Briefly
NCCU ATHLETICS
DIRECTOR
WICKER-McCREE
EARNS NACWAA
ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE YEAR AWARD
KANSAS CITY, MO — The
National Association of
Collegiate Women Athletics
Administrators (NACWAA)
has announced North
Carolina Central University Director of Athletics Dr. Ingrid Wicker-McCree as
the recipient of its 2014 NCAA Division I FCS Administrator of the Year Award. A
native of Durham, NC, who is now in her 20th year at NCCU, Wicker-McCree was
named the University’s first permanent female Director of Athletics in 2008 and has
successfully transitioned NCCU from NCAA Division II to NCAA Division I FCS. She
will receive the award on Oct. 14 in Louisville, Ky., at the 2014 Administrator of the
Year Luncheon in conjunction with the 35th Annual NACWAA National Convention.
The Administrator of the Year Award is presented annually to NACWAA members for
significant contributions made as athletics administrators.
North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt to preside over criminal, domestic, juvenile,
and civil cases. She went on to become an Associate Judge of the North Carolina
Court of Appeals, where she served on a 12-member intermediate appellate court that
ruled on nearly 1500 appeals. Most recently, Justice Timmons-Goodson served as the
first African American female Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Justice
Timmons-Goodson completed her undergraduate and law degrees at The University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and earned an L.L.M. from Duke University School of
Law. Established as an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding federal agency in 1957, the
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ mission is to inform the development of national civil
rights policy and enhance enforcement of federal civil rights laws.
MIRACLE KING JOINS NC DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION
GREENSBORO, NC – The North Carolina Department of
Transportation has appointed Miracle King as the new NCDOT
Communications Officer for a 10 county section of the Triad
in NCDOT’s effort to better facilitate communication with
the public. She has 12+ yrs of television/media experience as
Executive Producer, Anchor/Reporter, Reporter and Special
Projects Producer. Miracle is a native to North Carolina. She graduated from Chapel
Hill High School and earned a Broadcast News degree from North Carolina A&T State
University. After graduation Miracle worked as an Anchor/Reporter at WITN-TV in
Washington, NC. Her experience also includes Producing at NBC 26 in Green Bay, WI
and as Prducer/Reporter for News 14 Carolina. Miracle King lives in Wake Forest with
her husband Edwin and their two dogs Ruby and Tucker.
ELAINE BROWN NAMED 2014 NC HEALTH
CENTER ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR
RALEIGH, NC - Elaine Peebles Brown was named the
North Carolina Health Center Advocate of the Year by the
North Carolina Community Health Center Association
(NCCHCA). She is the first recipient of this inaugural award.
Brown serves as Chair of Wake Health Service’s (WHS)
Board of Trustees and has been a volunteer with WHS
for the past six years. A long-time Health Center patient
and advocate, Brown was recognized for demonstrating a
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