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1931

 Sue Hare Keogh passed away on March 20, 2012. 04/26/2012

1943

 Laura E. Nance passed away on November 7, 2011. 11/17/2011

1950

Nancy Philips Haller passed away on April 1, 2012. 04/26/2012

1954

Betty DuVall Belcher passed away on February 20, 2012. 03/06/2012

1966

George F. Bryan Jr. passed away on March 15, 2012. 03/31/2012

Nancy Dillingham has just had her work in collaboration with novelist Joan Medlicott, Reflections in a River, published by Grateful Steps Plubishing House. 10/4/2011

William Frank Plyler II has just completed a six-month service as an AmeriCorps Volunteer Member with Holiday Lake State Park in Appomattox, Virginia. As a Ranger/Interpreter, he taught fishing, conservation, canoeing, hiking, and nature identification, and appreciation. "This was one of my best things ever done!" 12/7/2011

1968

Frank B. Wood passed away on March 21, 2012. 04/26/2012

1969

Ruth Williams is a locum tenens Anesthesiologist and is doing medical missionary work, most recently in Haiti. She now resides in Asheville. 3/16/2012

Blanche Lorraine Maiden has taught school for seven years in NC, KY, OH; then opened an upholstery shop in Cincinnati. During that time she taught adult education at Northern Kentucky University. Afterwards and continuing to today, Blanche is continuing her career as a writer. 1/19/12

1970

Peggy Cauble Van Berkel and her husband welcomed their third grandchild, and first grandaughter, in January. 04/25/2012

Chris Kline King retired from IBM after 31 years. 04/25/2012

1971

Marianne DeSaix Harshbarger has recently joined a counseling group providing mental health services to adults in assisted living and long-term care. She maintains a private practice providing in-home clinical mental health services to older adults in the New River Valley of Virginia. "After 40 years in my field, I still love what I do and do what I love!" 10/4/2011

1972

Kaye Thompson Taliana retired September 1, 2011 after a 32 year career in education. 11/8/2011 

Robert Hill has recently retired as Senior Staff Horticulturist at Park Seed Company, Greenwood, SC. 12/7/2011

Kaye Taliana retired in September 2011 after 32 years experience in public education. She was a guidance counselor with Lake Norman high School in Mooresville for the past ten years. 1/13/12

1974

Charles Young works at Methodist University after retiring from the US Justice Department. 12/7/2011

Emily Knight Thomas has moved from the Gwinnett County Public School system to the Georgia Department of Education as an Evaluation Specialist. 12/7/2011

1976

William Holton retired in 2011 from his careers in transporting, computer software training, and education. He currently is working as a substitute teacher in Metro Nashville Public Schools. 3/29/2012

William Holton retired after 22 years in transportation. He obtained his Master in Elementary Education from Tennessee State University, and taught fourth grade in the Nashville Public School system. 11/11/2011

1977

Catherine Nailling Parrish has recently moved to Cody, Wyoming. 1/17/12

1978

Michael Ballew retired in January 2012, after working as the Assistant Human Resources Officer for the Department of the Interior, and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement in Herndon, VA,  for the past 32 years. 3/29/2012

Susan Ledford Lee and her husband have bought an RV and are travelling around for business and leisure seeing the country with their dogs. 11/11/2011

1980

Jayum Jawan received a prime ministerilal appointment as a member of the National Science and Research Council in Malaysia.  Jayum is currently a visiting professor at the University of Leeds, U.K. 05/14/2012

Ron Caldwell published his first book titled “Days and Nights in Parisienne Heights” in June 2010. 04/25/2012

Jayum Jawan was appointed as a visiting professor at the University of Leeds, UK in 2011, and was appointed to sit in the National Science and Research Council Malaysia for a 2 year term. 12/7/2011

1981 

Charles Tipton  has retired from 30 years of teaching Social Studies at Mountain Heritage High School in 2010. He now serves as an elected member of the Board of Education for Yancey County. 1/13/12

1982

Phyllis Robertson won the 2012 Paul A. Reid Distinguished Service Award for Faculty at Western Carolina University.  Phyllis is an associate professor of human services in the counseling program and has worked tirelessly with students at WCU as well as with local schools and the community.05/14/2012

Thomas Eastridge is currently the Southeast Sales Manager for Dorstener Wire Tech. 3/16/2012

