Fall/Winter 2022-23 Class Notes
1930s
1930s
Miriam Grace (Schnitzer) Wiles, BS 鈥31, MA 鈥31, Burbank, OH, a resident of Burbank Parke Care Center, turned 106 on July 10, 2022. [See previous class note about her turning 105 in the fall/winter 2021-22 issue of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State Magazine.] According to this year鈥檚 story in The Daily Record in Wooster, she has three children, 11 grandchildren and soon-to-be 32 great-grandchildren.
1940s
1940s
Bea McPherson, BA 鈥43, Hartville, OH, is , Military Mapping Maidens, on display at the MAPS Air Museum in Green, Ohio, from May 7 through Oct. 5, 2022. The exhibit, created by the Arizona-based firm Museum Pros, tells the story of 224 young college women recruited by the Army Map Service in 1943 to research and draw maps by hand for the Allied effort in World War II.
McPherson was studying at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State to become an elementary education teacher when her geography professor, Edna Eisen, advised her to take a 60-hour Military Mapmaking course devised for the government by noted cartographer Edith Putnam Parker. After successfully completing the course, McPherson and fellow students journeyed by train to Virginia, where they commuted from Civil Service housing to work for the Army Map Service鈥攏ow called the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency鈥攂ased in Springfield, Virginia.
McPherson, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Dec. 14, 2021, was the subject of a profile about her military mapping efforts in the winter 2018 issue of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State Magazine.
1950s
1950s
Maj. Gen. Robert Haas, MEd 鈥56, Massillon, OH, received a Strasburg Tiger Foundation during the May 2022 graduation ceremony at Strasburg-Franklin High School.
Haas was in the ROTC at The University of Akron and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He commanded a combat platoon in Korea, earning six medals for his leadership, including the Bronze Star and a Combat Infantryman Badge. After earning a master鈥檚 degree in education at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, he taught and coached at Strasburg-Franklin High School in Strasburg, Ohio. He continued to teach at Massillon City Schools and was promoted to principal, then assistant superintendent.
Haas joined the Army Reserves and the Ohio Military Reserves and was promoted to the rank of major general. His 50-year military career spanned World War II, the Korean War and the Persian Gulf War. He was inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame (located in Columbus, Ohio) in 2008.
Lois Youngen, BS 鈥55, Eugene, OR, who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the early 1950s and taught at the University of Oregon, was honored by 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 Varsity 鈥淜鈥 Athletic Hall of Fame as the on Sept. 16, 2022.
She also was on June 18, 2022. Two days later, she spoke at the Dover Public Library in Tuscarawas County for a program titled 鈥淟ois Youngen鈥擲till in a League of Her Own.鈥
Youngen received a doctorate degree from The Ohio State University in 1971. She taught for 36 years in the physical education department at the University of Oregon, where she coached or taught 26 sports and recreational activities and was an exemplary professor and administrator. In 1988, Youngen and other women of the league became part of the permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
Doris 鈥淩ae鈥 Badertscher, BS 鈥57, Marion, OH, arranged for the Marion County Historical Society to display a collection of toothpick sculptures by her late husband, James Badertscher, BA 鈥57, who died in 2017. The pandemic delayed the exhibit, but 75 of his toothpick structures were finally . The detailed structures included trains, cars, steamships, a castle, Cinderella鈥檚 pumpkin coach, flowers, a wheelbarrow and a push lawn mower.
She says her husband, who spent most of his career in health care administration, began creating toothpick structures during his time at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, where the couple first met. After they married in 1958, he built pieces on a regular basis, focusing on this hobby during the winter months when he couldn鈥檛 pursue his other hobby, gardening.
1960s
1960s
Robert Archer, MBA 鈥61, Ashland, OH, and his wife, Janet, were on May 7, 2022, and university President Carlos Campo presented each with an honorary degree (Doctor of Humane Letters).
Robert Archer also from the Claymont Foundation (Claymont City School District) on May 14, 2022. He is a 1953 graduate of Uhrichsville High School. (Uhrichsville consolidated with other area schools to form the Claymont district in 1965.)
He and five partners purchased 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Watersports from Brown Group in 1980 and grew the business, which sells its products worldwide, via 35 acquisitions. Archer serves on the Board of Trustees at Ashland University, the Canton-Akron Advisory Board of Huntington Bank and the Business College Advisory Board of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看. He is a lifetime member of the Ashland Family YMCA Board of Trustees.
Fred Packard, MA 鈥61, Lafayette, LA, artist and retired professor of visual arts at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, has a of his career as an artist at the university鈥檚 . The exhibit, Little Things: Drawings and Photographs by Fred Packard, features pieces of art created by Packard from each decade since the 鈥50s. The show runs from July 2022 to April 2023.
Packard, who was drafted into the US Army in 1956, was an Army photographer during his tours of duty in Europe. He began as an art instructor at Louisiana State University in 1964 and spent most of the next 30 years teaching at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. There he also served as department head and founded the photography concentration in the Department of Visual Arts. He retired from teaching in 1996.
Donald Lowe, BS 鈥64, MA 鈥69, Eatonton, GA, was on June 11, 2022. He was coordinator of sports medicine at Syracuse University, in Syracuse, New York, for 25 years. The athletic training area in the university鈥檚 Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center is named the Donald and Mary Lowe Sports Medicine Center. In 2000, Lowe became the director of sports medicine at Georgia Tech and, in 2003, he created Sports Medicine Management Consultants. The winner of several awards from the Athletic Trainers Association, Lowe was athletic trainer for the 1983 Pan American Games men鈥檚 basketball team and was on the US Olympic Committee鈥檚 athletic training staff for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Donald Stafford, BBA 鈥65, BS 鈥84, Minerva, OH, was on June 11, 2022. Stafford graduated from the US Army officer training program in 1965, the US Army aviation training program in 1966, and had advanced helicopter training. As a pilot of a Huey helicopter, he was assigned to Vietnam, where he survived crashes and was shot down by the Viet Cong. He returned to the States and became a flight instructor at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He retired from the military in 1990. In 2008, he received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award from the Federal Aviation Administration for 50 years of civilian flying without an accident.
John Sinclair, BS 鈥66, MEd 鈥66, Howland, OH, spent 25 years as a science teacher and assistant principal at various Trumbull County schools, most of the time within the Liberty Local School District. He also had , driving for Anderson Tours from 1969 to 1986, and eventually opened his own business, Sinclair Tours Inc., which he closed in 2013. He still does short trips for Anderson Tours and helps arrange tours for senior citizens through the SCOPE (Senior Citizens Opportunity for Personal Endeavor) program in Trumbull County.
So far, Sinclair has logged more than 1.5 million miles and has been to all the states (except Hawaii) and all the Canadian provinces at least twice. In 2019, he was one of only six people to receive the Outstanding Driver/Tour Operator Award from the Pennsylvania Bus Association.
Bonnie (Cox) Trubee, BS 鈥67, MEd 鈥72, Millersburg, OH, and her husband, the Rev. R. Eldon Trubee, (and 51st anniversary) at a surprise dinner party hosted by their children and grandchildren in June 2022. They were married June 26, 1971, but due to the pandemic were unable to gather with family to celebrate until this year.
Bonnie Trubee also earned certification in gifted education from Ashland University and has taught in public schools in Columbiana County and in West and East Holmes local school districts for more than 30 years. Following retirement from the public education systems, she taught in a Montessori school system.
Benette Waugh DeCoux, MEd 鈥68, Clayton, OH, was a school social worker and Head Start director before retiring as an administrator for Dayton Public Schools. She also spent 17 years as a volunteer court-appointed special advocate for children. She is a member of Twentig Inc., a small sisterhood of community-minded members that supports other nonprofit organizations. She is also president of the Wayman Civic Association, which encourages voter registration, advocates for voter rights and does good deeds for members of the Wayman Chapel AME Church and the Dayton community. .
Carol Klingel, BS 鈥69, Lodi, OH, exhibited her artwork in the Beeghly Hall Gallery in Alliance, Ohio, from February through May 2022. Klingel taught in the Medina Public Schools, Brunswick High School and at the University of Akron. She has led workshops on creativity and drawing, and has been included in numerous group and solo exhibitions.
1970s
1970s
Raj Aggarwal, MBA 鈥70, DBA 鈥75, Chesterland, OH, was named to by Crain鈥檚 Cleveland Business in April 2022. He also received the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award, presented by the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State Alumni Association at a celebration on Sept. 30, 2022, at the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Hotel and Conference Center.
Aggarwal currently sits on the boards of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Foundation, ERC Inc. and Ideastream Public Media. He is also a member of the professional advisory board of the Read Center for International and Intercultural Education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State. He has been a finance professor at John Carroll University, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 and The University of Akron. His time at UA included a stint as dean of the College of Business Administration. He is a and a former vice president and program chair of the Academy of International Business.
Timothy App, BFA 鈥70, Baltimore, MD, has a 2005 painting, 鈥淏acchanal,鈥 on exhibit in the Akron Art Museum鈥檚 Share the Past, Create the Future: Selections from the Akron Art Museum Collection, on view through April 2023. His art has been widely exhibited throughout the US and in Poland and Japan, and it appears in numerous public and corporate collections.
An Akron native, App took classes at the Akron Art Institute (now the museum) and later studied at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State with Leroy Flint, the institute鈥檚 former director. App received an MFA in 1974 from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. He was an assistant professor of art at Pomona College from 1974鈥78 and an associate professor of art at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque from 1978鈥90. Since 1990, he has been a professor of art at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and was the institute鈥檚 interim director of the Hoffberger School of Painting from 2009鈥2010.
Michael Chanak Jr., BS 鈥71, Cincinnati, OH, wrote, 鈥淚t鈥檚 been [to include sexual orientation] was made to P&G鈥檚 non-discrimination policy. P&G is hosting a 30th anniversary celebration on Oct. 13 for the North American (Gay Ally Bisexual Lesbian & Transgender Employees) affinity group during . On June 23, I spoke on queer history at the Pride Multifaith service at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. On Dec. 1, I will be speaking at the regional World AIDs remembrance at First Christian Church in Covington, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看ucky.
Last October, I was invited to speak to a group of 16 students at Northern 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看ucky University who enrolled in the course Queer Activism, hosted by the Honors College and taught by Dr. Bonnie Meyer, former director of LGBTQ Programs and Services. I also spoke at the city of Cincinnati鈥檚 LGBTQIA+ employee resource group in October 2021.
The two P&G videos on the history of inclusion at P&G that I appeared in (and ) have been subtitled in Mandarin and 14 other languages.鈥
John de Lancie, BA 鈥71, South Pasadena, CA, appeared at Cleveland鈥檚 Huntington Convention Center for Fan Expo, a pop culture convention, on April 30 and May 1, 2022. He has , a god-like, malevolent being, in the second season of Star Trek: Picard, which streamed on Paramount+ in spring 2022. He has appeared as Q over seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, made one appearance on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and several appearances on Star Trek: Voyager.
De Lancie鈥檚 career encompasses daytime dramas (Days of Our Lives); performances with various orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic; and appearances on stage with the American Shakespeare Festival, The Seattle Repertory Company, The South Coast Repertory and the Cleveland Play House. At 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, he won a scholarship to Juilliard, where he earned a BFA.
Robert E. Falcone, BA 鈥71, medical doctor and chief executive officer of the Columbus Medical Association and Affiliates, has been for his expertise in the health care field. Serving as CEO since 2016, he has championed physician-led initiatives to improve the health of patients and the Columbus community.
Falcone also is an artist and recording musician who has been creating visual art and music since the 1960s. He serves as a board member of the Columbus College of Art & Design (where he earned an MFA in visual art in 2016) and for the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts.
Clare Murray Adams, BS 鈥72, MEd 鈥76, BFA 鈥93, Southington, OH, had a presented by ART26201 at M.I.B. Gallery in the Colonial Arts Center, Buckhannon, West Virginia, from July 29鈥揂ug. 20, 2022. She is a professor emeritus of at and former chair of the visual art department at Malone University in Canton, Ohio. She maintains an active studio practice in rural Southington.
Raymond Fete, AA 鈥73, BA 鈥75, Navarre, OH, has served for five years as ., an ecumenical Christian nonprofit outreach organization based in Canton, Ohio, that helps struggling Stark County homeowners with maintenance and repairs.
Early in his career, he served as the director of housing rehabilitation for the Stark County Regional Planning Commission. More recently, he was the director of the Family Living Center, a homeless shelter in Massillon. Fete previously served as director of alumni relations for 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 (1985-1987), director of development for Timken Mercy Medical Center and vice president for marketing and fund development for Community Services of Stark County.
Berri Kramer, BFA 鈥73, Kennebunkport, ME, a , collaborated with printmaker Susan Wilder in a bird-themed exhibit, Capturing the Wind, at Mass Audubon鈥檚 Habitat Education Center & Wildlife Sanctuary Gallery in Belmont, Massachusetts, which ran from July 1鈥30, 2022.
Kramer earned a master鈥檚 degree in fiber exploration from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and worked as a designer for Better Homes and Gardens for more than 20 years. She founded in Kennebunk, Maine, and has been its president for 25 years.
Ruth E. Ludwick, BSN 鈥73, MSN 鈥81, PhD 鈥93, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, OH, is one of three co-editors of the textbook Nurses Making Policy, Third Edition: From Bedside to Boardroom (Springer Publishing Company, February 2022). This of the American Journal of Nursing award-winning book illuminates the extensive impact of nurses on health policy. The editors are donating all book royalties to help endow the $2 million Washington Fellows program, administered by the American Nurses Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association.
Ludwick is Professor Emerita of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看鈥檚 College of Nursing and an adjunct graduate faculty at Northeast Ohio Medical University.
Nick Saban, BS 鈥73, MEd 鈥75, Tuscaloosa, AL, . Alabama Crimson Tide teams have played in the national title game in six of the last seven seasons. Saban started his coaching career at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State in 1973 as a graduate assistant with the Golden Flashes.
On April 19, 2022, he appeared at a fundraiser for , in Mobile, Alabama, a youth-mentoring organization founded in 2001 by former college football coach and broadcaster Mike Gottfried. Team Focus helps provide mentors for young men who grew up without a father figure, a cause near to Saban鈥檚 heart. His father, Nick Sr., died just as he was finishing college at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State.
Carter Strang, BS 鈥73, MEd 鈥79, Shaker Heights, OH, was , Ohio鈥檚 first public school foundation, effective July 1, 2022. A recently retired founding partner of the Tucker Ellis law firm, he previously was an award-winning Shaker Heights High School teacher and coach. He is board chair of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs and a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Leader in Residence.
Strang, who was a member of the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 football and ice hockey teams, is an Honors College graduate and past chair of the college鈥檚 advisory board. He received the 2014 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Distinguished Alumni Award and the 2011 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Distinguished Honors College Alumni Award.
Ron Young, BA 鈥73, Mentor, OH, was selected as 2022 Lake County Fair Parade Grand Marshal. The opening day parade took place on July 26 and the fair ran through July 31. Young recently retired as a Lake County commissioner, having served since 2019. He is the president and founder of Technical Employment Services Inc., which has focused on engineering, scientific and industrial recruiting since 1981. He served in the Ohio General Assembly from 1997 to 2004 and was elected again in 2010 to another eight-year term.
John Mansfield, BA 鈥74, Munroe Falls, OH, recently released (Christian Faith Publishing, June 2022), a novel that explores supernatural occurrences in one man鈥檚 life.
L.P. Snowe II, AAS 鈥74, Warren, OH, had his at the Thomases Family Endowment of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation Art Gallery in the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown from June 16 through Aug. 1, 2022. Cats Infiltrate the Optic Nerve included 15 pencil-and-ink drawings.
Snowe has shown his award-winning work鈥攊nfluenced by artwork featuring spacecraft, alien planets and futuristic architecture, as well as cartoons in Mad Magazine鈥攊n 27 juried art shows at such venues as the Erie Art Museum, The Butler Institute of American Art, Cleveland Institute of Art and the Ohio State Fair.
Snowe received an associate degree in law enforcement from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Trumbull. He works in private security and as a warehouse worker and is shop steward for Teamsters Local 377.
Lawrence Terkel, MA 鈥74, Hudson, OH, a member of the Ohio Masters Swim Club, in the age 75 to 79 category at the 2022 National Senior Games, held May 13鈥16 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The two gold medals鈥攊n the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle鈥攂oth came with record times.
Dom Capers, MEd 鈥75, Green Bay, WI, and his wife, Karen, donated $2 million to the University of Mount Union (his alma mater) in Alliance, Ohio, for a new football facility, which opened in 2020. The university dedicated the on June 11, 2022. The press box at Kehres Stadium is also named in Capers鈥 honor.
