Indiana University graduates Andrew Doering of Bloomington, Ind., Scott Engledow of Crystal Lake, Ill., Dan Giangiulio of Valparaiso, Ind., and Evan Russ and Michael Sigler, both of Carmel, join Purdue University graduates Linda Nolan and Philip Winstead, both of Lafayette, Ind., as Blue Horseshoe software development consultants.

All seven new Blue Horseshoe employees reside in Carmel, Ind., and will work at Blue Horseshoe’s corporate headquarters in Carmel.

Blue Horseshoe is a privately held solution services firm that has been providing expert consulting and packaged software solutions to Fortune 500 and mid-market businesses in the food and beverage, third-party logistics, retail, wholesale distribution, healthcare and manufacturing industries throughout the world since 1983.

Dr. W. Michael Crecelius has received a 2010 Summit Award for Excellence in Care from MHS and parent company Centene Corp. The award honors Crecelius, a board-certified pediatrician with Deaconess Clinic in downtown Evansville, for demonstrating exemplary performance when following up with examinations and consultations after patients’ emergency room visits, providing routine preventive and well-care services for children and adults and establishing a medical home for new enrollees in the MHS statewide healthcare plan.

Crecelius graduated Indiana University’s School of Medicine and completed his pediatric internship and residency at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. He is a fellow with the American Academy of Pediatrics and  member of both the Indiana State Medical Association and the Vanderburgh County Medical Society.

Crecelius is one of three Indiana physicians to receive the award. Sixteen awards were presented this year throughout the nation by Centene Corp.

The award honors Gilliland, a board-certified pediatrician who runs Rainbow Pediatrics in Indianapolis, for demonstrating exemplary performance when following up with examinations and consultations after patients’ emergency room visits, providing routine preventive and well-care services for children and adults and establishing a medical home for new enrollees in the MHS healthcare plan.

“MHS is proud to recognize Dr. Gilliland for the outstanding service and quality of care she provides to Managed Health Services members in the greater Indianapolis community,” said Dr. Robert Baker, vice president of medical affairs at MHS. “Our primary focus is on delivering the best possible care to our members and we could not do that without strong relationships with our plan’s physicians. The Summit Award for Excellence is one way we thank Dr. Gilliland for her ongoing dedication to helping children live healthy lives.”

Gilliland opened Rainbow Pediatrics in 1996 and also maintains a solo practice supported by call partners. After earning an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University, she graduated Indiana University’s School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. From 1989 to 1996, Gilliland provided community pediatric care at HealthNet in Indianapolis before opening Rainbow Pediatrics. Rainbow Pediatrics is located at 5711 N. Michigan Road in Indianapolis. The center is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, 1-7 p.m. Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays.

A 1999 graduate of Indiana University, he joined the agency in 2003. His past experience includes assisting a new business in Colorado launch its operations and leading its management function, product manager of Technuity and inventory manager for Batteries.com. Coles has experience providing market research for Endress+Hauser Consult AG, a Swiss company specializing in measurement products. He has also served in corporate communications for Indiana Mills and Manufacturing. In his free time, Coles volunteers with the Alzheimer’s Association and St. Mary’s Child Center. He is also a past board member of AdClub Indianapolis and a past committee member of the Alzheimer’s Memory Walk.

Since 1985, Coles Marketing Communications has provided marketing, communications, creative, Word of Mouth and social networking council to local, regional and national clients in the government, healthcare, education, financial, logistics, real estate, hospitality and technology industries. Coles Marketing Communications is a member of Pinnacle Worldwide, Public Relations Society of America, Better Business Bureau and the Counselor’s Academy.

I never cut class. I was never late and never left early. I paid attention. I took great notes and even taped many of the lectures to review later. But none of that made a difference. At the end of every lecture was a quiz that I routinely failed. I did lousy on the mid-term exam and squeaked by on the final to earn a D in the end. It was my worst grade in college and still today, I don’t get why because I’m still facinated by space — all the stories, photos and video grab my attention every day as I comb through news and information sites online, like today’s story from the BBC about how astronomers have discovered a rocky, Earth-like planet they’ve named dubbed Corot-7b outside our solar system that is as close to something like Earth anyone’s found so far.

The planet discovery is cool. The story was a good read. But how I found the story was the best.  I used Google’s new Fast Flip to thumb through online news sites, which is supposed to mirror old-school thumbing through a newspaper.

The Board of Directors is comprised of industry leaders who are typically outstanding, senior-level executives who have demonstrated a commitment to upholding the mission and goals of the Public Affairs Council.

Board members provide input and oversight for the Council’s programs and services; approve budgets and the allocation of resources; and participate in high-level discussions about emerging public policy and business issues. They serve a two-year term.

The Public Affairs Council is the leading international association for public affairs professionals. Its mission is to advance the field of public affairs and to provide tools and resources that enable public affairs executives and managers to achieve their business and professional goals.

As the former chief deputy mayor of the city of Indianapolis, O’Connor worked as a key member of Mayor Bart Peterson’s administration, first managing Peterson’s successful election campaign, then serving as the mayor’s top advisor and chief of staff.

O’Connor directs Bose Public Affairs Group communications team which provides business and political clients with comprehensive communications consulting from campaign development and brand management to crisis communications.

A graduate of Indiana University, O’Connor entered the political world while at IU, serving as a Lyndon B. Johnson intern for former U.S. Congressman Phil Sharp of Indiana. After graduation, O’Connor managed Sharp’s 1986 campaign. O’Connor worked under Governor Evan Bayh’s administration, serving as commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve as an associate administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

O’Connor has served as an adjunct faculty member at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU in Bloomington and Indianapolis. He has also serves on the boards of The Catholic Community Foundation of the Indianapolis Archdiocese, United Way of Central Indiana, serving as vice chair of the organization’s Ready to Learn Ready to Earn committee, Goodwill of Central Indiana and the Shepherd Community.