Newsmakers, January 2016
Bohn Kaci Bohn, to the Arkansas Board of Nursing by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Bohn is assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Harding University in Searcy, Ark.
Jeff Fox, director of social services at AGAPE child and family services in Nashville, Tenn.
Dawson Armstrong to the GlobalGolfPost All-Am Second Team. Dawson is a sophomore at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn.
AWARDED 
Dana Pemberton, the Texas Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (TACTE) Annual Leadership Award at the Consortium of State Organizations for Texas Teacher Education conference. Pemberton is professor and chair of the department of teacher education at Abilene Christian University in Texas.
RETIRING
Judy Rister, after 21 years as director of social services for AGAPE in Nashville.
NEW DEACONS
Kevin Belcher, Scott Brassfield, Scott Brooks, Ted Keith, Bryan Rogers, Todd Van Etten and Benji White, the Thomaston Road Church of Christ in Macon, Ga.
NEW MINISTERS 
Maggiora
Steve Maggiora, preaching minister for the Gold Beach Church of Christ in Oregon.
Kevin Porter, head youth minister for the First Colony Church of Christ in Sugar Land, Texas.
Willie Sanchez, senior minister for the Church of Christ on Merrick Drive in Ardmore, Okla.