Capers, who was a graduate assistant for 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State football coach Don James, is known for his work as an NFL coach for the Carolina Panthers, Houston Texans and Green Bay Packers. He currently works as a senior defensive assistant for the Denver Broncos.
Matt Likens, BBA 鈥75, Mesa, AZ, is president and CEO of , which was named in the 2022 American Business Awards. This honor acknowledges GT Medical Technologies鈥 pioneering technology , FDA-cleared for treating newly diagnosed malignant and recurrent brain tumors. Over 60 US hospitals now offer the therapy as a radiation option for patients with operable brain tumors. Tiles are implanted during the last five minutes of brain tumor resection procedures to eliminate residual tumor cells. This therapy allows patients to resume normal activities rapidly after surgery.
Gary Pinkel, BS 鈥75, Columbia, MO, will be inducted into Named Jan. 10, 2022, the class will be inducted Dec. 6 during the 64th NFF Annual Awards Dinner in Las Vegas.
Pinkel is the winningest head football coach at the University of Missouri (2001鈥2015) and at the University of Toledo (1991鈥2000). He retired from Mizzou following the 2015 season after announcing he has non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Among his previous honors are inductions into halls of fame for the State of Missouri Sports, St. Louis Sports Commission, Mid-American Conference, Toledo Athletics, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State Athletics and Kenmore High School. Active in the community, he created the GP Made Foundation to help youth facing difficult challenges, and he has raised more than $10 million for charitable causes.
Pinkel (who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997). James made Pinkel a graduate assistant and then hired him as position coach when James became head coach at the University of Washington (1975鈥1992). Pinkel was a coordinator for James鈥 Huskies before leaving for his own head-coaching roles.
Joseph Valencic, BA 鈥76, BFA 鈥76, Cleveland, OH, was on June 7, 2022. He is a founder and past president of the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame, where he currently is vice president and director of the museum and archives. When Slovenia declared independence in 1991, he led the communications campaign of United Americans for Slovenia to lobby for US recognition and repeated the effort to encourage the White House to accept Slovenia into NATO.
Valencic is the longtime president of the Cleveland Federation of Lodges of the Slovene National Benefit Society, America鈥檚 largest Slovenian organization. Each year, he organizes Slovenian programs in the Cleveland area and emcees special events. His Saturday radio broadcast (on WINT 1330 AM and 101.5 FM) features music and news from Slovenia. He writes, lectures and produces television documentaries on Slovenian American history and culture in the United States and Europe.
Gary F. Bengier, BBA 鈥77, San Francisco, CA, received a for his book Unfettered Journey (Chiliagon Press, Sept. 5, 2020) in the category of Visionary Fiction. The international competition is judged by experts from different aspects of the book industry, and awards are based on overall excellence.
As described in , 鈥淚n 2161, an AI scientist seeks to understand the conscious mind. He meets a fighter on a personal mission against unjust forces. Together they struggle to find purpose in an imperfect world.鈥 A No. 1 bestseller on Amazon, the book has won seven awards and is available in American English, plus seven other languages.
After a career in Silicon Valley, where he worked in a variety of tech companies, pursued passion projects, studying astrophysics and philosophy. He鈥檚 spent the last two decades thinking about how to live a balanced, meaningful life in a rapidly evolving technological world. Bengier was eBay鈥檚 chief financial officer and led the company鈥檚 initial and secondary public offerings. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MA in philosophy from San Francisco State University.
Terry Calaway, BS 鈥77, Lenexa, KS, has been , a private university in Parkville, Missouri.
Calaway, who has had a 36-year career in higher education, was named president emeritus of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, after serving JCCC as its president from 2007-13. He was president of Central Arizona College in Coolidge from 2003-07 after spending the previous four years as CAC鈥檚 vice president of academic and student services. He currently serves as a professor of practice in the Community College Leadership Program within Kansas State University's College of Education.
He earned a doctorate in education administration from the University of Texas and a master鈥檚 degree in public administration from Cleveland State University.
Barbara Easlick, BS 鈥77, Wildwood, FL, was this year鈥檚 , which honors those who have contributed to the game of golf. She was a three-sport star at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看. Upon graduation, she worked at Bent Tree Golf and Racquet Club in Sarasota, Florida, and began her quest to join the LPGA Tour, coming close several times. A native of Dover, Ohio, she came home to become the golf instructor at Zoar Golf Club for more than 25 years.
She also served as the women鈥檚 basketball coach and started the softball program at Malone University in Canton, Ohio, before becoming a professor in the School of Business. Easlick was inducted into the Malone Hall of Fame in 2002 and retired from the university in 2015 after 30 years of service. She spends winters in Wildwood, Florida, and summers in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Anthony Schepis, MA 鈥77, Winter Haven, FL, had by John Nativio to the Zanesville Museum of Art. The realist artist, an Ohio native, studied at the Cooper School of Art and the Cleveland Institute of Art before earning a master鈥檚 degree in fine art from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State. In 1979, he became the professor of drawing and painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and in 1998, the institute honored him with professor emeritus status.
Albert Miller, BA 鈥78, Dothan, AL, left his Amish roots in Holmes County, Ohio, to become a doctor and he recently published a book about the experience with his daughter, Liz. He is an emergency room doctor at Flowers Hospital in Dothan. His self-published memoir, , is available in area bookstores and on Amazon.
Wendy Patton, BA 鈥78, Columbus, OH, is the new director of the Columbus Program in State Issues. She replaced state Sen. Vernon Sykes, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, who stepped down as inaugural director in June 2020 after 19 years.
Patton has a 35-year career in state and local government鈥攊ncluding 15 years with Policy Matters Ohio鈥攁nd she has worked in and around the Ohio Statehouse since 1987. She is working with 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 Department of Political Science to get the Columbus program up and running after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
Wayne Dawson, BA 鈥79, Cleveland, OH, celebrated 40 years with Fox 8 Cleveland on July 15, 2022. Roseann 鈥淐hic鈥 Canfora, BS 鈥76, MA 鈥87, PhD 鈥01, professional-in-residence with 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 School of Media and Journalism, and recall his honors from the university鈥檚 Alumni Association over the past 40 years: He was 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 2018 Homecoming parade grand marshal, and has received the William D. Taylor Journalism Alumnus of the Year Award (2014), the Diversity in Media Distinguished Leadership Award (2006) and the Cultural Diversity Award (1994). 鈥溇镁梦缫剐咝哂霸好夥压劭 State played a big role in my life,鈥 Dawson says. 鈥淲hen I graduated from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, I had all the skills necessary to move right here to Fox 8.鈥
Douglas Hanzel, BS 鈥79, and Andrew Hanzel, BS 鈥10, Savannah, GA, on July 24, 2022, in the 53rd edition of the National Father-Son Invitational at the Country Club of North Carolina. The elder Hanzel is the 2013 US Senior Amateur champion and was the low amateur at the 2012 and 2013 US Senior Open. Both Hanzels played college golf at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, where Doug, a physician, endowed a golf scholarship.
Nan Jenks-Jay, BA 鈥79, Sudbury, VT, received an at the commencement ceremony on May 29, 2022. She served as dean of environmental affairs and taught in the Environmental Studies program at the college for 23 years before retiring in 2019. Jenks-Jay fostered an integrated institutional vision for sustainability, launching numerous successful initiatives, including achieving carbon neutrality, establishing the LEED Platinum-certified Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest, developing a school program and labs, participating in a Global Partnerships for Sustainability program in four countries and playing a key role in the conservation of 2,400 acres of Bread Loaf lands.
She also helped create the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), which presented her with its . She received a bachelor鈥檚 degree in biology from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State and an MES from the Yale University School of the Environment, which honored her with its during Reunion Weekend 2021.
Connie Schultz, BA 鈥79, Cleveland, OH, on May 14, 2022. She also was awarded an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa. She joined Denison in Fall 2023 as Professor of Practice.
Schultz is a Pulitzer Prize鈥搘inning columnist for USA Today and author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Daughters of Erietown. She previously was a professional-in-residence at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看鈥檚 School of Media and Journalism, where she taught opinion writing, feature writing and ethics.
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Dave Edmonds, BBA 鈥80, Memphis, TN, has of VerifyMe鈥檚 wholly owned subsidiary, PeriShip Global LLC, as of June 2022. He retired as senior vice president of FedEx World Wide Services in December 2020, after a 41-year career in the transportation and logistics field.
Lucinda 鈥淐indy鈥 Einhouse, BA 鈥80, Lakewood, OH, president and CEO of Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, Ohio, has completed and published at Beck Center for the Arts, the first , covering the organization鈥檚 nearly 90 years as a professional theatre and arts education nonprofit. The book is available on Amazon and all proceeds go to Beck Center鈥檚 endowment.
served on the center鈥檚 board before she was tapped to be its president and CEO in 2007. Previously, she had been director of development for the Cleveland Institute of Music and senior development officer for the Cleveland Clinic after starting her career at Playhouse Square. She earned an MBA from Cleveland State University in 1986.
Rebecca M. Patton, BSN 鈥80, Lakewood, OH, is one of three co-editors of the textbook Nurses Making Policy, Third Edition: From Bedside to Boardroom (Springer Publishing Company, February 2022). This of the American Journal of Nursing award-winning book illuminates the extensive impact of nurses on health policy. The editors are donating all book royalties to help endow the $2 million Washington Fellows program, administered by the American Nurses Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association.
Patton is the past two-term president of the association (ANA; 2006鈥2010) and holds the inaugural Endowed Perioperative Nursing Chair, Lucy Jo Atkinson Professorship in Perioperative Nursing at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University.
Ed Donatell, MA 鈥81, Minneapolis, MN, , effective February 2022. He brings 31 years of NFL coaching experience to Minnesota, where he鈥檚 trying to lead a defensive turnaround.
Donatell got his first coaching job as a graduate assistant at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 in 1979 and broke into the NFL as the New York Jets鈥 defensive backs coach in 1990. He has been a defensive backs coach for the Denver Broncos (2019鈥2021), Chicago Bears (2015鈥2018) and San Francisco 49ers (2011鈥2014). He was a defensive coordinator for eight seasons with the Green Bay Packers (2000鈥2003), Atlanta Falcons (2004鈥2006), University of Washington (2008) and the Denver Broncos (2019鈥2021).
Jeffrey Kurtz, BA 鈥81, MA 鈥89, Ravenna, OH, is a . The NIAAA鈥檚 national leadership training institute offers more than 50 professional development courses for athletic administrators. Kurtz is national course chair for 鈥淢anagement of Game and Event Announcing鈥 and is certified to teach other courses.
President of the board of directors for Summit County Sports Hall of Fame, Kurtz also serves as a member of the national board of directors and instructor in the National Association of Sports Public Address Announcers training/certification program. He has been an announcer for 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 football and basketball games and has been a softball coach in various roles with the Hudson City School District since 2007.
Rita Perea, BS 鈥81 MEd 鈥90, Des Moines, IA, president and CEO of , was named one of the by the Business Record on Aug. 4, 2022. The awards celebrate the work of Central Iowa women who have made a difference and blazed a trail for other women. Previously, Perea had served as superintendent of two Iowa school districts, helping them recover from financial difficulty, and she developed school improvement software while working for Heartland Area Education Agency. Now, with her passion for finance and experience as a commodities trader, she鈥檚 helping women understand digital assets like cryptocurrency.
Denise McEnroe-Petitte, AS 鈥82, BSN 鈥83, CER8 鈥08, New Philadelphia, OH, associate professor of nursing at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Tuscarawas, was part of a Leadership Tuscarawas project team that partnered with the Tuscarawas County Health Department to hold a event at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital on April 30, 2022. Currently, 16 million Americans are living with a disease caused by smoking, and studies show that those who quit begin to experience health benefits within the first 24 hours.
McEnroe-Petitte was by the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing in 2020. A registered nurse since 1978, she has been teaching undergraduate nursing programs since 1996 at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State Tuscarawas, where she was awarded the exceptional Service-Learning Faculty Award in 2013. She earned a doctorate degree at Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2014.
Geraldine Radcliffe, MEd 鈥82, Canton, OH, spoke at the Salem Historical Society on March 8, 2022, about a book she co-wrote, African Americans of Canton, Ohio: Treasures of Black History (The History Press, 2019). A retired registered nurse and community health educator, Radcliffe is a frequent contributor on local Black history to the in Canton, Ohio.
Lisa Brindley, MEd 鈥83, New Philadelphia, OH, from the Claymont Foundation (Claymont City School District) on May 14, 2022. She is a 1976 graduate of Claymont High School.
She earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in nursing in 1980 from The University of Akron and a master鈥檚 in early childhood education from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, and did additional graduate work as well. She worked at numerous hospitals in Ohio, Arkansas and Tennessee as a cardiac nurse and nursing educator. She also worked in education at Head Start, Early Intervention and as an associate lecturer in early childhood education technology at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Tuscarawas, retiring in May 2022.
Rochelle Broome, BS 鈥83, Black Mountain, NC, is medical director, virtual health, at since January 2021. For the past seven years, she has focused on creating effective strategies and providing leadership to teams that maximize use and reporting capabilities of all technological interfaces between clinicians and patients.
She several years ago, where she is involved in family practice, singing at the local Unitarian Universalist church and embodying her Native American spiritual roots.
Broome earned an MD from Northeast Ohio Medical University in 1983 and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2014.
Gary Harwood, BS 鈥83, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, OH, had in the Paul Brown Museum, within the Massillon Museum, which ran from Feb. 28 through July 10, 2022. It featured 69 photographs of players, traditions and special moments from the Massillon Tigers鈥 2021 Washington High School football season.
It also included unpublished images not displayed in an earlier exhibition, Tiger Legacy II, or published in the full-color award-winning book about the football team and the community鈥檚 embrace and celebration of this tradition. (Daylight Books, July 2016)鈥攚hich Harwood co-edited with David Foster, BS 鈥08, MA 鈥14, associate professor of multimedia and photojournalism at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看鈥檚 School of Media and Journalism鈥攚as selected as one of the 10 best photography books of summer 2016 by American Photo Magazine.
Harwood, a member of the Teach Arts Roster for the Ohio Arts Council, taught visual storytelling at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看. He also is photographer and author (with David Hassler, director of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center) of (The 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Press, Aug. 11, 2006).
Bruce Hartley, BA 鈥84, Tallmadge, OH, has been , effective July 1, 2022. He had served at Granger United Methodist Church since 2017. Previous assignments have included Elyria/Lorain, Strasburg, Trinity/Mt. Gilead and Lakewood. He graduated from United Theological Seminary.
John Wagner, BS 鈥84, MA 鈥87, Forest Lake, MN, was by Adams Publishing Group, the newspaper鈥檚 parent company. The weekly newspaper is based in Cambridge, Minnesota. Wagner has served as sports editor of the paper since February 2019, and in February 2020 he added the responsibility of sports editor of the Forest Lake Times.
Prior to moving to Minnesota in 2018, Wagner spent 25 years on the staff of The Blade, Toledo鈥檚 daily newspaper. Before that, Wagner worked for seven years in the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 athletics department, including five years as sports information director. He also helped record stats on game days with the Cleveland Indians (now the Cleveland Guardians) for two seasons and with the Cleveland Cavaliers for six seasons.
A native of Napoleon, Ohio, Wagner has a bachelor鈥檚 degree in journalism and a master鈥檚 degree in athletic administration.
Thomas Botzman, MA 鈥85, PhD 鈥91, Alliance, Ohio, , effective June 30, 2022. He was president since July 2020. Previously, he had been a faculty member and administrator there (1989鈥2004), serving as director of international studies and associate academic dean.
Botzman was a visiting professor and Fulbright Scholar at the University of the Americas in Mexico City, Mexico, teaching there for four terms (1992鈥1996). He also was named an American Council on Education Fellow in 2002.
Prior to becoming president at Mount Union, he served as president of Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania, for seven years.
John Hippley, BS 鈥85, Columbiana, OH, is the owner/operator of 鈥攁 three-acre homestead on the northern edge of Columbiana County that features eight gardens and eight waterfall features. Available (via appointment) for free, self-guided tours, have received visitors from at least 44 states and many countries since 1999鈥攁nd have been a venue for weddings and wedding showers.
The site is operated and funded by The Hippley Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Its mission is to inspire good stewards of the environment while building and maintaining a venue that promotes art, enjoyment and knowledge of horticulture.
Hippley earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in horticulture/landscaping from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, and he taught and coached basketball at various area schools, retiring in 2013. He鈥檚 been a part-time assistant basketball coach at Walsh University in Canton for the past 17 seasons.
