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22 Hartford Business Journal • August 1, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com OF NOTE TRINITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT HONORED AT STATE NAACP EDUCATION SUMMIT Trinity College President Joanne Berger-Sweeney received the Mary White Ovington−Ella Baker Lifetime Achievement Award from the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches. The award was presented during the organization's biannual Education Summit at Trinity's Mather Hall. Pictured (from left) are: Joan Gibson, CT NAACP; Berger-Sweeney, Trinity president; and Benjamin Foster Jr., CT NAACP. • • • UCONN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS INDUCTS THREE ALUMNI INTO HALL OF FAME The UConn School of Business honored three of its top alumni by inducting them into the school's hall of fame during a ceremony at the Hartford Marriott Downtown. The 2016 inductees include: Robert C. Hughes of Marlborough; Corliss Montesi of Wallingford; and Drew Figdor of New York City. • • • CTFASTRAK PROJECT WINS ENGINEERING AWARD The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts has named Michael Baker International Inc. as a winner of their 2016 Bronze Engineering Excellence Award for work on the CTfastrak, Connecticut's first bus rapid-transit system. Michael Baker International, with world headquarters in Pittsburgh, was retained by the Connecticut Department of Transportation to serve as program manager for the CTfastrak project. • • • IT DIRECT RANKS AMONG TOP MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDERS West Hartford's IT Direct recently ranked among the world's most pro- gressive 501 Managed Service Providers, according to Penton Technology's ninth-annual MSP 501 list and study. The top MSP 501 companies ranked this year include organizations from around the world and from diverse technology and business backgrounds. Please Note: All electronic submissions for Accolades should be sent to news@HartfordBusiness.com. For more information about the Hartford Business Journal's Accolades Page, please visit www.HartfordBusiness.com. ▶ ▶ Brian Hedstrom and Russ Lallier of Hartford-based All Waste Inc., recently stopped by Community Mental Health Affiliates' headquarters to donate New Britain Bees tickets to Director of Community Programs Karolina Wytrykowska. The tickets will benefit for CMHA's Team Time Social Club, which provides group activities and independent socialization for CMHA clients. Pictured (from left) are: Hedstrom, Lallier and Wytrykowska. ▶ ▶ Stratford helicopter maker Sikorsky recently conducted food drives, which collected 1,346 food items, to benefit Spooner House, a food shelter in Shelton. Online donations from employees and their families totaled $10,368, while other internal fundraisers brought in $5,941. The goal of the initiative was to provide non-perishable food items and raise funds to aid local veterans and families using the Valley Food Bank and homeless shelter at Spooner House. ANNABELLA'S ANGELS DONATES BLANKETS TO BRISTOL HOSPITAL ALL WASTE DONATES BASEBALL TICKETS TO LOCAL NONPROFIT SIKORSKY DONATES TO ACT SPOONER HOUSE ▶ ▶ The Waterbury-based charity Annabella's Angels recently donated handmade blankets to Bristol Hospital's Families are First Maternity Unit. The blankets were made by Thomaston resident Barbara Wisavsky. Pictured (from left) are: Patricia Coppola, Bristol Hospital; Terri Faragher, Families are First; Jessica Ocasio, Annabella's Angels; Jill Lombardi, Families are First; and Chris Ann Meaney, Bristol Hospital. ACCOLADES & MORE Robert C. Hughes Corliss Montesi Drew Figdor