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Featured photo: Dale Pollock, Henry Grillo s successor, was the dean from 1998-2006 and was recently retired this year until he decided to assume the duties until a permanent dean can be sought.
Henry Grillo, a teacher and administrator at the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) for over 35 years and interim dean of the School of Filmmaking since 2019, will retire at year s end.
His successor, named earlier this month, is someone already familiar with the position: Dale Pollock, the dean from 1998-2006. Pollock, who continued to teach at the School of Filmmaking until retiring earlier this year, will assume the duties of interim dean for the spring 2021 semester, while a permanent dean is sought.
Lawyer of the Year Colleen Byers focuses on mindfulness, collaboration for success
BY TERI SAYLOR
Colleen Byers, an attorney and mediator with Bell, Davis & Pitt in Winston-Salem, runs her law practice with mindfulness and a spirit of collaboration. Those concepts are woven into the fabric of her DNA, and she shares them with clients and colleagues alike. The idea of helping people is what led her to law in the first place, she says.
Byers was named the 2020 North Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s Lawyer of the Year. Born and raised in San Mateo, California, Byers, 37, attended an all-girls high school, where she made straight A’s and played on the school’s basketball and water polo teams. She remembers growing up in a close-knit, loving family and recalls many fun Saturday evenings spent singing and dancing to music by New Kids on the Block with her sister.