Christopher Verich, BA 鈥85, MA 鈥91, Akron, OH, marked of Ohio Brewing Co. in July 2022. Verich was the original brewer and co-owner when the brewery opened in 1997 in Trumbull County. Located in several places over the years, Ohio Brewing is now in Cuyahoga Falls.
Keith B. Wilson, BA 鈥85, Lexington, KY, received a 2022 ACA Fellows Award by the American Counseling Association in April 2022. The award recognizes ACA members who have advanced the counseling profession throughout their career.
Wilson is a professor of rehabilitation and counselor education in the Department of Early Childhood, Special Education and Counselor Education at the University of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看ucky College of Education. Information about his career and previous awards appeared in Class Notes for the Fall/Winter 2021-22 issue of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State Magazine.
Matthew Fantin, BBA 鈥86, MA 鈥88, New Philadelphia, OH, was of the Tuscarawas Clinic for the Working Uninsured. The mission of the nonprofit organization, which celebrated its 13th year in 2022, is to improve access to health care for working, uninsured residents of Tuscarawas County who are 18鈥64 and at or below 199% of the federal poverty level.
Fantin also volunteers with the Tuscarawas Central Catholic Foundation, Central Catholic Finance Council, Central Catholic Board and with the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 National Board of Alumni.
Charles Esque Fleming, BBA 鈥86, Bedford, OH, was in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on March 11, 2022. He was nominated to serve a life term on the bench by President Joe Biden. Recently, Fleming was appointed as a judge in the court鈥檚 STAR (Successful Transitions-Accelerated Reentry) Program, which helps citizens returning from incarceration get the tools they need to find and maintain employment, avoid recidivism and live productive lives.
Fleming earned a juris doctorate from Case Western University School of Law and began his career as an associate at the Cleveland firm of Forbes, Forbes & Associates, focusing on civil litigation. In 1991, he became assistant federal public defender for the Northern District of Ohio. In 2010, he was promoted to supervisor of the investigative and paralegal staff, and six years later became supervisor of the Cleveland trial team. He also served as an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (2007鈥2008).
Glenn Davis, MBA 鈥87, Bellefonte, PA, has an (formerly PPG Glass), as of July 2022. He continues to lead Vitro鈥檚 international sales business and now also leads the company鈥檚 sales leadership and development efforts.
Frank Janik, BA 鈥87, Amherst, OH, Lorain County Domestic Relations/Juvenile Court judge, was for 2022 by his peers in January. As vice president, he serves on the executive committee of the Ohio Judicial Conference serving all judges in the state.
Janik was elected judge in 2012. Prior to that, he practiced civil and criminal law for 23 years in both private practice and as an assistant Lorain County prosecutor. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University鈥檚 Moritz College of Law.
Sara Lee, MA 鈥87, Granville, OH, was for the athletics department at Denison University, as of April 2022. Lee announced that she is stepping down as Denison鈥檚 head women鈥檚 basketball coach after 33 years leading the program.
John Rush, BS 鈥87, Potomac, MD, was recognized by Continental Who鈥檚 Who as a in the medical field in June 2022. Well-established as a physician and entrepreneur, Rush is the owner, CEO and chief medical officer of , a nationwide network of medical practices focused on advanced therapies to treat osteoarthritis of the knee.
Steven A. Sayers, BS 鈥87, Amherst, OH, was for Kenston Schools for the 2022-2023 school year, effective Aug. 1, 2022.
Sayers, who received a master鈥檚 degree in school administration from Ashland University, is a veteran educator and administrator who began his career in 1987 as a math teacher, athletic director and varsity basketball coach at Keystone High School in LaGrange, Ohio. He went on to serve as high school principal at Wellington High School and Midview High School. In 2001, he was named director of personnel for Lakewood City Schools and, in 2003, became superintendent of Southeast Schools in Apple Creek. In 2008, he was named superintendent of Amherst Exempted Village Schools鈥攁fter he retired from there, he was rehired in 2015. During his tenure, Amherst Schools earned a national Blue Ribbon Schools Award and the Ohio Department of Education Momentum Award.
Dana Addis, BA 鈥88, BSE 鈥92, Seville, OH, was of the Hudson City School District in Hudson, Ohio, as of March 2022. Most recently, he was superintendent of Norton City Schools since 2017. Previously, he worked for six years as the principal of Highland High School in Medina County鈥檚 Highland Local Schools.
He spent 15 years as an English teacher and three as an athletics administrator at Copley High School and one year as assistant principal at Strongsville High School. He has a master鈥檚 degree in educational administration from The University of Akron and earned an Ohio superintendent licensure certificate from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State.
Mark Alexander, BFA 鈥88, MA 鈥93, Killbuck, OH, an artist and wood collector, has a at an imagination-themed art show that premiered June 12, 2022, at Holmes Center for the Arts in Millersburg, Ohio. The show and Alexander鈥檚 sculpture were made possible through a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.
Alexander did his undergraduate work in sculpture and received a master鈥檚 degree in experimental film from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State. He was also part of the performance art collaborative Knectiv.
Thomas Chiappini, BS 鈥88, Canton, OH, was . He joined the college in 2004 and serves as vice president of business, finance and information technology. He also served as the college鈥檚 interim president in 2011.
Chiappini earned an associate of applied science degree in electrical engineering from Stark State College in 1985, a bachelor鈥檚 degree in industrial technology from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State and a master鈥檚 degree in business administration from Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio. He also holds a certificate in historic preservation technology from Belmont Technical College in St. Clairsville, Ohio.
Rebecca Corbin, BA 鈥88, Raleigh, NC, was awarded the Triangle Business Journal in March 2022. She is president and CEO for the , a leading nonprofit membership organization dedicated to advancing entrepreneurship education in community colleges across the US and abroad. She has raised millions of dollars to pilot, expand and scale STEM, educational and entrepreneurship initiatives.
Prior to NACCE, she served as vice president of institutional advancement and executive director of Burlington County College鈥檚 BCC Foundation and oversaw institutional advancement for the Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting Inc.
She earned a master鈥檚 degree in public administration from The University of Akron and a doctorate in organizational leadership and innovation from Wilmington University in New Castle, Delaware.
Vipal Patel, BS 鈥88, Dayton, OH, as a partner. Previously, he spent 22 years as a federal prosecutor specializing in civil litigation, white collar cases, and False Claim Act investigations. He was named acting US attorney in March 2021. He represented the United States in the investigation stemming from the August 2019 mass shooting in Dayton and in the prosecution of weapons-related charges against a friend of the shooter. He is being recognized for that work with the Attorney General鈥檚 Award, the top honor of the Department of Justice. In 2018, he was lead prosecutor in the first international terrorism trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Philip Wagner, BA 鈥88, MEd 鈥90, EDS 鈥92, PhD 鈥06, Lewis Center, OH, was named the , in Johnstown, Ohio, as of May 9, 2022. Previously, he was Licking Heights superintendent for 11 years. Wagner came to Licking Heights from Beachwood City Schools in Northeast Ohio, where he held various administrative positions, including assistant superintendent. He also served as director of pupil personnel services for the Hudson City School District and was a school psychologist for the Solon City and the Cleveland City school districts earlier in his career.
Wagner is a recipient of the Hall of Fame Alumni Leadership Award from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, as well as the William L. Hunter Distinguished Professional Award from the Ohio Association of School Personnel Administrators for his work with the Ohio Minority Recruitment Consortium. He is a past recipient of the Bowman Fellow Award in Educational Administration from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 and the Distinguished Leadership Award from the Hudson City School District.
Deidra Mitchell, BS 鈥89, Grand Rapids, MI, was and the Top 200 Most Powerful Business Leaders in West Michigan in 2022 by the Grand Rapids Business Journal. She was also named Investor Dealmaker of the Year by MIBiz.
Mitchell is , a 100% tribally owned economic development entity of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi. Since joining WDC in April 2016 and opening the Grand Rapids office, she has aligned resources, gained consensus from stakeholders, orchestrated the acquisition of seven real estate properties, four commercial businesses and two passive investments; and has expanded the federal division to over $170 million in contracts.
A recognized leader in Indian Country, she has developed and implemented tribal economic diversification stratagems. She has served as panelist and speaker at numerous local and national conferences and as cohost of Tribal Talks, a podcast focused on tribal economic development. In 2019, Mitchell organized nine of 12 federally recognized tribes in Michigan to complete a study on tribal non-gaming economic impact in the state.
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Cindee Case, BGS 鈥90, Canfield, OH, was named social media minister for the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, which recently established a new department of communications. She has served the diocese as director of youth and young adult ministry since 2002. She earned a master鈥檚 degree in pastoral studies with a focus on youth ministry/parish administration from Loyola University New Orleans.
Joseph French, BSE 鈥90, Canton, OH, received a Community Service Award for the 21st Masonic District at the Historic Canton Masonic Temple. French is CEO of Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, the first mental health agency to pilot the Six Sigma process. A graduate of Leadership Stark County, he is a community activist who serves on the boards of Stark County District Library, Ohio Children鈥檚 Trust Fund鈥檚 Northeast Ohio Regional Committee, Adventure Place Advisory Board, Leadership Stark County, Family Council of Stark County and JRC, a nonprofit agency serving low- to moderate-income families, children and seniors. In addition, he is a two-term elected Meyers Lake Village councilman.
Mary Yacovone, MEd 鈥90, Youngstown, OH, is a professor of respiratory care and chair of the Department of Health Professions at Youngstown State University. She was the for the university鈥檚 spring commencement on May 7, 2022.
Daniel Borgia, PhD 鈥91, Dudley, MA, was in Dudley, effective April 1, 2022. Most recently, he was dean and professor of finance at Bryant University鈥揃eijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai, since 2017. Previously, he was dean of the Richard J. Wehle School of Business at Canisius College, associate dean in the College of Business at the University of Idaho, initial associate dean at Nottingham University Business School China, founding faculty member at Florida Gulf Coast University and founding director of its Institute of Chinese Studies.
A former China Fulbright Scholar, Borgia has written extensively on international business and finance with reference to China, working capital financing, entrepreneurial finance and financial education.
Timothy Carnahan, BSE 鈥91, Pawleys Island, SC, was named in Lexington, South Carolina, in June 2022. An award-winning educator with 30 years of experience, Carnahan had served as principal of Lexington Elementary School since joining Lexington County School District One in 2020.
Carnahan received a master鈥檚 degree in elementary education from The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, and a doctorate in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University in Broward County, Florida.
Stacey Drennen, BA 鈥91, Coshocton, OH, now in Coshocton. She had worked for two TV and radio stations prior to having children. Settling in Coshocton, she had wished for many years that the town had a place to grab a drink after work or meet up with friends and hang out. When an opportunity presented itself, she decided to build it herself.
Robert Gavalier, BA 鈥91, Youngstown, OH, for the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown as its senior multimedia production specialist, effective July 1. Previously, he served at the Catholic Telecommunications Network of Youngstown for more than 25 years, most recently as general manager.
Lynn Shimko, BFA 鈥91, North Canton, OH, co-founded with her husband, David, to showcase artists and local businesses at North Canton city lots that were empty on weekends. (The name came from North Canton鈥檚 ZIP code, 44720.) Vendors at the traveling markets include local brewers (coffee and craft beer), food trucks and live music.
Shimko also has had her own graphic design business, , for more than 28 years. Work has included branding and design for all 91 Restaurant Group concepts, packaging for Harry London Chocolates, design support for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Allen Schulman & Associates and Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, to name a few.
She and her husband also were recruited by ArtsInStark to plan, organize and rebrand First Fridays in Downtown Canton for 2022.
Chris Williams, BBA 鈥91, Chesterfield, MO, was of Southern Glazer鈥檚 Wine & Spirits, a preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol, effective June 1, 2022. Previously, he served in various roles at Anheuser-Busch InBev for more than 20 years. He has completed an executive MBA program through the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance. He has served on the board of directors for the Folds of Honor Foundation for eight years.
Craig Heath, BSE 鈥92, Dublin, OH, was , effective Aug. 1, 2022. Recently he was the assistant superintendent in Delaware, Ohio, and previously taught Spanish at Lake Catholic High School in Mentor.
Laurie McClellan, AS 鈥92, AS 鈥93, Minerva, OH, was on June 11, 2022. After earning a degree in radiology technology, she worked as a radiology technologist at Alliance City Hospital and Westwood Urgent Care Center. In 1987, she joined the board of directors of Consumers National Bank. In 1998, she was appointed chairman of the board, and under her leadership the bank increased its assets from $131 million to $500 million. She is active in community service, supporting many Minerva area charities as well as 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Salem.
Teresa Simons, BBA 鈥92, Willoughby, OH, was of the Alliance for Working Together Foundation, as of January 2022. The foundation, based in Mentor, promotes the development of rewarding careers in manufacturing to support the long-term success and growth of the manufacturing community in Northeast Ohio.
Kathryn Tschiegg, BBA 鈥92, Orrville, OH, a graduate of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Stark, is executive director and founder of ., a nondenominational, Christian-based humanitarian organization that brings life-saving medical services, education and community development to Central America.
She received the 2022 Distinguished Citizen Award, presented by the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State Alumni Association at a celebration on Sept. 30, 2022, at the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Hotel and Conference Center.
Tschiegg launched CAMO in 1993 after serving in the Peace Corps as a nurse in Honduras, where she witnessed the daily loss of infants due to the lack of basic life-saving resources. The organization is based on a 鈥渃ounterpart鈥 model, which connects professionals as international partners with others in the same field. CAMO-USA professionals commit to a minimum of five years to develop counterpart relationships with CAMO鈥檚 Honduras professionals to promote positive change.
Ellen McWilliams-Woods, MEd 鈥92, PhD 鈥10, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, OH, retired at the end of June 2022 from Akron Public Schools as assistant superintendent and chief of academics after 30-plus years as a special education teacher and administrator who oversaw massive changes in academics for the district.
She also leaves a , along with her wife, Wendy McWilliams-Woods, BA 鈥86, MEd 鈥88. Wendy taught in deaf education programs at Akron Public Schools and has worked at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State as a lecturer in special education at the School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences since retiring from the Akron schools 10 years ago.
The couple met at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State in graduate school for deaf education, and both landed student teaching positions in Akron schools that turned into permanent jobs. During their extensive careers, the couple pushed the Akron district from the inside for over three decades to be more inclusive of families like theirs.
Eric Baltrinic, MEd 鈥93, PhD 鈥14, and Heather Fye, PhD 鈥16, Syracuse, NY, formerly professors from the University of Alabama, joined the Syracuse University School of Education鈥檚 department of counseling and human services as associate professor and visiting assistant professor, respectively, in April 2022. The couple are graduates of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences in the College of Education, Health and Human Services.
Baltrinic has over 20 years of counseling, research and teaching experience and is currently a qualitative evaluator for Veterans Recovery Resources funded by the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. He is also one of the founding members of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision鈥檚 Teaching Interest Network.
Fye previously held faculty appointments at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Winona State University and the University of Alabama. Her work centers on school and clinical mental health professional issues. She is a co-editor of Critical Incidents in School Counseling, and serves as a peer reviewer on the editorial boards for the Journal of Counseling & Development, Measure and Evaluation in Counseling and Development and Professional School Counseling.
Paul Haynes, BA 鈥93, St. Paul, MN, was in the football program at the University of Minnesota. He has been on the Gophers staff since February 2020 and will continue to coach the Gophers鈥 cornerbacks. He helped Minnesota鈥檚 defense finish third nationally in total defense in 2021.
Haynes was 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 head football coach from 2013鈥17 and joined Minnesota鈥檚 staff after three seasons as Michigan State鈥檚 defensive backs coach. He was defensive coordinator at University of Arkansas in 2012 and was co-defensive coordinator at The Ohio State University in 2011.
Sylvia Radziszewski, MBA 鈥93, Lakewood, OH, was in Ashland, Ohio, effective Feb. 28, 2022. Most recently, she served as the regional vice president of Ohio for 鈥檚 Dedicated Senior Medical Centers in Miami, Florida. Prior to that she led numerous teams in Northeast Ohio as chief operating officer of Orthopedic One in Columbus, vice president of the Oncology Institute at Summa Health in Akron and executive director at Mercy Health Cancer Center in Lorain. She is a registered respiratory therapist.
Ted Yates, BBA 鈥93, Islamorada, FL, at Islamorada: Village of Islands, Florida, effective July 2022. He had served as Twinsburg, Ohio, mayor and public safety director since January 2015 and was re-elected in November 2019.
