AWARDS

Educational Community Credit Union, Jacksonville, Fla., has announced that Senior Teller Supervisor Robert D'Augostine has been selected as "Teller of the Year" for Northeast Florida by the Bank Security Association. D'Augostine has worked at ECCU for 13 years and in his spare time teaches school seminars in business development. ECCU has $420 million in assets and serves 64,361 members. Iowa Credit Union League, West Des Moines, has awarded Principal Employees' Credit Union CEO James D. Niederhauser the 2000 Cooperative Spirit Award. The award honors individual credit union advocates for outstanding service, commitment and leadership in the credit union movement. D. Hilton Associates, Inc., a credit union industry consultant, has recently received national certification from the Society for Human Resource Management for the following staff members: JoAnn Lipsey, senior professional in human resources; Jared Dowling, professional in human resources; and Jodie Taylor, professional human resources. The certification courses cover such issues as how to effectively deal with human resource strategic planning, international competition, management staffing, family and social issues impacting the workplace, employee rights and emerging human resource issues. Mississippi Credit Union System, Jackson, has inducted W. T. Avara to its Hall of Fame for his 44 years of continued service and dedication to the credit union movement. Avara has served as president of the Mississippi Credit Union System on two occasions and as national director several times. Avara has spent his life in an effort to serve and to help where help was needed.