Writer/Editor Dr. Lynn Veach Sadler, (former) college president, Distinguished Woman of North Carolina, National Women's Hall of Fame member, and Central Region Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet (2013-2015), has published widely in academics and in creative writing: books, articles, newspaper columns, poetry chapbooks and full collections, short stories, novels, a novella, short story collections and nonfiction collections. One of her 41 plays was commissioned for the First International Robert Frost Symposium. Lynn pioneered/consulted in Computer-Assisted Composition, published its first journal and established the first microcomputer laboratory for teaching writing. She originated the first academic computing conference in North Carolina, was Visiting Distinguished Scholar in Educational Leadership, and directed a National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar for College Teachers. Her awards include teaching, Civil Rights, and Exceptional Service to the History of the State.