Friday Medal
![Tom Williams](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/09/tomwilliams.jpg)
2023 Friday Medal Awarded to North Carolina Educational Leader Tom Williams
![Friday Medal winners Joann Blumenfeld (center left) and Dr. James A. Banks (center right) hold their Friday Medal awards with ceremony speakers (from L to R) Dean Paola Sztajn, Chancellor Randy Woodson, Shaun Kellogg, Hollylynne Lee and Callie Edwards.](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-18-at-2.48.47-PM.png)
Friday Medal Ceremony Celebrates Two Educators Advancing Equity Through Research and Teaching
![Joann Blumenfeld and James Banks](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-9.19.56-AM.png)
EdNC: Two Friday Medals for 2022 celebrate equity in research and practice
Friday Medal Ceremony
![Mebane Rash](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/11/mebanerash.jpg)
EdNC Editor-in-chief, CEO Mebane Rash Awarded Friday Medal
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2021 Friday Medal Ceremony Honoring Mebane Rash
![EdNC CEO Mebane Rash was chosen as the 2021 Friday Medal Award Recipient](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/08/Mebane.png)