Vanessa Shelton has been described as a “pivotal force” that drives University diversity initiatives at our University.  Her contributions to promote an inclusive and diverse campus community have been described as outstanding.  Vanessa provides leadership and teaching skills that reach beyond the traditional classroom to promote the support of journalism and opportunities for minority students on campus, statewide and nationally.  She designed and developed a series of journalism workshops for elementary and high school students that focus on multicultural recruitment and she implemented journalism workshops for both student editors and high school journalism teachers and advisors.  She is the recipient of two national awards at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications for her diversity efforts.   Effective August 1, 2007, she will become the Executive Director of Quill and Scroll Society and she will also be the Editor of Quill and Scroll Magazine.