BUSINESS BRIEFS
Resort Realty wins national award

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Home By Design, a national marketing and advertising real estate corporation, recently recognized Mark Lee and Cherry Fitch of Resort Realty as two of its top national clients, with more than $20 million in closed sales for 2007.

Lee and Fitch received the best web site design and traffic award for 2007, and were recognized for using technology to make the home-buying process easier for buyers and sellers. The Resort Realty web site delivers award-winning service to current and former clients through its clean design and usability. Lee and Fitch achieved high levels of sales and great rapport in the community through their commitment to exceptional service.

Home By Design recognizes clients who lead the real estate industry by serving with professionalism that has a lasting effect on the community. For more information about Resort Realty, visit www.markleerealty.com. Moore named Florida Professor of the Year

Patrick Moore, associate professor and public history program director for the University of W e s Florida's Department of History, was named the 2007 Carnegie Foundation as the Advancement of Teaching Florida Professor of the Year.

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Sponsored by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and administered by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, the awards recognize professors for their influence on teaching and their outstanding commitment to undergraduate students. A state Professor of the Year was selected for 40 states and the District of Columbia.

Moore has received several teaching awards, some of which include the UWF Distinguished Teaching Award (2007, 2000), Teaching Incentive Program Award (2006-2007) and Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Advising Award (2003). He belongs to numerous professional and local organizations including the National Council on Public History, American Historical Association, and Society for Applied Anthropology and the Pensacola Historical Society.