Cheers Once each month, Cheers recognizes achievement of consequence among faculty, staff and students, as well as some promotions and new hires. We welcome contributions submitted in writing accompanied by a telephone number. Submissions may be edited for length, clarity and content. Items not included for reasons of space will be published in the next Cheers. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Honors, awards and appointments ----------------------------------------------------------------- Homewood Student Affairs Ralph Johnson, assistant to the dean of Homewood Student Affairs and director of Multicultural Student Affairs, was recently installed as the 46th president of the Southern Association for College Student Affairs at its annual conference last month. Johnson has served SACSA since 1982 in a variety of capacities including chair of several committees, executive council member at large and president-elect. His term as president expires in November of 1996. Also at the conference, Johnson was awarded a mini-research incentive grant to study factors in the academic success of African American college males. Blue Jays quarterback Dan Redziniak was named the Division III Burger King Scholar Athlete of the Week for the week ending Nov. 18. Redziniak, one of four college football players honored, was selected for his outstanding accomplishments both on and off the football field. The university will receive a check for $25,000 in Redziniak's name from Burger King to go to the university's general scholarship fund. Medicine Marvin Schuster, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Digestive Diseases at the Bayview Medical Center, has been elected president of the American College of Gastroenterology. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Changing places, new faces ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Applied Physics Laboratory has appointed Ruth Nimmo as head of its Business and Information Services Department, effective Oct. 30. Nimmo will oversee accounting, budget, computing, purchasing and subcontract operations. Ann Stevens has been appointed director of administration in the School of Continuing Studies, Division of Business Management. She will be responsible for planning and managing budgets, developing and implementing computer support systems, and overseeing admissions and enrollment management.