1983

Kaye Waugh was recently promoted to the Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Development. She recieved a Master's in Human Resources from Western Carolina University in 2003. She is also servicing as the President of the Western North Carolina Human Resources Association. 3/29/2012

Joan Stewart Inman, has assumed the role of Director of Human Resources for SouthData, Inc. in Mount Airy, NC.  She has been with SouthData for 10 years. 06/20/2011

Oma Wilsman passed away on 18, October 2011. 11/2/2011

1984

C. Thomas Steele an attorney and equity member at Wishart Norris Henninger & Pittman P.A., was honored on April 20th by UNC Asheville's chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, which is the international honor society for collegiate schools of business.  He was inducted as an honorary member at the society's annual banquet, where he served as the main speaker.  Steele specializes in commercial and residential real estate practice, as well as, estate planning and administration in WNHP's Burlington office. 05/08/12

Sheila Duncan is currently employed as a Special Education Instructional Assistant at Warren East Middle School. 3/29/2012

Denise Bowman has just published her first ebook titled "Living Victoriously in Health and Wholeness: 7 Truths for Living Above the Norm."  12/7/2011

1985

Robin Black is currently the owner of Gahagan, Black & Associates, PLLC in Waynesville, NC. 3/27/2012

Alicia Stewart was recently named Clinical Director for Kingston Academy (Sequel Youth Services) in Kingston, TN. This is a 52 bed psychiatric redidential treatment center just outside of Knoxville, TN. 12/7/2011

1986

David Wells is currently the President of Wells Financial Management in Asheville, NC. 3/27/2012

May Cagle married Jesse Barker in 2011. She is currently the Chief Operating Officer for a medial company in Charlotte, NC. 3/16/2012

1987

Nancy Carol Dalton passed away on 12/22/2011. 01/19/2012

Leigh A. Grindstaff passed away on 10/08/2011. 10/21/2011

1988

Allan Dawson has been working as a self-employed Real Eastate Investor in Buncombe, Haywood and Henderson counties since 2000. 3/27/2012

Patricia Jackson recently joined Ingles Markets, Inc. as a Controller, after serving the non-profit health care industry for over twenty years. 3/27/2012

William Murphy launched a digital imaging business in 1996, that focuses in commercial, product, and on-location portrait photography. William's company also works with web development and the restoration/duplication of old, damaged photographs. 3/16/2012

1989

Linda Lindenmoyer is a real estate broker in Jacksonville, Florida, and specializes in corporate relocations and bank foreclosures. 3/27/2012

Michele Morgan Sheppard was recently promoted to the position of Director of Catholic Social Services - Western Regional Office 10/4/2011

1991

Debbie Race is currently working at UNC Asheville's University Registrar office. 3/16/2012

Sheila Bryant was recently engaged to Michael Hollingsworth. 3/16/2012

1992

Jennifer King is expecting her third child, Charlie, in July of 2012. 03/16/2012

Gregory R. Collins passed away 1/14/2012. 1/26/2012

Tanya Johnson Brown married Pastor Larry B. Brown and is the First Lady of Reid Memorial CME Church in Greensboro, NC. 11/8/2011

Craig Malz and his wife Angela live in Concord, with their two children, MacKenzie and Cohen. Craif wors as a business architect for TIAA CREF in Charlotte. 11/11/2011

1993

Stephen Tharrington recently recieved a Masters in Business and Marketing Education from NC State University.  He is currently working as a Business and Marketing teacher in the Cleveland County schools. 05/10/2012

Dahn Cutshaw Stucker and her husband launched Southern Dream Home Builders, a retailing off-site modular constructed homes, in Jonesborough, TN.  They have one daughter. 04/25/2012

Alessa Edwards Leming has had three poems published at www.wordgathering.com an online journal of essaays and poetry focusing on disabilities. The poems are in the following issues: December 2010; June 2011, under the link to the contest winners; and September 2011. Her poem, Zwolf, won third place in the contest for non-disabled poets. 10/4/2011

Larry Paul has traveled throughout Mexico studying Spanish in such places as Puebla, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Oaxaca and Chiapas. And is now and English Instructor at La Universidad de Las Americas in Mexico. 11/3/2011

Jacquelyn Wilson was recently promoted to the position of Southeast Regional Vacancy Manager at Eli Lilly/Quintiles. 11/8/2011

Carole Lucas Woodard Marrs is the Music Director at St. Eugene Catholic Church since July 1, 2010. 12/7/2011

