Embry-Riddle Hill AFB Student Receives 2008 NAIMES Student Spotlight Award
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Aeronautical University 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900
Daytona Beach, FL, Jan. 23, 2009 – USAF Staff Sgt Richard McCall was recently selected as a recipient of the 2008 NAIMES Student Spotlight Award. This $1,200 prize is awarded by the National Association of Institutions for Military Education Services (NAIMES) to active duty service members whose collegiate work demonstrates scholarly excellence while engaged in the Voluntary Education program of the Armed Forces.
This year’s applicants submitted essays addressing the theme, “Higher education and the global environment.” McCall’s winning essay provided an individual perspective on the importance of global communication and the impact and implications of being a U.S. Citizen on foreign soil.
Staff Sergeant Richard McCall is stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah where he is a Unit Deployment Manager responsible for monitoring cargo and personnel readiness in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. He attends Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide located on the Air Base Force Base and is studying for a Bachelor of Science in Technical Management degree with a minor in Logistics.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering, educating more than 34,000 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs. Doctoral programs in aviation and in engineering physics are pending approval by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) for the University to offer programs at the doctoral level. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through the Worldwide Campus at more than 130 campus centers in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu.
