Durham Regional Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital have been nationally recognized by the 2009 Aster Awards Program for excellence in medical marketing. Durham Regional won three bronze awards for its Web site, www.durhamregional.org; consumer health publication, Your Health; and its television commercial. Duke Raleigh won a silver award for its employee newsletter, Vital Signs.

DURHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT HONORS 26

The Durham Police Department honored 26 employees who were promoted in the past nine months during a ceremony at City Hall.

Captains: Winslow Forbes and Rick Pendergrass;

Lieutenants: Todd Rose and Jerry Yount;

Sergeants: Todd Bobal, April Browne, Felisa Francis, Robert Gaddy Jr. and Glen Price;

Corporals: Harlan Crenshaw, Donyale Ellis, Victor Figueroa, Delondon Gaither, Brian Massengill and Natausha Pettiford;

Master Officers: Brian Black, James Cartwright, Jeffery Fair, Everette Jeffries, Douglas Rausch, Michele Soucie, Kenneth Stephens and Robert Swartz;

Forensic Services Manager: Angela Ashby.

NCSSM PUPIL GETS TO FINALS IN COMPETITION

Sajith Wickramasekara, a senior from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, has been named a finalist in the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge, a competition for high school students who demonstrate an exemplary understanding of biotechnology through science research projects.

LOWE'S GROVE TEACHER AN AWARD FINALIST

Jamila Bowser, Lowe's Grove Middle School, has been named as a finalist for 2009 Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. Teacher of the Year.

ROGERS-HERR STUDENT WINS NATIONAL AWARD

Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme, an eighth grader at Rogers-Herr Middle School, was recently named the national eighth grade winner of McDonald's national All American Achievers program.

DA STUDENT A HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLAR

Lenae B. Frazier, a student at Durham Academy Upper School, has been selected for membership in the National Society of High School Scholars.

HATS OFF

Achievements and achievers within the Durham community recognized.