Associate Professor Andrew Mendelson, JOUR, MMC, has been named the 2011 recipient of the Kappa Tau Alpha college honor society’s William H. Taft Outstanding Adviser Award. KTA gives only one award each year, and the winner is chosen from many nominations of educators from top journalism schools across the country. Named in honor of the late William H. Taft, KTA executive director emeritus, the award “recognizes advisers who have compiled long-term records of superior service to KTA and who by action and example have actively promoted scholarship in our field.” Mendelson received his award Aug. 11 at the national convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in St. Louis, Mo.