Yates has an MBA from Cleveland State University and a Juris Doctor degree from CSU鈥檚 Marshall College of Law. He practiced law with the Mansour Gavin firm in Cleveland from 2005鈥2010 and the Reitz, Paul & Shorr firm in Aurora, from 2010鈥19. Prior to that, he was a State Farm Insurance agent and associate accountant for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Cathleen Morris, PhD 鈥94, Wilton, WI, was named , a Christian ministry between Bethlehem Lutheran Church and the First Presbyterian Church of Florence in Florence, Wisconsin. She conducted her first worship services with the parish on Palm Sunday in April 2022.
Morris, who earned a doctorate in philosophy from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, worked as director of Carroll University Outreach Programs in Waukesha for 14 years before she pursued ministry as a second career. She earned a Master of Divinity degree at McCormick Theological Seminary (a Presbyterian college) in Chicago and she also studied at Wartburg Theological Seminary (a Lutheran college) in Dubuque, Iowa. She is ordained as a Lutheran minister and has served in the La Crosse Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Gregory Beals, BS 鈥95, MA 鈥99, Columbus, OH, was recently chosen as . Beals was a star catcher for the Golden Flashes from 1989鈥91, and went on to have a three-year run in the New York Mets鈥 minor league system. He then started his coaching career at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, working as an assistant coach from 1994鈥2002. He was head coach at Ball State University from 2003鈥2010, and head coach at The Ohio State University from 2011鈥2022.
Kinley (Stalker) Bryan, BA 鈥95, Hilton Head Island, SC, has published her debut historical novel, (Blue Mug Press, October 2021). The book was inspired by the stories of her great-grandparents, a schooner captain and ship鈥檚 cook, who survived the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 with their young children.
Danielle Dixon, BA 鈥95, Cleveland, OH, artist-in-residence at Akron Soul Train Gallery, displayed her new work at the gallery July 20鈥揂ug. 17, 2022. For she curated 40 years of objects from her family home, which she inherited, and used them to show how her grandparents survived the Depression. The exhibit also included poems and short stories to explain the significance of the objects.
LaDonna Dulemba, MSN 鈥95, New Paris, OH, in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Indiana University East in Richmond, Indiana, effective July 1, 2022. She was by the Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching.
She earned a doctorate degree in nursing practice from the University of Cincinnati, and her research interests include rural health concerns, RN to BSN student issues and community health disparities.
Roz Lipsey, MBA 鈥95, Los Angeles, CA, was appointed in June 2022 as ., a leading consumer-focused California cannabis company. In this newly created role, she will focus on implementing operational efficiencies and cost-saving initiatives, as well as the continued growth of the company鈥檚 omni-channel retail platform. Previously, she served as chief operating officer of MedMen, a US-based cannabis company.
Terri Miller, MLS 鈥95, Okemos, MI, was , effective July 1, 2022. She has worked in a variety of roles at the MSU Libraries for 23 years, most recently as associate dean for teaching, learning and research engagement and Slavic, East European and Central Asian bibliographer.
Vicki (Bonner) Williams, BA 鈥95, MEd 鈥98, Chesapeake, VA, was at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, effective July 2022. She had been interim dean since February 2021. She earned a doctorate in organizational leadership from Regent University in Virginia Beach.
Shayne (Blum) Borenstein, BA 鈥96, Tucker, GA, for editing and producing original content for HBO Max while working for WarnerMedia. She was awarded a Gold Clio Award for Original Streaming Content and a Promax Silver Award in the Behind the Scenes Campaign category. Both awards were connected to her work on the series Raised by Wolves from executive producer Ridley Scott.
John Grove, BA 鈥96, Seattle, WA, was , effective Oct. 1, 2022. With more than two decades of global expertise in public health and monitoring and evaluation, he joins the Global Fund from the World Health Organization, where he has been founding director of quality assurance for norms and standards for the last three years. Prior to that, he was WHO director of information, evidence and research.
He earned a doctorate degree in health services research and evaluation from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, a master鈥檚 degree in applied anthropology from the University of San Francisco and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in international relations from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State.
Shane Mizicko, BM 鈥96, Cape Girardeau, MO, spoke at on May 14, 2022. Mizicko is professor, director of percussion and equipment manager for the university鈥檚 music department. He also leads various community outreach programs, including an afterschool drumming ensemble for middle and junior high school students and a monthly drum circle with Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation.
He has performed regularly with the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, the Jackson Tennessee Symphony, the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band and as a pit musician for more than a dozen musicals at Southeast. He is currently treasurer for the Missouri Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society and on the board of directors for the municipal band.
Before joining the faculty at Southeast, he was the director of percussion at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. He earned a master鈥檚 degree in music from Indiana University and a doctorate degree in music from Northwestern University.
Michelle L. Patrick, PhD 鈥96, Sewickley, PA, has been named the , effective July 2022. She had served as interim president since April. The university celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2021. Previously, Patrick served as the dean of the RMU School of Business for six years. She also was dean of the College of Business and Public Management at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, where she oversaw the transformation of the MBA program.
John Patterson Jr., PhD 鈥96, Jefferson, OH, was , by President Joe Biden on April 14, 2022. The administration said these key regional leadership roles at the US Department of Agriculture and the Small Business Administration are critical to efforts to rebuild communities most impacted by the pandemic, the economic recovery and climate change.
Kevin L. Smith, MLIS 鈥96, Waterville, ME, was appointed , effective Aug. 1, 2022. Colby is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. An authority on intellectual property, Smith previously served as dean of libraries at the University of Kansas and director of the University Press of Kansas. Smith also holds an MA from Yale Divinity School and a JD from Capital University in Ohio. He did doctoral work in theology and literature at the University of Chicago and has been admitted to the bar in Ohio and North Carolina.
Anjuman Ali-Bogaert, PhD 鈥97, Washington, DC, was with The Washington Post, effective July 11, 2022. She supervises a staff of writers and freelancers who create science-based service journalism focused on personal health topics.
Prior to joining The Post in 2010, she worked as an editor at the Wall Street Journal Europe and as an interactive editor, foreign editor and editorial writer for the Wisconsin State Journal, where she was part of an editorial writing team named a finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize.
Born in India, she moved to the United States to earn a doctorate in political science from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State. Recently, she was selected for the 2022 Health Coverage Fellowship, which focuses on issues such as public health, mental health and covering the uninsured. She has also completed fellowships at the Knight Digital Media Center and the International Women鈥檚 Media Foundation.
Christine Bowman, AA 鈥97, BA 鈥99, MA 鈥04, Canton, OH, local history and genealogy specialist at Massillon Public Library, at Massillon Museum鈥檚 Brown Bag Lunch in Gessner Hall on July 25, 2022.
Prior to her current position, she taught history and humanities courses at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Stark and The University of Akron, while working at the Tuscarawas County Public Library. She continues to teach at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State Stark and maintains the Massillon Heritage Foundation archives.
Timothy B. Clepper, BBA 鈥97, Hudson, OH, president and CEO of Kaulig Companies, and Matt Kaulig, executive chairman, announced that Kaulig Companies will replace Bridgestone as the title sponsor of the PGA Tour Champions鈥 Senior Players Championship at Firestone Country Club, with a four-year agreement starting in 2023.
Clepper also accepted a as of April 29, 2022. He will serve on multiple committees involving marketing and finance. His philanthropic support of the hospital began in 2012, with the founding of Santa PICsU, an organization dedicated to helping children and families in traumatic situations. He was one of three recipients of the from the hospital.
Bryan Farson, BSE 鈥97, Wadsworth, OH, was selected as , effective Aug. 1, 2022. He was principal of Medina City Schools鈥 A.I. Root Middle School. Previously, he had been principal of Medina High School, administrator with North Olmsted City Schools and a teacher in the Independence and Maple Heights school districts. He has a master鈥檚 degree from John Carroll University and a superintendent鈥檚 license from Ashland University.
Jennifer Hermann, BA 鈥97, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, OH, brewmaster at in 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, has named a lager (Hermann-ator Doppelbock) after her late father, , who taught at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State from 1980 to 2008. (He died Oct. 31, 2009.) her conversations with her father, over a beer, often became philosophical and are some of her favorite memories of time spent with her dad. As a further tribute, she鈥檚 put the initials KWH on a brewery kettle.
In March 2022, Bell Tower Brewing announced its intention to take part in a collaborative, nationwide anti-harassment and discrimination movement called that has called out toxic actions against women in the craft beer world. Breweries deciding to participate are given a basic recipe to use in creating their own Brave Noise beer and asked to craft a policy to address harassment and discrimination. is a New England hazy India Pale Ale and the brewery鈥檚 policy states there will be no tolerance for predatory behavior from customers, vendors or employees. A majority of the proceeds from sale of the beer is donated to organizations supporting the initiative鈥檚 goals.
Todd Herman, BS 鈥97, Dover, OH, was in Noble County, Ohio, on April 19, 2022. He started his career as a history teacher in the Indian Valley Local School District (1997) and then at River View High School (2003鈥2012). He coached several sports at various levels while at Indian Valley and was the head boys basketball coach at River View for three years. He served as principal of Conotton Valley High School for almost seven years (2012鈥2019) before he was named superintendent of the Conotton Valley Union Local School District in Bowerston, Ohio, in 2019. He earned a master鈥檚 degree in educational leadership from Salem International University in 2010.
Justin Hilton, BArc 鈥97, BS 鈥97, MArc 鈥97, Ravenna, OH, was , which was founded in 1984 to help develop and connect community leaders. Hilton, a former 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 administrator, has been on the Leadership Akron board of directors since 2020 and is a graduate of the organization鈥檚 Signature Program.
Hilton is program director at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. He is also on the leadership advisory board of the LeBron James Family Foundation, on the executive committee and board of directors of Building Bridges Foundation and on the executive committee and board of directors of the Akron/Canton chapter of 100 Who Care.
Lorenzo Jones, BGS 鈥97, Bedford, OH, was by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, effective Aug. 1, 2022. He had served as interim principal for the past year.
Jones has had a variety of leadership roles in education during his career, including as principal of Holy Name School in Cleveland, lead teacher at St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School in Cleveland, developer and manager of the Chance for Change program, and as an associate teacher/counselor at the Positive Education Program in Northeast Ohio. He earned a master鈥檚 degree in education from Cleveland State University in 2001 and completed educational administration courses at Ursuline College.
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Maria Ruggiero, MFA 鈥97, Okemos, MI, had a solo exhibition, Precarious Balance, at the Umpqua Community College Art Gallery, in Roseburg, Oregon, which ran from March 28 to April 28, 2022. The exhibit presented her series of watercolor paintings in the still life genre. Some paintings focus on personal loss while others wrestle with large-scale losses of the pandemic or explore damage inflicted on the natural world.
is a professor of art at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. She earned a BFA in studio art and English in 1995 at Michigan State University before coming to 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State to study for an MFA in studio art. Her work has been exhibited across the United States and in Germany and is part of several permanent collections, including those of Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University.
Leslie Vano, MLS 鈥97, Kewanee, IL, was hired as in Kewanee, effective July 5, 2022. Previously she was the patron service manager for the Morris Area Public Library in Morris, Illinois, and the information service manager for the Rockford Public Library in Rockford, Illinois.
John Wiler, MA 鈥97, Akron, OH, was appointed in April 2022 as , an SEC-registered advisor providing financial planning, family wealth and asset management services. Sequoia was recently recognized by 叠补谤谤辞苍鈥檚 as one of the top 100 RIA firms in the US for 2021.
Before joining Sequoia, Wiler was marketing director at MAI Capital Management in Cleveland. He has also worked for the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and for IMG (originally International Management Group) and predecessor firm Icon Sports Management.
John Baker, BSN 鈥98, MN 鈥07, MBA 鈥11, Ravenna, OH, was named chief nursing officer at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio, effective June 1, 2022. Most recently, he was vice president of nursing and operations for Cleveland Clinic Akron General Lodi Hospital, where he oversaw clinical and operational management for nursing services, ancillary clinical areas and support services.
Kelly Manthey, BBA 鈥98, Mokena, IL, was , effective Aug. 1, 2022. She is based in the digital transformation consultancy鈥檚 US headquarters in Chicago. Manthey joined the firm in 2015 when predecessor firm St. Ives bought digital agency Solstice. In 2018 St. Ives combined its legacy agency acquisitions and rebranded as Kin + Carta, becoming the first certified B Corporation on the London Stock Exchange.
Manthey brings 25 years of digital transformation experience to the role. Most recently, she led the firm鈥檚 Americas region, growing headcount from 400 to 1,100 and expanding its share of overall revenue to 70%. Before that she was CEO and chief strategy officer of Solstice. Earlier in her career, Manthey was a manager of marketing systems at pharma firm Bristol Myers Squibb and a consultant at Accenture.
Kenneth Speegle, BA 鈥98, Lake Worth, FL, was by SROA Capital LLC, its owner/operator, as of June 2022. Prior to joining SROA, Speegle spent 18 years at Extra Space Storage in various roles, most recently as senior vice president of operations, managing five divisions and over 825 property locations across the Southeast and Texas.
Shampa Banerjee, PhD 鈥99, San Carlos, CA, was , which operates a portfolio of websites as well as free, ad-supported streaming services Canela TV and Canela Music.
Banerjee previously held senior posts at Eros International and Pluto. Before working at Eros Digital, she helped prepare social enterprise collaboration platform Socialtext for a $1.4 billion sale and was CTO at Ziff Davis Media. A trained theoretical physicist with an extensive background in technology, she will lead Canela鈥檚 Innovation Lab in addition to her executive duties. The lab was created to develop new revenue models for industry areas like production and distribution.
Larissa Carrick, BA 鈥99, Dover, OH, played one of the main characters, a stage mother, in at the Little Theatre of Tuscarawas County in New Philadelphia, Ohio. The production ran from April 22 through May 8, 2022. Carrick鈥檚 husband, Micah, served as music director and daughter, Elena, ran lights. Although the family has been involved in music and theatre all their lives, it was the first time they did a show together.
Michelle Doll, BFA 鈥99, Hoboken, NJ, at the University of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看ucky鈥檚 School of Art and Visual Studies on March 10, 2022. Her 鈥攚hich capture quiet, intimate moments and explore themes of love, desire and connection鈥攈ave been exhibited in the United States and internationally. She earned an MFA from the New York Academy of Art.
Tameka Ellington, BA 鈥99, PhD 鈥11, Akron, OH, at the Massillon Museum Brown Bag Lunch program on Feb. 22, 2022. Her largest project to date, TEXTURES: The History and Art of Black Hair, was exhibited at the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Museum from Sept. 10, 2021, to Aug. 14, 2022. She recently started the Ellington Foundation with the mission of supporting first-generation students studying the arts.
Mike Haney, BA 鈥99, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, OH, is in his 20th year as head coach of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Roosevelt High School鈥檚 baseball team. He won his 250th career game on March 30, 2022, and the program celebrated all-time win No. 600 on April 5, becoming the sixth school in Portage County history to reach that landmark number. But Haney knows that relationships are equally important. This year, he鈥檚 , Shannon Swaino, who played catcher at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State for two years before the Montreal Expos drafted him in 1996. The two remained close friends until , following complications from COVID-19.
Priscilla Roggenkamp, MFA 鈥99, Alliance, OH, an artist and teacher, had a at the M.I.B. Gallery in the Colonial Arts Center in Buckhannon, West Virginia, from Aug. 21 to Sept. 11, 2022. She says, 鈥淚n my textile sculptures, I am often asking the question, 鈥榃hat do we carry through life, and how does that affect us? My sculptures often refer to functional forms used for carrying, such as buckets and luggage. . . . With these artworks, I explore the ways in which we carry our loads鈥攚ith grace, strength and hope.鈥
Joseph A. Salem Jr., MLS 鈥99, MA 鈥05, PhD 鈥14, Apex, NC, was in Durham, North Carolina, effective Aug. 15, 2022. Most recently, he served since 2018 as dean of libraries and interim associate provost for teaching and learning innovation at Michigan State University.
Salem is active in library affairs on the national level, chairing the Association of Research Libraries Research & Analytics Committee and serving on the Big Ten Academic Alliance Big Collection Steering Committee and Library Director Executive Team. He also served as a leadership fellow of the Association of Research Libraries from 2016 to 2017.
In 2017, he was recognized as the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State School of Library and Information Science Alumnus of the Year.
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Evan Bailey, Nicole Jabbour Awad, Charlotte Varney and Mike Beder are co-owners of the Cleveland Bagel Caf茅.
