AWARDS

Educational Community Credit Union, Jacksonville, Fla., has selected Rick Vecruysse "Employee of the Quarter". A veteran fraud investigator, Vecruysse also regularly takes the time to help those family members who have been victimized by the growing problem of fraud. ECCU has $420 million in assets and serves 67,241 members. Michigan Credit Union League, Northville Township Chairman Diana Nash and MCUL District VIII Director Lon Bone have been awarded the Distinguished Service Award. Recipients of the Distinguished Service Award are also inducted into the Michigan Credit Union Hall of Fame. In addition,the Michigan Credit Union Foundation has honored Research Federal Credit Union and its President/CEO Catherine Roberts with the International Credit Union Development Award. The award recognizes those credit unions who expand and strengthen the credit union community internationally and inspire other to follow suit. Army Aviation Center FCU, Daleville, Ala., has been awarded the Gold Addy Award for excellence in marketing and advertising by Dothan Advertising Federation. The award winning billboards promote the credit union's website and free Internet account access. AACFCU has $327 million in assets and serves 74,123 members. IBM Southeast Employees' FCU, Boca Raton, Fla., Southeast Services Organization President Barry L Hughes and Technology Senior Vice President Wendell Blakeley have recently graduated from the Credit Union Executive Society's CEO Institute. Admission into the CEO Institute is based on previous work experience, education and professional development. Graduates receive the title of Certified Chief Executive. IBM Southeast EFCU has $425 million in assets and serves more than 50,000 members. Virginia Credit Union League, Lynchburg, has won two first place honors in the Virginia Public Relations Awards sponsored by the Public Relations Society of America and the Richmond Chapter of PRSA. The League earned the Medallion Award for electronic communications with a budget less than $10,000 for its Daily News newsletter, a publication distributed via the Web and e-mail. Also earning a Medallion Award for publications geared toward an external audience was the League's reMember newsletter,which reaches approximately 600 credit union supporters. In its 53rd year, the Virginia Public Relations awards recognize the best strategic public relations campaign and projects of a given year.