1994

Jessica Munday was recently selected as Charleston's "Marketer of the Year" by the American Marketing Association.  She is the Founder and President of Trip Solutions Inc. 05/14/2012

Fran Randall received a Master of Science Instructional Technology from East Carolina University, 2011. 11/11/2011

Shannon Lorraine Davis is currently working on her teaching certificate at Mars Hill College. 12/7/2011

Sarah Addison Allen released her fourth book, a New York Times bestseller , The Peach Keeper, in paperback in January 2012 1/17/12

1995

Jennifer-Anne Conklin married John Hensley in January.  She works at NCSU in the College of Education's Development Office.  She has two daughters. 05/11/12

Suzanne Rohlfing Windsor received a PsyD in Clinical Psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology in 2011.  She now works with citizens with developmental disabilities as the Director of the Community Support Team at Northwest Resource Center in Bossier City, LA. 04/25/2012

Jason Rhymer Rhymer Fitness, Inc. recently announced a new facility to open next year in downtown Concord, NC. It will be called Fitness Revolution and it will join the Mooresville, NC location as the second Fitness Revolution franchise owned by Rhymer Fitness, Inc. in NC. 12/7/2011

1996

Penny Harris received the Statesboro Herald sponsored Service to Mankind Award.  Penny works with S.T.A.R.S. project (Save the Animals Rescue Society), an agency she helped start to save homeless and abused animals.  Addtionally, she is a team leader with the Bulloch County Walk for Diabetes Program, which aims to increase awarness of diabetes and raises funds to seek for a cure. 05/15/2012

Brian Buff recently launched Brand Fanatics, a hosiery and apparel sourcing and distribution company. 3/27/2012

Michael W. Waldroup passed away on 11/17/2011. 12/08/2011

Zachary Rodman has moved with his family to Arlington, VA. 11/3/2011

1997

Mark Robinson accepted the CEO position at HCA's Lake City Medical Center in Lake City, FL. 05/11/12

Thomas Estes is currently working as the Judicial Assistant to the Honorable Calvin E. Murphy of the North Carolina Business Court in Charlotte. 4/3/2012

1998

Bray Creech recieved a MBA from the University of Maryland at College Park in May of 2011. Last year he was promoted to Director of Major Gifts at People for the American Way, in Washington, DC. 3/29/2012

Jeanette Castle is now a Creative Project Manager at Capstrat, a communications agency based in Raleigh, N.C. 11/3/2011

Stephanie Annette Edwards married Robert DeBruhl in July 2011. 11/8/2011 

1999

Amanda T. Edwards will begin serving on May 11, 2012 as the Chapter Executive of the Western North Carolina Regional Office of the American Red Cross.  For the past eight years, Amanda has served as the Executive Director of The Literacy Council of Buncombe County. 05/10/12

Richard Kent is currently employed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an Assistant Professor in Mathematics. 04/25/2012

Stacy Waldroup is the Branch Manager of NewBridge Bank, where she assists clients with financial needs with a full range of accounts from checking and equity banklines to business banking and investment. 3/16/2012

Aldo Garcia Guevara is currently employed at Worcester State University as an Assistant Professor of History, and is the Director of the WSU Center for the Study of Human Rights. 11/8/2011

Kyle Phipps was recently named editor of the Morganton News Herald in Morganton, N.C. 12/7/2011

2000

Laura Bibb joined Haynes Benefits in April 2012.  Laura comes to Haynes Benefits from an in-house counsel position at a benefits consulting firm.  She received her JD from the University of North Carolina School of Law in Chapel Hill and holds the designation of Group Benefits Associate (GBA) through the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  05/03/12

Holly Spencer Bunting was promoted to partner in the global law firm, K&L Gates LLP. Holly is a member of the consumer financial services group in the firms Washington, DC and focuses her practice on federal and state regulatory enforcement issues. 04/25/2012

Wiley Cash has written a new novel A Land More Kind Than Home. Linked is the trailer for the novel:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYXb5_3wKds 11/2/2011

2001

Zach Herrmann graduated with honors from UNC School of Law in 2011. 2/27/2012

Peter Huskey has received his Ph.D in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 2009, and was married to Jesica Lopez-Huskey in Los Angeles in 2010. He is now working on his post-doctoral degree at the University of California - San Diego 10/4/2011

Kim Gaetz has recently moved to Raleigh and is working on her Doctoral degree in Epidemiology at UNC Chapel Hill 1/13/12