Mike Beder, BGS 鈥00, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, OH, and Evan Bailey BS 鈥03, MA 鈥09, Shaker Heights, OH, are , now housed in the historic building on the corner of Lincoln Avenue and East Main Street in 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看. The caf茅 on Sept. 6, 2022. The Tudor-style building (designed by 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 architect Charles G. Kistler) has long been a hangout for 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State students and faculty, as well as 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 residents. It once housed the Robin Hood Tea Room (1920s鈥30s), the Capt. Brady Restaurant (1940s鈥90s), (1990s鈥2003) and most recently Starbucks (which closed in 2020).
operates several other businesses in the city, including Water Street Tavern, Venice Caf茅 and 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Sportswear. He also owned Tree City Caf茅, which carried Cleveland Bagel Co.鈥檚 bagels, until he sold the business in 2021.
Bailey is a professor at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 School of Media and Journalism. He has overseen production of the Daily 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Stater and five student-run magazines, and he has been operations manager for IdeaBase, an experiential learning experience modeling a real-life agency setting and structure.
Kenneth Cooper, DPM 鈥00, Woodsfield, OH, owner of the Swiss Valley Foot and Ankle Center, in July 2022 at the Barnesville and Woodsfield locations. Swiss Valley staff and patients celebrated the milestone with lunch, cake, refreshments and reminiscences. A third location in St. Clairsville opened in 2015.
Christine Higham BA 鈥00, Tallmadge, OH, was by the Summit County Democratic Party, effective June 13. She will be on the ballot in the Nov. 8 general election to keep the seat (vacated by the death of former Summit County Councilman Jerry Feeman) and complete the unexpired term (through 2024).
Higham is director of human resources and administration for Mustard Seed Market and Caf茅 and was formerly deputy director of Human Resources Summit County. She has a bachelor鈥檚 degree in criminal justice from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State and a master鈥檚 degree in business administration from Tiffin University.
Gregory Lewis, AA 鈥00, Sacramento, CA, is a podcast creator and family history record keeper. He and his relatives recount the history of their family (based on years of research) on , hosted by David Allen. The is to raise money and awareness about the African American Moncure family, who claim to be related to George Washington鈥檚 mother, Mary Ball Washington. Lewis says documentation of his DNA can be traced to Pharaoh Ramses III.
鈥淚 want the story of the Moncure family and our relationship to our nation鈥檚 founding fathers to bring new light to the ways slavery in America has impacted my ancestry from the very beginning of our nation鈥檚 history,鈥 says Lewis, who earned an associate degree in communication from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Stark.
Brian Meng, BS 鈥00, BArc 鈥01, Lakewood, OH, has been appointed as a board member for , a community-centered nonprofit that aims to foster and sustain vibrant neighborhoods in Lakewood, Ohio. As a licensed architect and associate principal at , Brian has managed nationally acclaimed mixed-use developments, including Crocker Park in Westlake and the Van Aken District in Shaker Heights. He is working on Belle Oaks in Richmond Heights and the $300 million development of Circle Square in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland.
Angela Emmons, BSE 鈥01, Louisville, OH, an algebra and advanced math teacher at Louisville High School, was named the Canton Repository Walsh University Teacher of the Month for April 2022.
Erin Weston, BA 鈥01, MEd 鈥04, Gordon, GA, director of the at Georgia College in Milledgeville, was by the National Resource Center and Cengage. Director since the office鈥檚 inception in 2019, Weston received the award at the 41st Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience in Orlando, Florida, in February 2022. She earned a doctorate in college student affairs administration from the University of Georgia in 2022.
Christine Bowser, BS 鈥02, Streetsboro, OH, was of , a full-service marketing communications agency based in Stow, Ohio, that serves clients in the global automotive, commercial vehicle, industrial and financial services sectors. Bowser joined Pinnacle in 2002 as a public relations account executive and most recently served as its vice president and director of account service.
Scott Bowser, BA 鈥02, Wilmington, NC, was of the Myrtle Beach and Wilmington markets for Mungo Homes, a family-run business that builds new homes throughout South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia. Mungo Homes became part of the Berkshire-Hathaway family of companies in 2018.
As market president, Bowser provides oversight and management of all daily operations. He joined the organization in late 2019 as the market vice president for Myrtle Beach and Wilmington. Under his leadership, the number of closings has increased by 210%.
Tiffany Capeles, AS 鈥02, BS 鈥04, Salt Lake City, UT, graduate of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Stark, was named , a Utah-based, not-for-profit system of 33 hospitals and the largest health care provider in the Intermountain West of the United States. In addition to her focus on community inclusion, Capeles will work closely with Intermountain鈥檚 office of equity and inclusion to refine caregiver strategy, focusing on caregiver environments and creating equity and belonging in the workplace.
Most recently, she was director of health equity, diversity and inclusion for Christus Health, an international health system based in Texas, where her work led to numerous national awards, designations and recognition for the organization in the areas of health equity, diversity and inclusion.
In 2021, she earned the career achievement award from the National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives; in 2020, she was named among the Top 25 emerging leaders by Modern Healthcare; and in 2019, she received the Tomorrow鈥檚 Leaders Award from the Catholic Health Association of the United States.
Brandon Kline, BS 鈥02, Indianapolis, IN, was at The Crossroads of America Council in April 2022. Most recently, he was creative content manager for the Indiana Secretary of State.
Julianna Medina-Politsky, BA 鈥02, BBA 鈥02, Los Angeles, CA, spent nearly 10 years with Legendary Entertainment and now is a co-owner of . The film and television production company鈥檚 first film, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2019), won a Gotham Award, an NAACP Image Award and Independent Spirit Award nominations. Morgan Freeman and his production company came on board as executive producers. She was a guest speaker at a 鈥淲omen in Film鈥 evening hosted by 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 Female Filmmakers鈥 Initiative on May 2, 2022.
Jon Mills, BS 鈥02, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, OH, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 head golf coach, was on July 24, 2022, at the Woodington Lake Golf Club in Tottenham, Ontario, as part of the Sotheby鈥檚 International Realty Canada Ontario Open week. A native of Belleville, Ontario, for his outstanding amateur and professional career, including winning the 2001 Ontario Men鈥檚 Amateur Championships as the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer.
At 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, he was a Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year in 1998 and All Mid-American Conference team member from 1998-2001. He also earned All-America honors, making the first team in 2000 and the third team in 2001. In 2002, he was a medalist at the NCAA Division 1 Central Regional. He was inducted into the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State Varsity 鈥淜鈥 Hall of Fame in 2007, the same year he was named Score鈥檚 Canadian Male Golfer of the Year.
Mills was appointed head coach of the men鈥檚 golf program at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State in July 2019, after serving as assistant coach since 2016. He helped lead the team to five collegiate championships and the Mid-American Conference title in 2016鈥2017. In 2019, the team advanced to the NCAA Championship.
Kacie V. Armstrong, MLIS 鈥03, North Olmsted, OH, director of the Euclid Public Library, has been named the 2022 Librarian of the Year by the . She was recognized for her efforts to identify and address socioeconomic disparities, bridge the digital divide and increase access to social services in her community. She was honored at a special ceremony and luncheon on Sept. 28, during the 2022 OLC Convention and Expo in downtown Toledo.
During the pandemic, her efforts with print campaigns, programming and computer access led to a considerable increase in reporting of hard-to-count sections of Euclid for the 2020 census. To address the learning loss caused by the pandemic, Armstrong partnered with College Now Greater Cleveland, Euclid City Schools, and local parochial and private schools to develop academic readiness programs at the library. She even secured Euclid Public Library a designation as an ACT/SAT Boot Camp site. Armstrong worked closely with Euclid鈥檚 mayor, Police Athletic League and other organizations to provide engaging and enriching after-school activities for Euclid鈥檚 children and teens.
Armstrong also champions recruitment and retainment efforts for African American librarians and other minorities. She collaborates with library leaders and boards to develop new strategies for diversity, equity and inclusion in public libraries.
Dante Capers, BSE 鈥03, MEd 鈥06, Warren, OH, delivered the on May 13, 2022. Capers, in his 15th year as an administrator in the Warren City School District, last year was named associate superintendent of student service, student wellness and success. He spent 14 years as an administrator at Warren G. Harding High School, nine as building principal and five as an assistant principal.
Melissa Coultas, BA 鈥03, North Canton, OH, by the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce. Previously, she was chief advancement officer for Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health in Canton. She is a graduate of the 32nd class of Leadership Stark County and a member of the advisor鈥檚 committee for The Women鈥檚 Fund endowment of Stark Community Foundation.
Antonio Gates, attended fall 2001 through spring 2003, Costa Mesa, CA, in the class of 2022. The inductees were honored at the Sound Board Theater at MotorCity Casino Hotel on Sept. 10, 2022.
Gates was a basketball standout at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State. He pursued a career in football, signing with the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent, and became one of the best tight ends in NFL history. Gates, who spent his 15-year career (2003-18) with the Chargers, finished as the all-time leader among tight ends in touchdowns (116). He also finished third all-time among tight ends in career receptions (955) and yards (11,841).
Damon Hays, DPM 鈥03, formerly of Gresham, OR, was named in Statesville, North Carolina, in June 2022. He will oversee operations for Iredell Mooresville, the Iredell Wellness & Diabetes Center and Iredell鈥檚 ambulatory surgery center in Statesville.
A practicing podiatrist for 13 years (including his own practices for 10), Hays was president of Hays Foot and Ankle Centers and a podiatry-focused home health agency. Later, he was the director of operations for Adventist Health in Tillamook, Oregon, overseeing outpatient clinics and urgent care facilities.
Bryce Kujat, BS 鈥03, North Ridgeville, OH, a Navy contract pilot, is club president for , which marks its in 2022. The club offers a chance to pilot or ride in gliders that soar above Northeast Ohio.
Merrill Rainey, BA 鈥03, Whitehouse, OH, is the author and illustrator for a new interactive board book series with HarperCollins. The first book, (HarperFestival, July 2022), uses simple rhymes and unique eyeholes that invite young dinosaur fans (baby to 4 years) to stomp, chomp and soar like dinosaurs. The second book, Oink! I鈥檓 a Pig, launched in September and invites readers to transform into friendly farm animals.
Rainey鈥檚 previous titles include the paper toy series (OddDot, Macmillan Publishers). He also works for many children鈥檚 magazines like Highlights, Cricket, Ranger Rick, and Humpty Dumpty. He has served on faculty at the Highlights Foundation retreat center and is currently the illustrator coordinator for the Northern Ohio chapter of the Society of Children鈥檚 Book Writers and Illustrators. Visit or follow him on Instagram @littlerainey.
Nicole Thorne, AAB 鈥03, BS 鈥04, Empire, OH, is and planning a fall wedding this year. She has worked at East Liverpool City Hospital as a clerk for 17 years.
Valerie (Lindon) Tracey, AAA 鈥03, BBA 鈥06, Marysville, OH, was appointed in Marysville, as of March 31, 2022. Tracey joined the team at Memorial in 2017. In 2012, she earned a BSN from Capital University and has received an accredited case manager certification. In 2021, she passed the case management administrator certification exam. She also serves on the Ohio American Case Management Association Education Committee.
Jill Christoff, BA 鈥04, Shaker Heights, OH, has been promoted to senior designer at . Trained in architecture and interior design, she joined Bialosky in 2011 with the ability to approach projects from a fully integrated design perspective. Her experience in complex renovations led her to notable projects, including the historic Shaker Heights Public Library renovation, the relocation of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看鈥檚 School of Visual Communication Design and the award-winning Lorain County Community College project. Christoff earned a Master of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame in 2009. She is certified through the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) and is a member of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and an associate of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
Sabah Drabu, MTEC 鈥04, Hudson, OH, is co-founder of , a Hudson-based company with a web platform that connects diners and personal chefs. CookinGenie gives clients the option to hire a personal chef (or 鈥淕enie鈥) for an occasion鈥攕uch as a two-person date night dinner, family gathering, brunch or elaborate dinner party.
Customers choose from a menu of available meals and schedule a date and time. Their Genie does all the rest鈥攕hopping, meal prep, cooking and cleaning up. The chefs, who design their own menu based on mutual culinary preferences, will cook for intimate dinners, small groups or special occasions at customers鈥 homes.
In June 2022, the company a $2 million seed investment from Houston-based that will enable it to expand to new markets nationwide.
Scott Durst, BS 鈥04, BArc 鈥05, Chicago, IL, as vice president of operations for the Chicago-based commercial interior design firm as of February 2022.
Brad Gable, BS 鈥04, MS 鈥05, Dublin, OH, was recognized by the Emergency Medicine Residents鈥 Association as one of the 25 most influential emergency physicians under the age of 45 in the country. In addition to being a , Gable also was selected by Columbus Business First for its as one of Central Ohio鈥檚 most talented young professionals. He is an attending physician with Mid-Ohio Emergency Services and medical director of simulation for the OhioHealth System.
Dustin Lent, BBA 鈥04, MA 鈥06, Rockwood, MI, is the , Michigan, effective July 2022. Previously, he was administrator for Southgate, Michigan, where he鈥檇 begun as parks and recreation director. Lent has been involved in local government for more than 15 years.
Heather Mix, BSE 鈥04, MEd 鈥16, Diamond, OH, has been at Eliza Northrop Elementary School in Medina, Ohio. Mix has spent many years as a special education preschool teacher.
Jeremy Reed, MEd 鈥04, Aberdeen, SD, was named in Marshall, Minnesota. Most recently, Reed served as director of enrollment at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Previously, he was the vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota, and the director of undergraduate admissions at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He has a doctorate in higher education and student affairs from the University of Iowa.
Kimberly Rohr, BS 鈥04, MBA 鈥07, and Christopher Rohr, AAS 鈥17, Canton, OH, in May 2022. The winery is on 13 acres in Marlboro Township, on the outskirts of Canton. Since purchasing the property in 2008, the couple have transformed the site from a vacant lot to one with a 3,899-square-foot production facility and a 500-square-foot Adirondack-inspired tasting room with views of wildlife and an adjacent 5-acre pond. The winery is open Fridays from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 1 to 8 p.m. For details and information on private tastings or events, visit .
Garrison Wollam, BSE 鈥04, MEd 鈥10, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, OH, has to provide lighthearted and humorous merchandise options for supporting loved ones who have cancer. The trademarked slogan appears on a line of apparel and other items Wollam designed after he was diagnosed with leukemia in October 2019. He sells the products on a he created while undergoing treatment.
As a father and third grade teacher at Holden Elementary School in 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, Wollam wanted a message he would feel comfortable wearing anywhere. Believing that laughter is the best medicine, he鈥檚 recently added other slogans, such as 鈥淐ancer Skips Leg Day鈥 (a meme reference) and 鈥淐ancer Voted for Putin.鈥
The type of cancer Wollam has (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) is the No. 1 form of cancer in children, and he donates 20% of all proceeds to St. Jude鈥檚 Children鈥檚 Research Hospital.
Ryan Burley, MLIS 鈥05, Columbus, OH, was as of February 2022. He had been youth services director at the branch since 2012. Most recently, he served as interim manager at the South High and Franklinton branches.
Grace Dobush, BS 鈥05, Berlin, Germany, has been awarded the 2022 Ohio Writer鈥檚 Scholarship, sponsored by the (SCMF)/. The award is to support an Ohio woman writer (defined as anyone who is native, a long-time resident and/or Ohio educated) who is pursuing the publication of a book.
The SCMF selected Dobush on the merits of her comic novel, Dayton Beach, which she describes as a 鈥渓ove letter to the Midwest and to queer friendship.鈥 She was awarded a $1,500 prize and entry and travel allowance to the Stockholm Writers Festival, which took place in Stockholm, August 12鈥14, 2022. The award included a meeting with a literary agent.
A freelance journalist, is the editor of ADP ReThink Quarterly, a global business publication for payroll and finance executives.
Mark Hensler, BA 鈥05, MArch 鈥06, Trafford, PA, was from associate at Strada, a cross-disciplinary design firm in Pittsburgh. The promotion was given in recognition of his leadership, project management and technological prowess.
Ben Johnson, BFA 鈥05, Chesterland, OH, , in the at the Ohio Craft Museum, May 8鈥揓une 26, 2022.
earned an MFA in glass from Ball State University. His work is widely exhibited and held in the collections of the Indiana State Museum, the Evansville Art Museum and the Glick Eye Institute. His work has received numerous best-in-show awards and he has been recognized as a Rising Star in contemporary glass at the Museum of American Glass in Millville, NJ. He has taught at the Herron School of Art, Indianapolis Art Center and the Pittsburgh Glass Center. He is currently .
