Congratulations to Gary L. Canivez, Ph.D. (Pychology Major, 1982) who received the 2008 Ringenberg Award from Eastern Illinois University! This award recognizes exceptional performance in the College of Sciences at Eastern Illinois University where Gary has been a faculty member since 1995. Gary is also the founder of Apex Sport Psychology Services, dedicated to "design, develop, implement, and evaluate small group and individual sport psychology services for athletes at all competitive levels." While a student at BSU, Gary was a co-author with Drs. Bennett and Rafferty of a paper presented at the Midwestern Psychology Conference in Chicago. Gary also presented papers at the Minnesota Undergraduate Psychology Conference. When Gary received the Ringenberg Award, he recognized and thanked the BSU psychology faculty for the "support and mentoring early in my career."