LARGO, Md.—A Campbell University professor will be one of 50 alums honored in October by a college celebrating its 50th anniversary. Prince George’s Community College near Washington, D.C., selected Dr. Michael Ray Smith, professor of Mass Communication at Campbell, to be one of its Fabulous 50 Alumni honorees. Dr. Charlene M. Dukes, president of Prince George’s Community College, wrote Smith, a 1975 graduate with high honors, about the selection. “As demonstrated through your professional endeavors, academic accomplishments, community service . . . , you embody the true spirit and mission of Prince George’s Community College and add to our legacy of excellence and lifetime learning.” Smith and the others will be inducted Oct. 8 at the college where the honoree’s names will be featured on the Fabulous 50 Alumni Wall of Fame in the college’s Bladen Hall. “Education helps us live thankfully in the past and think hopefully about the future,” Smith said. “I’m thankful and honored and very glad to be part of the culture of education where ideas can move us to be better.” In May, Smith was recognized as the 2008 Jesse S. Heiges Distinguished Alumnus of the Year for Shippensburg University, the highest award presented by the university located near Gettysburg. In August, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication appointed Smith to be on a five-member national committee to prepare a national award for outstanding journalism and Mass Communication programs that promote equity and diversity among faculty and students. Smith came to Campbell in 2005. He and his wife, Barbara, a reading recovery teacher, live in Lillington with their daughter, Taylor, 16, a rising junior.
Campbell communication professor one of 50 honored by Maryland College