Jarrod Mulheman, BSE 鈥05, Chagrin Falls, OH, was a newly created position. He received a two-year contract, effective Aug. 1, 2022. He has worked at Mayfield City Schools for the past 11 years, serving as associate principal of Mayfield High School and before that as the high school鈥檚 assistant principal for curriculum, instruction and staff development.
He has a Master of Education in school counseling from John Carroll University in University Heights and a Master of Science in educational leadership from Ursuline College in Pepper Pike. He is a part-time instructor at Cleveland State University for the counseling, administration, supervision and adult learning department.
John Paul, BS 鈥05, South Bend, IN, (covering the South Bend area) as evening co-anchor, as of July 25, 2022. Paul, an Emmy-nominated journalist, previously worked as a reporter for WSBT from 2008鈥2012.
Most recently, he spent seven years as anchor and consumer reporter at WATN-TV in Memphis, Tennessee, and prior to that he launched and anchored top-rated newscasts at the ABC station in Northwest Arkansas.
Benjamin Pfouts, BA 鈥05, Chagrin Falls, OH, , in February 2022. He previously was an attorney at the plaintiff-side personal injury and bankruptcy law firm Amourgis & Associates in Akron. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Ohio Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice.
A native of Geauga County, Pfouts earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Dayton School of Law in 2008 and began representing juveniles charged with low-level criminal offenses. He then joined the Chester Law Group in Akron, representing injured individuals.
Maria Sheakley, PhD 鈥05, Richland, MI, was for the Homer Stryker School of Medicine at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, as of April 2022. Sheakley, a founding faculty member, has chaired a variety of committees, mentored many students and, since 2020, served as assistant dean for academic success. She will lead the student affairs and academic advising teams and continue to teach physiology.
Stephanie Sweany, BS 鈥05, Canton, OH, was appointed executive director of the Stark County Hunger Task Force in March 2022. She has been with the organization since 2017, most recently as assistant director.
She is a graduate of the 34th Leadership Stark County鈥檚 Signature Class, a 2018 recipient of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce鈥檚 ystark! Twenty under 40! award and the 2020 recipient of the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Alumni Association鈥檚 Advocacy Award. She is engaged in various community activities, including the Canton Kindness Coalition, which she founded in 2018.
Janet Gbur, BS 鈥06, Canfield, OH, research biomedical engineer and investigator in the Advanced Platform Technology Center at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, will serve a (formerly known as American Society for Testing and Materials) International board of directors.
Gbur is senior research associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and a member of the Advanced Manufacturing and Mechanical Reliability Center at Case Western Reserve University. She also is an adjunct faculty member in mechanical engineering at Youngstown State University. Her work focuses on fatigue and fracture behavior of materials used in biomedical applications and the development of emerging technologies to improve devices used in neural-interfacing systems.
Toby Keeton, BS 鈥06, BArc 鈥07, Wilmington, NC, has been in Wilmington. He joined the firm in 2008 and has been involved in the design and construction of several award-winning projects. He has won several competitions, including Architecture for Humanity鈥檚 2008 international design competition and Dwell magazine鈥檚 2009 Innovate It! industrial design challenge. From 2010鈥2020, he volunteered as a design team leader with the nonprofit , where he helped develop low cost agricultural and sanitation technologies that have been deployed to Southeast Asia, Africa and Appalachia.
Chad Lensman, BBA 鈥06, St. Paris, OH, has been in Champaign County, Ohio, by the Graham Local Board of Education, effective Aug. 1, 2022. A 2000 graduate of Graham High School, Lensman began his career with Urbana City Schools as an elementary teacher and then returned to Graham Local as an elementary assistant principal. He has also served as principal of Graham Middle School and is the director of learning for the district. He holds a master鈥檚 in early childhood education from Antioch University and a master鈥檚 in school leadership from Concordia University.
Stefanie Prevatt, BA 鈥06, Gainesville, FL, was honored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars as the at an awards luncheon on April 23, 2022. Prevatt, who teaches agriculture at Jefferson County K-12: a Somerset School in Monticello, Florida, previously was named VFW Post 251 Middle/High Elementary Teacher of the Year. She started her career as a 4-H extension educator and became a classroom teacher about four years ago.
Sarah Shendy, BA 鈥06, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, was selected as one of the winners for 2022. The annual awards program honors 40 law enforcement leaders under the age of 40 from around the world who demonstrate leadership and exemplify a deep commitment to the profession. The winners will be recognized on the IACP鈥檚 website and featured in the November 2022 issue of Police Chief magazine. Awardees will be honored during the 2022 IACP Annual Conference and Exposition in Dallas on Oct. 17, 2022.
Shendy was featured in the spring/summer 2021 issue of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State Magazine and in recent articles in the and Record-Courier.
Danielle Renee Smeach, BA 鈥06, Cleveland, OH, graduated in April 2022 from Ohio University with a master鈥檚 degree in business administration.
Mark Treen, BSE 鈥06, Akron, OH, was selected as principal of Tallmadge High School, effective Aug. 1, 2022. He previously served as assistant principal at Stow-Munroe Falls High School. He has more than 16 years in education, starting with Stow-Munroe Falls schools in 2006 as a physics instructor and advancing to assistant principal and career technical director at Stow-Munroe Falls High School. He has a master鈥檚 degree in organizational leadership from Cleveland State.
Kristin Walls, BA 鈥06, Crestwood, KY, is an American Meteorological Society Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and the morning in 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看ucky. Most recently, she and the Spectrum News 1 team had continuous live coverage of the December 2021 Mayfield tornado outbreak in 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看ucky. Walls began her career as a television meteorologist at WTOV in Steubenville, Ohio, later moving to WHAS in Louisville, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看ucky. She then became chief meteorologist at KVEW/KAPP in Washington state.
After earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree in geography from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, she earned a master鈥檚 degree in atmospheric science from The Ohio State University.
Sunny (Brick) Wilhelm, BSE 鈥06, Wellsville, OH, , in East Liverpool, Ohio. She is a geometry teacher at East Liverpool High School and her husband is chief meteorologist at WFMJ-TV in Youngstown.
Arianna (Neading) DeGeorge, BSE 鈥07, Cleveland, OH, has been in Beachwood, Ohio, as of June 2022. She served the past eight years as principal of Perry Elementary School in Perry, Ohio.
Harley King, BS 鈥07, Memphis, TN, was hired as . Most recently he was associate athletic director for compliance at Bowling Green State University. He also served as the sport administrator for Bowling Green鈥檚 men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 soccer programs and served on the department鈥檚 senior and executive staffs. King graduated from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in sports management and earned a master鈥檚 degree in recreation and sport sciences from Ohio University in 2009.
Wendy Tietz, PhD 鈥07, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, OH, professor of accounting in 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, in the first accounting sequence (first- and second-year studies) from the American Institute of CPAs in July. She was a previous winner in 2017 and 2014. She also received the prestigious 2020 American Accounting Association鈥檚 J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize for superior undergraduate teaching in accounting.
Derek Varansky, AS 鈥07, BSE 鈥09, Bolivar, OH, was approved as superintendent of Tuscarawas Valley Local Schools, as of July 1, 2022. He completed a Doctor of Education degree from Walden University in November 2020.
At Tuscarawas Valley, he has served in the past 10 years as a fourth grade teacher, middle school dean of students and most recently as director of curriculum, instruction and federal programs. He oversees the district鈥檚 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant after-school program.
April 鈥淎pe鈥 Bleakney, BA 鈥08, BFA 鈥08, Cleveland, OH, a graphic designer specializing in screen printing, was selected by online voters as in the CrossCountry Mortgage 鈥淧aint the District鈥 competition in April 2022. Each finalist in four rounds of the year-long competition, which ended in July, received a $1,500 award from the mortgage company.
One of four finalists will receive $5,000 plus expenses and the opportunity to create a work for permanent display in CrossCountry鈥檚 new corporate headquarters in Cleveland鈥檚 Superior Arts District. A company employee panel was to select the winning proposal and award the grand prize this fall.
Bleakney launched her one-woman creative business, 鈥淎PE MADE,鈥 in 2011. She works primarily as a screen printer and utilizes only eco-friendly, hand-printing techniques. She completed residencies in Chile and Scotland and has created multiple public art and commissioned pieces.
Colin Brockett, BS 鈥08, Great Falls, MT, emergency medicine physician, as of February 2022. He completed a doctorate at Ohio University鈥檚 Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio, in 2014; a family medicine internship at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, West Virginia, in 2015; and an emergency medicine residency at Marietta Memorial Hospital in Marietta, Ohio, in 2019.
Hallie Crouch, BS 鈥08, MArc 鈥09, Akron, OH, has been chosen for the , a selective leadership program hosted by the Cleveland Leadership Center. She is an associate principal at , the first nontraditional practitioner to hold the title. She contributes and advises on many dimensions of the practice, including business development, marketing and strategic planning. She has presented on the topics of equity and alternative careers at design schools and architecture conferences, including the 2019 National Women鈥檚 Leadership Summit. She is a frequent juror of student work at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看.
Douglas Holtzman, BBA 鈥08, Red Bank, NJ, has , a new division. Founded in 2015, FNRP, based in Red Bank, continues to grow its nationwide portfolio of grocery-anchored, open-air retail centers in primary and key secondary markets. Holtzman is a 14-year industry veteran who specializes in investment sales and leasing of single-tenant retail properties with net leases. He began his career at Site Centers as a leasing intern while earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree in marketing from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State. He then joined Anchor Cleveland, where he most recently served as a vice president.
Meagan Shaheen, BS 鈥08, Canton, OH, was , effective Oct. 31. Previously, she was the district executive director of the YMCA of Central Stark County's Meyers Lake and Eric Snow Family branches. In that role, she was named a 鈥淭wenty under 40!鈥 honoree for 2022 by the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and The Repository. The award recognizes Stark County leaders under age 40 who have demonstrated dynamic leadership and social responsibility. Winners were recognized in the June 2022 issue of The Repository鈥檚 ABOUT magazine.
Cathryn Siegal-Berman, MA 鈥08, Cleveland, OH, is founder of , which in downtown Cleveland鈥檚 5th Street Arcades on March 31, 2022. The shop focuses on texts from around the world translated into English, along with a small selection of local literature, puzzles and accessories. The brand鈥檚 publishing arm originally focused on translated versions of German works written by women and is now expanding into other languages and including works written by men. It鈥檚 set to release several new translated titles, including cookbooks about Jewish and Korean cuisine.
Siegal-Berman, who earned a Master of Arts degree in translation studies from the Institute for Applied Linguistics at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, began the publishing side of the company in 2015 after working in freelance German translation for years. Her mission for Clevo Books is to bring translators to the forefront by publishing new translations and selling other previously translated works.
Sara J. Wilson, BA 鈥08, Canal Fulton, OH, was sworn in as chief of the Canal Fulton Police Department in July 2022. She is the city鈥檚 first woman police chief and may be the first woman to lead a police force in Stark County (but such information is not tracked). Wilson earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in criminal justice from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Stark and graduated from the Stark State Police Academy in 2013. She worked as a police officer for the Canal Fulton Police for nine years before her promotion.
Ashley Johnson, BA 鈥09, Cleveland, OH, was named a 鈥淭wenty under 40!鈥 honoree for 2022 by the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and The Repository. Johnson is senior project manager at , an ad agency in Canton. The award recognizes Stark County leaders under age 40 who have demonstrated dynamic leadership and social responsibility. Winners were recognized in the June 2022 issue of The Repository鈥檚 ABOUT magazine.
With Innis Maggiore since 2017, Johnson leads a team of managers for digital, web and creative to keep projects on track in terms of time and budget. She also has been a board member with the Domestic Violence Project Inc. since 2019.
Kolter Kiess, MA 鈥09, Bucyrus, OH, served with the Peace Corps for several years in Mandalay, Myanmar, the last year and a half as country director of the Teacher Training Center, until the military staged a coup in February 2021. He came home in April 2021 to apply for a visa for his fianc茅e, who is from Myanmar and has had to hide from the military.
In October 2021, where he uses his experiences and expertise from living abroad (he also served with the Peace Corps in Ukraine and China). He has a master鈥檚 degree in literature from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State and a master鈥檚 degree in teaching from Teachers College at Columbia University.
Anna Kowalksa, BA 鈥09, MA 鈥14, Smyrna, GA, was for Wheeling University in West Virginia on May 23, 2022. She is the 13th head coach in program history and takes over a Wheeling team that made it to the quarterfinals of the Mountain East Conference playoffs last season.
She was the head women鈥檚 basketball coach at Life University in Marietta, Georgia, for the 2021-22 season. She led her team to the 2022 Mid-South Conference playoffs, setting them up for future success. Off the court, she places a strong emphasis on academics.
Yvonne R. Lee, BA 鈥09, PhD 鈥20, Easton, PA, assistant director of the Graduate Writers鈥 Studio at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this spring, a program that encourages graduate and doctoral students to participate in the studio鈥檚 programs and receive emotional support while writing their theses and dissertations.
Jason Mogus, BA 鈥09, Waynesburg, OH, was named a 鈥淭wenty under 40!鈥 honoree for 2022 by the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and The Repository in Canton. Mogus is owner and clinical director of the Center for Renewed Minds LLC. The award honors Stark County leaders under age 40 who have demonstrated dynamic leadership and social responsibility. Winners were recognized in the June 2022 issue of The Repository鈥檚 ABOUT magazine.
Christian Palich, BA 鈥09, Plain City, OH, was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine to the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Board of Trustees in June 2022. He will serve through May 16, 2031. Palich is vice president of public affairs for Taft, Stettinus & Hollister, where he advocates on behalf of clients in multiple sectors in Washington, DC; Columbus, Ohio; and states across the nation.
Ikeshia Smith, BS 鈥09, Canton, OH, a clinical psychologist, hosted the first Stark County Minority Mental Health Gala: Bridging the Gap Between Mental Health Agencies and Minority Churches, at First Christian Church鈥檚 Heritage Hall on July 8, 2022. The free event was sponsored by the Stark County Blessing Box Initiative and Primary Residential Mortgage.
Smith is chief strategist for , a religious nonprofit organization dedicated to the psychological well-being of communities and churches. She also has a private telehealth practice based in Mentor and is a psychological resident with OhioGuidestone, a behavioral health service. She was spurred to increase awareness about minority mental health in 2021 after a minority social worker she knew died by suicide.
While working on a doctorate in clinical psychology at Capella University, Smith uncovered research on minorities鈥 reluctance to seek mental health care. More than 90% of African Americans use their faith or spirituality to cope with mental health issues and various stressors. For some it is successful, for others it is not enough. Smith created No Judgment Zones in 2020 to increase awareness of the issue and to provide pastors with resources to help their parishioners.
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久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Hamilton, BS 鈥10, Canton, OH, was by the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and The Repository. Hamilton is a physical education teacher for Plain Local Schools. The award recognizes Stark County leaders under age 40 who have demonstrated dynamic leadership and social responsibility. Winners were recognized in the June 2022 issue of The Repository鈥檚 ABOUT magazine.
Stephanie Hand-Cannane, BA 鈥10, Massillon, OH, has been , which offers resources to early-career attorneys for developing foundational leadership skills. She is an in the Cleveland office of , representing a wide range of financial institutions in litigated matters. She defends lending and servicing clients against alleged violations of regulatory statutes. She was named to Best Lawyers鈥 鈥淥nes to Watch鈥 list in 2021 and recognized as a 鈥淩ising Star鈥 by Ohio Super Lawyers in 2021鈥2022. She is active with the Ohio State Bar Association and the Ohio Women鈥檚 Bar Association. McGlinchey has sponsored an attorney in LCLD鈥檚 Pathfinder Program since 2019.
Nitie Sroa, DPM 鈥10, Bryan, Ohio, a board-certified surgical podiatrist, is l in Paulding, as of May 2022. Sroa is a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.
Cristal Vincent, BS 鈥10, Archbold, OH, was named , a retirement community in Sidney, Ohio, effective May 16, 2022. Most recently, she served as the CEO of Fairlawn Retirement Community in Archbold, and previously spent seven years at Heritage Manor in Youngstown, including three years as CEO.
In addition to her nursing home administrator license, Vincent received a bachelor鈥檚 degree in integrated health studies and health care administration from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State and was certified in long-term care administration by St. Joseph鈥檚 College. She is a member of the American College of Health Care Administrators.
Travis Clarke, BS 鈥11, MArc 鈥12, Cleveland, OH, has been promoted to associate at after five years with the firm. He has served as an architectural designer for high-profile projects, including the NASA Glenn Research Center Research Support Building in Cleveland and the US Ashley Courthouse modernization and annex in Toledo.
