the Richard Early Award by the North Carolina Section of the American Society of Clinical Chemistry. The award is given to a CLS student identified by their program faculty for his or her excellent academic work and potential shown in the area of clinical chemistry. The award was created to honor Dr. Richard Early, a nationally recognized clinical chemist with numerous contributions to science and scholarly work. Early presented the award to Roary at a North Carolina Section's professional meeting in May. The N.C. Section is one of 21 within the American Society of Clinical Chemistry, an international scientific and medical society of clinical laboratory professionals, physicians, research scientists and others involved with clinical chemistry and related disciplines. The organization annually holds the world's largest lab medicine conference with nearly 20,000 participants from more than 100 countries. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.