For achieving 3rd place in the Piece of a Clue. competition.

Issamuel Kin'Droth, 2014-12-01 20:45:16 UTC

For achieving 2nd place in the Piece of a Clue. competition.

Issamuel Kin'Droth, 2014-12-01 20:45:15 UTC

For achieving 1st place in the Piece of a Clue. competition.

Issamuel Kin'Droth, 2014-12-01 20:45:15 UTC

For achieving 1st place in the Light at the End of the Tunnel competition.

Issamuel Kin'Droth, 2014-12-01 20:44:16 UTC

For achieving 3rd place in the Scions of Cocytus Notice: Predor Denis (Mad Libs) competition.

Lord Nevan Taelyan, 2014-12-01 19:26:43 UTC

For achieving 2nd place in the Scions of Cocytus Notice: Predor Denis (Mad Libs) competition.

Lord Nevan Taelyan, 2014-12-01 19:26:42 UTC

For achieving 1st place in the Scions of Cocytus Notice: Predor Denis (Mad Libs) competition.

Lord Nevan Taelyan, 2014-12-01 19:26:42 UTC

Meleu was my first staff hire as Headmaster. He impressed me early with his eagerness and organizational skills, tackling the potential nightmare of a comprehensive Shadow Academy audit calmly, directly, and quickly. I put him in charge of the project and told him to coordinate his work with each department’s respective professor. He took my limited direction and ran with it, proofreading and editing courses one department at a time in conjunction with professors and docents and other volunteers.

To date, Meleu has spearheaded audits of the Departments of CORE Studies, Combat Studies, Lore Studies, and Writing Studies. He coordinated labor-intensive edits and rewrites of the entire CORE Studies Department and major edits of the Combat Tactics courses. Most recently, he has worked closely with the Professor of Writing Studies to mark-up, rewrite, edit, rinse, and repeat the Grammar Studies course, while also revising and editing the other Writing Studies courses as well as those in the Department of Lore Studies.

Aside from his audit duties, Meleu has edited new courses as needed. In particular, he spent a considerable amount of time editing IRC 301: Operator Studies before its release, proofing the full slate of ten brand new history courses, and revising all of the new Leadership courses, particularly Leadership Management.

Meleu is an indispensable part of my team. His initiative and drive keep projects moving along even if other priorities occasionally overtake them. The Shadow Academy catalog is in its best shape in years, largely due to Meleu’s consistent work to make courses more readable and coherent. It’s an on-going, possibly never-ending task, but Meleu has not let the immensity of the job slow him down. Thank you, Meleu, and congratulations!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2014-12-01 16:52:12 UTC

Farrin is one of the most prolific members in the history of the Shadow Academy staff. In his six months as a Magistrate, he has written -- from blank page to live course -- ten courses and exams totaling more than 20,000 words. On top of that, he is an exceptional editor with an eye for fine detail and a drive to keep correcting, revising, reworking until the finished product meets his own high standards. He is also a valuable adviser, not afraid to tell me when I am pushing a project along too quickly or wandering down the wrong path. In short, Farrin is impressive.

His first and largest assignment was to aid Aabsdu in a total rewrite of the Department of History Studies. Aabs got the ball rolling, but the project really picked up momentum when Farrin got involved. He jumped right in and largely took the reins of the project, spending days pouring over source material on Wookieepedia, the Brotherhood Wiki, and the original course notes. He crafted outlines for each course, ensuring that all key points in Star Wars history would be addressed, and then spent weeks synthesizing, analyzing, and writing. He took feedback eagerly and incorporated comments into his work, never allowing pride of authorship to interfere with crafting the best possible courses. Moreover, he finished the entire project four months ahead of schedule -- it launched in August rather than the originally-planned December. The total History rewrite was a project unlike anything the Shadow Academy has ever undertaken and it could not have succeeded like it did without Farrin’s hard work and dedication.

Farrin then turned his attention to the oldest courses in our catalog: he rewrote the Sith and Krath COREs from scratch. As a result, two of our most convoluted, patchwork courses (sources of common complaint) have become excellent examples of high quality writing and organization. He also spent hours revising the Light Side CORE courses and Dark Brotherhood Basics, fixing difficult-to-read notes and glaring content errors. More recently, he has edited the Leadership Reports, Leadership Rewards, and Leadership Management courses. The last of those, Management, has been transformed. I supplied Farrin a rough outline of changes to make, and he rewrote the course notes almost entirely from scratch (which seems to be his specialty) in an afternoon. Thanks to his quick turnaround and precise style, the Management course is a completely different, significantly more useful course than it was before. Once again, Farrin created a high quality course from little more than loose direction and source notes.

Finally, I have to thank Farrin for being a steady hand and a dedicated staffer. When I ask him for thoughts on a course, he does not hesitate to tell me if it needs work. When I want to push something out before it’s ready, he pumps the brakes. Most of all, when something needs to be done, I know I can trust Farrin to tackle it and succeed. He is my secret weapon. Thank you, Farrin, and congratulations!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2014-12-01 14:28:01 UTC

For achieving 3rd place in the Taldryan - Dinaari Vs Ektrosis - Week 1: Defend Your House! competition.

The awards for this competition were upgraded due to high participation.

General Kenath Zoron Ad Vizsla, 2014-12-01 12:21:15 UTC