Jon-Erik Gilot, MLIS 鈥11, Dillonvale, OH, gave a lecture on the life of Dangerfield Newby, a former slave and resident of Bridgeport, Ohio, at the Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley, on April 16, 2022, at West Virginia Independence Hall in Wheeling.
Gilot has worked in the field of public history for more than 15 years and is active in numerous historical organizations. He has been a contributing historian at since 2018. His first book in the Emerging Civil War Series, (with co-author Kevin Pawlak), will be published Feb. 15, 2023, by Savas Beatie.
He serves as curator of the at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. He also works as an archivist and records manager in Wheeling.
Chris Mobley, BSE 鈥11, Dayton, OH, was near Dayton, effective Feb. 28, 2022. Previously, he was head football coach at Hughes STEM High School in Cincinnati, beginning in 2016. He had the best winning percentage of any coach in that school鈥檚 history.
Sandy (Weigel) Tilberg, BA 鈥11, Lakewood, OH, has been promoted to senior interior designer at . Over her 10 years at the firm, she鈥檚 brought a sophisticated and detailed design approach to projects ranging from interior renovations to new construction. Notable works include John Carroll University鈥檚 Student Success Center in University Heights and the 375-unit mixed-use development, Belle Oaks, in Richmond Heights. She earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in interior design from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State.
Brittany House Conrad, MEd 鈥12, CER6 鈥12, Marengo, OH, was named the at Wittenberg University on March 20, 2022. She previously was assistant dean, advocacy and intervention, in the Dean of Students鈥 Office at the University of Dayton. House Conrad earned a PhD in higher education administration from Bowling Green University in April 2022.
Jessica Leveto, PhD 鈥12, CER6 鈥21, Conneaut, OH, associate professor of sociology at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Ashtabula, is examining the impact of COVID-19 on mothers in academia and policies that will make higher education more accessible for caregiving faculty and students. A mother of three, she is the founder and administrator of PhD Mamas, an online support community of more than 14,000 mothers in academia worldwide. She is a proud first-generation college graduate committed to diversity, equity and inclusion of historically underrepresented and marginalized groups.
Leveto was quoted in a May 31, 2022, story in the journal Nature, titled She has surveyed roughly 1,000 US university faculty members over the past two years to monitor how the pandemic affected career outlook, but has not yet published the results. In 2021, she says, respondents were angry and frustrated because they felt universities were too eager to put them back into classrooms amid pandemic safety concerns.
Kayla Thompson, BSN 鈥12, Martinsburg, PA, , which has family medicine and pediatric practices at six locations throughout the State College, Pennsylvania, region. Thompson is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner鈥損rimary care and is certified in pediatric advanced life support, advanced cardiac life support and advanced trauma care for nurses.
She has an MSN from Drexel University and has experience at community and specialized pediatric care centers in Central Pennsylvania and Ohio, most notably at Akron Children鈥檚 Hospital and Cleveland Clinic.
Coty Giannelli, BS 鈥13, and Hayley Bennett, BFA 鈥08, MA 鈥14, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, OH, are renovating the unique brick building at the corner of Depeyster and Summit streets to house , to open in October or November 2022*. Board and Bevy will be a family-friendly alternative to 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看鈥檚 downtown venues, with a focus on playing board games geared toward all age and skill levels, in addition to food and unique local beverages. Drink choices will include cocktails, mocktails, kombucha and craft sodas from an old-style soda fountain (all spiked or straight) plus sandwiches and snacks.
The couple have enjoyed learning about the history of the building, which was designed by Charles G. Kistler, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看鈥檚 first licensed architect. In the past, the building has housed Ferrara鈥檚 Market, a doctor鈥檚 office, and boutiques and other service-oriented businesses. They hope to host about 50 gamers at any given time, and will be open Thursdays through Sundays, roughly from 1 to 10 p.m. or midnight, depending on the day.
*The opening is now planned for summer 2023; for updates see their .
Rome Marinelli, AA 鈥13, Dover, OH, has been a since April 21. He provides technical advice and resources to residents of Stark County with drainage concerns such as runoff, ponding water in the backyard, neighbor鈥檚 downspouts, stream erosion and flooding.
Marinelli has worked in the natural resources field since 2017 with previous work as a horticulturist, landscaper, community advocate, grant writer and president of a pollinator habitat nonprofit organization.
Erik Mathis, MA 鈥13, Strongsville, OH, in June 2022. Previously, he was assistant athletics director for compliance at The University of Akron since November 2015.
Rich Pierce, BS 鈥13, Aliquippa, PA, , effective June 27, 2022. He studied broadcast journalism at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, where he won multiple awards in both news and sports broadcasting. Upon graduation, he joined WTOV9 in Steubenville, Ohio, anchoring NEWS9Live at Five, NEWS9 at Six Monday through Friday and NEWS9 Midday.
Codi Pilkington, BA 鈥13, BA 鈥13, MLIS 鈥22, Geneva OH, was in July 2022. He previously was the library鈥檚 circulation manager since 2020. He began his career with the Ashtabula County District Library as a part-time circulation assistant at the Ashtabula Public Library in 2017. Pilkington earned bachelor鈥檚 degrees in English and sociology from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Ashtabula.
Jeffrey Rothweiler, MLIS 鈥13, Newark, OH, is the as well as president of the Pataskala Area Chamber of Commerce and the fiscal officer for Alexandria Public Library.
Corey Conners, BS 鈥14, Jupiter, FL, PGA Tour golfer, for the global B2B data company in June 2022. The company now has partnerships with 15 elite professional golfers from North America and Europe who use DemandScience鈥揵randed yardage books during play as they determine their best competitive moves.
Conners, who majored in actuarial mathematics at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State and turned pro in 2015, says 鈥渦sing data and analysis as part of my decision-making on the golf course has been a key to success.鈥
As of Sept. 1, ranks 26th in the FedExCup standings and his yearly earnings total $3,876,590.
Chelsea (McIntire) Gayre, AAS 鈥14, BSN 鈥19, Juliette, GA, a graduate student in the College of Nursing at Auburn University, was , the largest cohort to date for the . The class of 20 students will spend 13 months immersed in community public health projects. Gayre鈥檚 fellowship project involves implementing telehealth services within primary care offices. She currently holds a part-time registered nurse position in the cardiac catheterization lab at Wellstar Health System in Georgia.
Diandra N. (Proctor) Harvin, BS 鈥14, Tampa, FL, , , in October 2021. Pieces in the collection include dresses, rompers and sets, in sizes S-XXL. Most recently, she was brand marketing manager at Tech Data in Clearwater, Florida. She earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in fashion merchandising from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State and an MBA from the University of Tampa in 2016.
Laura Catherine McIntosh, BA 鈥14, Astoria, NY, was hired as impact marketing manager of Harvard Medical School in June 2022. Most recently, she was global strategic marketing manager, medical device and pathology, at Charles River Laboratories since January 2021. She earned a master鈥檚 degree in global marketing management from Boston University in 2022.
Louis Myers, BA 鈥14, MLIS 鈥20, Washington, DC, legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress, presented a webinar, 鈥淎n Overview of Treaty Research,鈥 in August 2022. The webinar introduced resources and strategies to effectively research three areas of treaty practice: US bilateral treaties, foreign bilateral treaties and multilateral treaties.
Taylor Pendrith, BS 鈥14, Richmond Hill, ON, made a successful return to the PGA Tour in July 2022, after recovering from a rib injury he suffered while golfing in March.
He tied for 2nd at the Rocket Mortgage Classic held July 28鈥31 at the Detroit Golf Club in Michigan and tied for 8th at the BMW Championship held Aug. 16鈥21 at the Wilmington Country Club in Delaware.
As of Sept. 1, ranks 47th in the FedExCup standings and his yearly earnings total $2,330,840, despite missing a large chunk of the 2021-22 season.
Dylan Ratell, BFA 鈥14, MFA 鈥22, Bay City, MI, was in July 2022. The rendition was the Broadway revival version, which ran in 2011-2012. (The original Stephen Schwartz musical premiered on Broadway in 1976.)
The cast was mostly made up of current 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State students or graduates. Receiving special note in an Akron Beacon Journal review were the performances of Ben Richardson-Pich茅, BFA 鈥22, of Durham, NC, as Jesus; Brian Hirsch, BFA 鈥22, of Akron, who sang 鈥淟ight of the World鈥 as George, and 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State junior Charles Kadair of Bath, who sang 鈥淎ll Good Gifts鈥 as Telly.
Tyler Vallinger, MA 鈥14, MAT 鈥15, Youngstown, OH, on April 22, 2022, at Holy Family Church in Poland, Ohio. He is an assistant principal with Brookfield Local Schools.
Krandall Brantley, BS 鈥15, Zanesville, OH, is in Zanesville. After earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree in broadcast journalism from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, which led to internships in Cleveland and Dallas, he earned a master鈥檚 degree in sports journalism from Arizona State in 2016. When sports shut down during the pandemic, he returned to Zanesville. At Zane State College, his role is to recruit and retain students of color and to work with Zanesville community leaders.
Joe Chenevey, XAS 鈥15, BTAS 鈥16, Akron, OH, has been at Innis Maggiore, where he recently served as director of technology. In his new role, he will manage the implementation of all web initiatives for the Northeast Ohio advertising agency and its clients.
Katie Clark and family; Mike Cardew, Akron Beacon Journal
Kathryn 鈥淜atie鈥 Clark, BS 鈥15, Silver Lake, OH, finished her residency training in family medicine at Cleveland Clinic Akron General hospital in May 2022. She started her position as a staff physician in family medicine at the Akron General Health and Wellness Center in Stow in June.
She had wanted to be a physician since she was in the third grade, but she became a single mom at age 15 and had another child as a college freshman. She raised two sons on her own until marrying her husband, a medical student, in 2000. He adopted her boys, and the couple moved several times during his residency training. During that time, she had two more sons and earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in anthropology at the University of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看ucky.
By 2013, when her youngest son was in preschool, the mother of four decided to pursue her long-held dream of becoming a doctor. She and her eldest son, Brian, took classes at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State at the same time. After earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree in biology from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, she was accepted into a new Ohio University program in Cleveland that is affiliated with Cleveland Clinic. She decided to to encourage others to 鈥減ursue their dreams in spite of barriers that are bound to come up for anyone at any time.鈥
Alexandra 鈥淎lex鈥 Dowell, XAA 鈥15, BA 鈥16, Canton, OH, managed the Canton Repository Grand Parade during Pro Football Hall of Fame Week, on Aug. 6, 2022. Planning for the parade, one of Stark County鈥檚 longest held traditions, begins in January and takes roughly 850 hours of work.
Prior to joining the chamber of commerce, Dowell completed Leadership Stark County鈥檚 Spotlight for Young Professionals program.
Alyssa Haberman, BS 鈥15, San Diego, CA, returned to Audacy Alternative radio 鈥淎lt 94.9鈥 KBZT San Diego, as the , effective March 14, 2022. She had previously hosted middays at the station from 2016 to 2020 and served as music director from 2018 to 2020. Prior to that she had hosted nights at CHR 鈥淨92鈥 WDJQ Canton, Ohio, and was on-air at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看鈥檚 Black Squirrel Radio.
Patricia Hartley, MA 鈥15, Florence, AL, is now content director for . She has been part of the team for the last five years as their blogger. Ad4! is a full-service agency based in Madison, Alabama, specializing in branding, marketing strategies, digital marketing campaigns, social media and more.
Hartley, a freelance writer since 2018, holds a master鈥檚 degree in English from the University of North Alabama, as well as a master鈥檚 degree in mass communication/public relations from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State.
In addition to her work with Ad4! Group, she also serves as the managing editor of , an online newsletter for death care professionals, and is a regular contributor to , a genealogy publication.
Trevor Householder, XAS 鈥15, BSE 鈥15, Canton, OH, is . In that role, he develops, coordinates and presents interpretive and educational programming and events in the areas of nature, history and recreation throughout various locations within the Stark County Park District.
Kayla Ivey, BS 鈥15, Akron, OH, is a product development chemist at Gojo Industries, where she is . The company, located in Cuyahoga Falls, activated its demand surge preparedness team in December 2019 in response to news of COVID-19, and over subsequent months responded to staggering demand by activating more manufacturing space, adding multiple new facilities and hiring more than 500 additional employees.
Meanwhile, Ivey launched multiple hand sanitizer products, including a moisturizing two-in-one product. In August 2021, she introduced herself on Twitter using #BlackInChemRollCall鈥攁 hashtag for Black scientists to talk about their expertise and their journey in chemistry鈥攁nd shared photos of two products she had developed. The tweet generated thousands of likes and invitations to speak at high school and college chemistry classes.
鈥淥ne of the things I try to get across is how far you can go with a bachelor鈥檚 degree, like me. Then I bring in friends with advanced degrees to show how far you can go with your master鈥檚 or your PhD,鈥 she says. 鈥淢y transition to getting hired at Gojo was pretty seamless, because the company already has a relationship with my university.鈥
Marc Majers, MS 鈥15, Broadview Heights, OH, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State iSchool UXD adjunct professor, released his second book, (independently published, December 2020). The book outlines a step-by-step process to design persuasive and effective user interfaces.
Todd McCormick, AAB 鈥15, Mineral Ridge, OH, was . McCormick has over four years of credit union experience and holds an associate degree in business management from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State.
Ashley Moore, BBA 鈥15, XXA 鈥15, Mount Vernon, OH, was by the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and The Repository. Moore is the Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital coordinator of community outreach. The award recognizes Stark County leaders under age 40 who have demonstrated dynamic leadership and social responsibility. Winners were recognized in the June 2022 issue of The Repository鈥檚 ABOUT magazine.
Cyrus Moore, MA 鈥15, Guysville, OH, in Loudonville, Ohio, on April 18, 2022. The CCC began with the Emergency Conservation Work Act passed in March 1933 as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt鈥檚 New Deal. Through the program, young unemployed men between the ages of 17 and 25 were employed in projects to conserve natural resources and reverse the effects of over-farming and industrial farming that were degrading land and soil.
Moore is the director of the Baltimore Community Museum in Baltimore, Ohio. In addition to research and writing, he is involved in living history, most often portraying soldiers in WWI and enrollees in the CCC.
Zach Nowak, BSE 鈥15, MA 鈥17, Concord, OH, as coordinator of coaching education and player development assistant, effective April 11, 2022. Most recently, he served as head coach of the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 D1 club ice hockey team in 2021鈥22 and previously was head coach of the inaugural D3 club team for 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State.
Since 2017, Nowak has volunteered as the goalie coach-in-chief for USA Hockey鈥檚 Mid-American District where, among other things, he helped develop curriculum and research-based learning activities. He has worked as an intervention specialist with Stow City Schools since 2019.
Christopher Persons, BS 鈥15, MArc 鈥16, Cleveland, OH, has become a licensed architect in Ohio. He is an associate at , where he has designed and managed projects since 2015. His graduate project, Drydock No. 2, earned a Merit Award from AIA Cleveland in 2016. His current projects include Library Lofts in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland and MAGNET, an innovation hub for manufacturing and workforce development in Cleveland鈥檚 Midtown neighborhood.
Ethan Rothermel, BS 鈥15, MArc 鈥16, Cleveland, OH, has become a licensed architect in Ohio. He joined last year with a design portfolio that spanned architecture and furniture design. Rothermel earned a master鈥檚 degree in architecture from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, which included a semester abroad in Florence, Italy. He is currently a project architect on two significant projects鈥擫ibrary Lofts in Cleveland鈥檚 University Circle neighborhood and the Walz Library Branch/Karam Senior Housing development in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood in Cleveland. Both projects host a Cleveland Public Library branch on the ground floor and have apartments above.
Gabriella 鈥淕abby鈥 Stanek, XAA 鈥15, BBA 鈥17, Dellroy, OH, was , headquartered in Martins Ferry, Ohio, since 1902. Stanek has served as a customer service supervisor with Unified鈥檚 Dellroy Banking Center for the past five years. In her new position, Stanek鈥攁 graduate of 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Tuscarawas鈥攚ill facilitate mortgage and home loans in addition to auto and personal loans. Her service areas have been expanded to include Dellroy, Sherrodsville and Jewett.
Alexander Wigoda, BS 鈥15, Sedro-Woolley, WA, is the principal of schedule optimization for Alaska Airlines. The on June 16, 2022. Wigoda was on the inaugural eastbound flight from Seattle, which was greeted with a water-cannon salute upon landing.
The Pittsburgh native and 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State graduate chose the numbers for the new Cleveland flights, playing off the region鈥檚 area codes: The eastbound flight is AS 216, westbound is AS 330. Wigoda, whose wife is from Hudson and who has family and friends in the area, says he鈥檚 been pushing for a Cleveland flight鈥攁nd initial bookings have exceeded the carrier鈥檚 expectations.
Abby Arnold, MPA 鈥16, Toledo, OH, is a . She serves on the mayor鈥檚 cabinet in a co-management team, directly overseeing the infrastructure departments of Transportation, Parks and Youth Services, Public Service and Public Utilities.
Greta (Cukrov) Babakhanova, MS 鈥16, PhD 鈥19, North Potomac, MD, is a physicist in the Biomaterials Group of the Biosystems and Biomaterials Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland, where she secured a National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship in 2019鈥2021.
In her article (YubaNet.com, June 2022), Babakhanova wrote about how reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Crown, March 2011) gave her a new appreciation for the donors of the human biological cells she studies in the lab.
At 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, she performed her dissertation research in chemical physics in the lab of Oleg D. Lavrentovich, PhD, and she won the Graduate Student Research Award in 2017 and 2018.
Jennifer Coventry, MLIS 鈥16, Columbus, OH, is now a , effective January 2022. She collaborates with pharmacy faculty and the Office of Educational Innovation and Scholarship to help ensure that all online course materials are accessible to students with disabilities. Previously, she was a librarian at Wadsworth Public Library, youth services coordinator at Newcomerstown Public Library and library assistant at Claymont Public Library.
From left to right: Brandon Lazenko, Shelby Wyant, Marcy King and Robert Kurtzman
Brandon Lazenko, BS 鈥16, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, OH, is co-producing and directing an adaptation of Stephen King鈥檚 short story 鈥淣ona,鈥 published in King鈥檚 1978 Shadows anthology. In the story, a young professor is hitchhiking back to his hometown after being fired and gets involved with a woman who is seeking vengeance.
The project is part of King鈥檚 , which allows students and independent filmmakers to apply for the rights to adapt a lesser-known King story for $1.
Lazenko and others involved in the project鈥攊ncluding co-writer and producer Shelby Wyant, BSE 鈥18, Bexley, OH, and executive producers Robert Kurtzman and his wife, Marcy King, (who have worked on other King adaptations)鈥攕ecured funding and began production in mid-August. Information about the film鈥檚 release will be posted on its social media pages: and .
Most of the crew met in college at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State. So far, Lazenko has made two miniseries and four short films, including 2021鈥檚 A Serpent by the Nest.
Amy Numrich, MLIS 鈥16, Hamilton, OH, assistant branch manager of the Lane Library in Hamilton鈥檚 German Village, launched a cooking series called which runs in the fall and winter months, but can be seen year-round thanks to the Lane Libraries鈥 official YouTube Channel. It鈥檚 just one of the ways that Numrich鈥攚ho also attended the Midwest Culinary Institute in Cincinnati鈥.
Danniel Thomas-Dodd, BS 鈥16, MA 鈥17, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, OH, former 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State national shot put champion, at the University of Oregon鈥檚 Hayward Field. She recorded a top throw of 18.29 meters (just over 60 feet). Thomas-Dodd placed sixth at the World Indoor Championships held earlier this year in Serbia with a top toss of 19.12 meters.
Amanda Tidwell, BFA 鈥16, North Royalton, OH, was , which ran Aug. 4-14 at the Cain Park Alma Theater in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Katelyn Walker, BA 鈥16, Cleveland, OH, an interior designer with , was named to the in June 2022. She joined Bialosky Cleveland in 2016 and has established her reputation as an accomplished interior designer, a selfless volunteer and an advocate for wellness in the built environment.
Alexis Walters, BA 鈥16, BS 鈥16, Cleveland, OH, on March 30, 2022. Previously, she worked at WKBN-TV in Youngstown for five years, delivering weather forecasts and anchoring the weekday evening news. Her bachelor鈥檚 degrees from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State are in applied communication and broadcast journalism. She also earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in broadcast and operational meteorology from Mississippi State University in 2020.
Matthew Fernandez, DPM 鈥17, Elkin, NC, in Elkin, . His clinical interests include sports medicine, diabetic limb treatment and trauma. Most recently, he was at Carolina Foot Centers in Charleston, South Carolina. Fernandez earned a doctorate at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 College of Podiatric Medicine. He completed his podiatry residency at the University of Florida, where he earned the leadership role of chief resident.
Nicholas Holley, BBA 鈥17, Ottawa Lake, MI, was as a receiver in February 2022. At 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, Holley was a member of the Football Academic All-MAC (Mid-American Conference) Team in 2014 and 2016.
Rachel Mangan, BBA 鈥17, Lebanon, TN, recently . She received her JD with a concentration in entertainment and music business from Belmont University College of Law in Nashville. While there, she was on the Dean鈥檚 List and served as managing editor of the Belmont Law Review.
Sarah Matthews, BS 鈥17, Washington, DC, who served as deputy press secretary for President Donald Trump, . She had resigned from her position shortly after a mob stormed and vandalized the Capitol. She now works as the communications director for Republicans on the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, a position she has held since February 2021.
Devvon Dettra, CER8 鈥18, Pleasant City, OH, was in Cambridge, Ohio, as of July 31, 2022. Most recently, he was principal of the district鈥檚 Meadowbrook High School for four years.
Von E. Jones Jr., BS 鈥18, Stow, OH, was in March 2022. He earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in applied engineering and technology management at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State and has worked as a building mechanic contractor for FirstEnergy since 2018. In addition, he has owned and operated since 2019. His successful Black-owned business has been featured in the Akron Beacon Journal, Cleveland Magazine and The Stow Sentry.
Talia Hodge, BS 鈥18, Coventry Township, OH, was for a project sponsored by the Akron Black Artist Guild, with funding from the Ohio Arts Council. The goal of the Reimagine Fellowship is to bring people together. It pairs three artists with community organizations in three neighborhoods to create something that will continue each neighborhood鈥檚 momentum. The fellowship awards the artists a $4,000 stipend and $2,000 for materials. Hodge, who earned a degree in photography at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, plans to create a portrait series of people who are symbolic of the Kenmore community鈥檚 character.
Paige Bennett, XAS 鈥19, BS 鈥20, Olmsted Township, OH, began working for The Repository in Canton in November 2020 as a . She previously worked as an intern for the Collaborative NewsLab at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State.
Loubens Delice, BSN 鈥19, Falling Waters, WV, is the at West Virginia University Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center. The Florida native, whose parents immigrated from Haiti, is passionate about using his bedside nursing experience to empower and educate people about social determinants of health. He earned a master鈥檚 degree in health services administration from the University of Central Florida.
Lacy Talley, BA 鈥19, Cleveland, OH, and Jason Garrett, BA 鈥12, Cleveland Heights, OH, were two of three Clevelanders who , which was unveiled on April 3, 2022. The trophy, which depicts the NBA legend holding a basketball, will be awarded each year to the league鈥檚 Social Justice Champion. Los Angeles Laker Carmelo Anthony was the first player to win the award.
Talley was the art director, Garrett was the creative director, and James Adams Jr. (who graduated from Lakeland Community College and Cleveland State University) was the graphic designer. The trio worked with Abdul-Jabbar and Anthony on the project. Local artists were connected to the trophy work by the Marcus Graham Project, a nonprofit organization focused on building diversity among the next generation of designers and marketing leaders.
Charles Daniel 鈥淒anny鈥 Reiman, MEd 鈥19, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, was at East Holmes Local School District in Holmes County, effective Aug. 1, 2022. Reiman graduated from Miami of Ohio in 2009 and earned a master鈥檚 degree in K-12 educational administration from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State. Previously, he was the director at Scope Academy in Summit County.
Lily Grace Schaffer, AS 鈥19, BS 鈥20, Mount Vernon, OH, in Youngstown, Ohio, to cover technology-related business news, as of June 2022. Most recently, she reported for the Tribune Chronicle/Vindicator in Warren.
Kyle Stotzer, AAS 鈥19, BSE 鈥21, Mineral City, OH, was at Malvern High School in Malvern, Ohio. He served as the school鈥檚 assistant varsity baseball coach during the 2022 season and teaches at Malvern Elementary School. He also has experience as a baseball umpire and has been a middle school basketball coach for both Malvern and Tusky Valley.
Stotzer earned five varsity letters as a player at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Tuscarawas, where he played middle infield, earned 2020 USCAA All-American honors and was named team captain for three seasons.
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Nick Anello, BS 鈥20, North Olmsted, OH, joined as an architectural designer in 2022, after earning a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan. As a student he was a CNC coordinator and brings that interest in fabrication and making to his work. [CNC, or computer numerical control, is the automated control of machining tools by means of a computer.] Before joining Bialosky, he worked on the Spatial Laminated Timber (SPLAM) Pavilion for the Chicago Biennial, which received a national award from the American Institute of Architects. He is currently working on Belle Oaks, a 375-unit mixed-use development in Richmond Heights, Ohio.
Jaylin Chadwell, BS 鈥20, Twinsburg, OH, a phlebotomy technician at Cleveland Clinic Twinsburg Family Health and Surgery Center, in March to a woman she鈥檇 met while doing a blood draw. In May 2022, 90,000 people across the nation were waiting for a kidney donation. Chadwell, who was given six weeks鈥 medical leave to recover, says she鈥檇 eventually like to be a donor advocate.
Jamal Parker Jr., BS 鈥20, Pennsauken, NJ, former 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State football defensive back, in May 2022.
During his junior season as a Golden Flash, Parker was named a team captain and started each game. He finished his college career with 230 tackles, 28 passes broken up and 9 interceptions. Athlon Sports named him to the All-MAC First Team Defense and All-MAC Third Team Specialists in 2019.
Michael Reiner, BS 鈥20, Wellsville, OH, began working as a in September 2021. As a journalism major at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, he had two internships at WKBN: working in digital media for the Columbiana County Board of Developmental Disabilities Reach 4 More program in 2017 and web production in 2019. He also worked in sports for the 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State student television station, TV2 KSU. Previously, he was director of social media and marketing at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort in West Virginia.
Dave Sabo, CER1 鈥20, Euclid, OH, is a business partner for , in Solon, Ohio. The award-winning winery buys premium grapes from all over the world and makes premium, organic wines as a group (not from kits). For an annual $275 fee, members receive a case of select varietals of wines the club has made. Membership also provides privileges for a year of participation in the club鈥檚 events, including the winemaking processes, wine education and tastings.
Sabo graduated with a degree in enology from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 at Ashtabula.
Molly Thomas, BIS 鈥20, Northfield, OH, joined Camp Christopher, a program of the Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland, as . Her grandfather was camp director in the 1960s. Thomas earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in environmental studies with a minor in sustainability from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State. In 2020, when the camp (located on 160 acres in Bath Township) only offered day camps due to the pandemic, she used the time to revamp the camp鈥檚 environmental program offerings. A new aspect involves training college students and going more in-depth on environmental issues.
Maria Zezzo, BBA 鈥20, Ashtabula, OH, was in April 2022. is a supplier of promotional products based in Manassas, Virginia, with its own factory in China. Zezzo previously had worked since June 2020 as an account manager at FAST Platform, a cloud-based solution for the design, ordering and fulfillment of decorated apparel.
Keshunn Abram, BBA 鈥21, Southaven, MS, wide receiver, following the 2022 NFL Draft on April 30, 2022. Abram finished last season with 47 catches for 699 yards and three touchdowns, and he caught at least one pass in all 14 games.
Dustin Crum, BS 鈥21, 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看, OH, quarterback, following the 2022 NFL Draft on April 30, 2022. Crum was the 2021 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year. He became the first KSU quarterback to throw for over 3,000 yards in a season in 2021, while leading his team to the MAC East Division Championship. He joined Joshua Cribbs as the only Golden Flashes to top 9,000 career total yards (7,420 passing, 2,071 rushing), and finished his collegiate career with 55 touchdown passes.
Azure Fernsler, BA 鈥21, Reading, PA, former 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State field hockey standout goalkeeper, was . She was named MAC Defensive Player of the Year after leading the Golden Flashes to a share of the 2021 regular season conference championship and a top-25 spot in the National Coaches Poll for eight consecutive weeks. She ranked eighth nationally in save percentage (.800) and 10th in saves per game (6.12). She graduated in December with a degree in environmental studies.
Cassandra Likouris, BA 鈥21, Washington, DC, was one of seven local people making a difference in their communities who on March 1, 2022. Likouris works for the District of Columbia Shadow Delegation and is executive director of Students for DC Statehood.
Sandra Morgan, MBA 鈥21, Cleveland, OH, director of external affairs and communications for 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, is the granddaughter of . Born in 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看ucky in 1877, the son of freed slaves, Garrett Morgan came up with solutions to problems he saw. Among his inventions are the gas mask that Allied troops carried into battle to protect against chemical attacks in World War I and the three-way traffic signal.
The successful Cleveland inventor is the subject of a new, short film, , by Philip Musey, which made the film festival circuit during summer 2022. It was honored for 鈥淏est Historic Short鈥 at the Manhattan Film Festival in June. Morgan is also the subject of a 2016 children鈥檚 book by Monica Kulling, , which tells how he risked his life to prove the effectiveness of his patented breathing device. Garrett Morgan was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2005.
The family believes that John Hunt Morgan, a Confederate general known for his daring raids into Union territory鈥攁nd for his dalliances with the women he owned as property鈥攊s Garrett Morgan鈥檚 grandfather. Sandra Morgan says they are seeking DNA confirmation that they are related to the general.
Michael Turner, BS 鈥21, Warren, OH, was with the 281st overall pick in the ninth round of the 2022 MLB Draft on July 18, 2022. After four years at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State, Turner used the final year of his eligibility and transferred to Arkansas for this past season, where he helped lead the Razorbacks to their third appearance in the College Baseball World Series in the past four years.
Antonio Williams, BIS 鈥21, Chicago, IL, signed a contract extension with the Plymouth City Patriots (Plymouth, England) for the 2022鈥23 season of the . Previously, Williams played briefly for the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League, where he managed more than 17 points and six assists per game.
Kalp Champaneri, BA 鈥22, BS 鈥22, Cleveland, OH, joined as a construction administrator after graduating from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State in 2022 with bachelor鈥檚 degrees in construction management and architectural studies. Originally from Mumbai, India, Champaneri served as a Global Ambassador at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State to be a cultural liaison for international students. He currently supports construction management on Laurel School projects in Northeast Ohio.
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aria Johnson, BS 鈥22, Richmond Heights, OH, in summer 2022. Before graduating with a degree in journalism and double minors in creative writing and media advocacy, Johnson worked as writer and editor-in-chief for UHURU Magazine, the magazine for 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 communities of color, and worked with The 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 Stater and 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看Wired as a reporter, editor and editor-in-chief.
Jenna Mar, BA 鈥22, Dublin, OH, was of girls tennis for the St. Francis DeSales Stallions (rival of her Bishop Watterson High School alma mater) on June 8, 2022. She had been teaching at Wickertree Tennis Club since age 15 and played for 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State鈥檚 club team. She graduated from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State in three years with a degree in psychology thanks to retroactive credits earned from testing out of some courses as well as summer classes.
Jyae McWilson, BS 鈥22, Cleveland, OH, joined in 2022 as an architectural designer after graduating with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in architecture from 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State. She contributes to the firm鈥檚 projects, including Hawthorne School in Lorain, The Lincoln Tremont in Cleveland and the restoration and adaptive re-use of Park Synagogue in Cleveland Heights. She plans to pursue a master鈥檚 degree in architecture.
Cameron Olin, BFA 鈥22, Medina, OH, was , which ran Aug. 4-14 at the Cain Park Alma Theater in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Angelique Wong, BA 鈥22, Silver Spring, MD, on June 19, 2022. The event showcased unique designs focused on diversity and inclusion from fashion designers around the world. Attendees also had the opportunity to shop the runway and purchase one-of-a-kind clothing and accessories from area designers.
The event gave area fashion designers like Wong鈥攚hose brand is size-inclusive鈥攁 chance to network. 鈥淚 want to create an experience where every woman and every man feels celebrated and appreciated,鈥 she says.
The second annual fashion show was put together by , a group that produces events focused on creating opportunities in the fashion industry for small businesses and those who want to learn more about fashion.
Micah Young, BS 鈥22, Chardon, OH, was for the West Geauga Wolverines (his high school alma mater), on May 30, 2022. He had previously been the school鈥檚 freshman coach, after a year spent coaching at The National Basketball Academy. Young majored in physical education and health at 久久午夜羞羞影院免费观看 State.
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