2002

Omosalewa Oyelaran is currently serving in the Peace Corps in Botswana. 04/30/12

Athena Rayne Anderson is graduating in May 2012 with a Ph.D. in Ecology. 04/27/12

Joseph Byers  is currently the Manager of North Gas Service Inc. He also welcomed a daughter, Karina Byers, into the world in March of 2011. 3/16/2012

Melody Ann Lindsey passed away on February 22, 2012. 03/22/2012

Thomas Erich Boeger and his wife have one child and are now living in Salt Lake City. 1/13/12

Melanie Alene Currie has returned to Asheville to teach at Oakley Elementary School. 11/8/2011

Kate Wittman Guzy and Andy Guzy welcomed thir second child, Austin, on June 14, 2011. 11/11/2011

Sara Buss Rem is celebrating her first child, Emma Grace Kelly Rem, born on August 23, 2011. 11/11/2011

Matthew Pons was honored with the Dissinger Award for Junior Faculty, an award for distinguished teaching and service. 11/11/2011

Melody Lindsey is teaching English at Blue Ridge Community College. 12/7/2011

2003

Robert Benjamin McGonagil has started his own commercial cleaning business in Panama City, FL. 1/25/12

Shannon Gantt Shore married Andrew Shore in June of 2011 11/11/2011 

Windy Ann McKinney has finished a PhD in Medieval History and Literature at the University of York in the United Kingdom, and is now living back in the Asheville area. 12/7/2011

Robert Schoen received his PhD in Mathematics Education in Spring of 2010 from Florida State University. He is currently working as the Associate Director of the Florida Center for Research in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, a division of Learning Systems Institute at FSU. Has recently published a book on model-centered learning of math using open-source technology. He formerly served as State Supervisor of Mathematics for the Florida Department of Education. He married Courtney Modlin, class of 2004, they have two daughters, Meadow and Ruby June. 12/7/2011

2004

C. Tate Holbrook married Cecily Rogers ('04).  Tate earned a Ph.D. in Biology from Arizona State University in 2011.  Tate is currently working as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Lynchburg College in Virginia. 05/15/2012

Margaret O'Neill recently accepted a position as the Accounting Manager with Intelligent Access Systems in Raleigh. 04/30/12

Anna Koritz and her husband welcomed their first child on December 15th. 04/25/2012

Melissa Suzanne Reams will be graduating from Armstrong Atlantic State University with a Masters of Public Health. 04/25/2012

Travis O'Guin is currently working as a Business Development Analyst for LightSail Energy. They designed and built a modular Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) machine, that will not only profoudly impact renewable energy projects, it will also reshape the power grid. His work involves in-depth analysis of solar and wind projects as well as regional energy markets. 4/3/2012

Christina McKeown and her husband welcomed the birth of their daughter, Sophia Abigail McKeown on February 7,2012. 3/16/2012

Christopher Justice is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Sparksight, celebrating five years as a part of the Austin, Texas technology community. He has developed local, national, and international marketing programs and events that capture the imagination and generate a sense of opportunity from attendees, custmers, partners and employees. Chris has a forthcoming book, The 7 Digits of Faith:Growing a Million Dollar Business through God and Finance, due to be released in the Summer of 2012. 3/16/2012

Sharon Marie Besche is now married and living in Severna Park, MD, and her new name is Sharon Craddock. After UNC Asheville, she has gone on to Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, receiving her BS in Nursing in 2007. She has been working as a trauma/ER nurse for 4 years. Sharon has three beautiful girls. 1/13/12

Jolene Haymans McGill and Jason McGill welcomed a baby boy, Graeme Joseph McGill, on November 2, 2011. 1/17/12

Jennifer Coats is attending AB-Tech, she spent 2010 running her own studio and stained glass gallery in Asheville. 12/7/2011

2005

Ian Austin received the Mississippi Bar Foundation Award from the Mississippi College School of Law during its' annual Law Day ceremony.  This award is given to a student who, in the opinion of the faculty, best exemplifies the attributes of a successful attorney. 04/26/12

Kimberly Gentry Eggett and her husband, Stephen Eggett ('08), welcomed their first child on March 31st. 04/25/2012

Michael Neel recently began a new job at the University of Houston as an Assistant Professor of Accounting. 3/27/2012

Melissa Beaver Godfrey is now in her seventh year teaching third grade and is pursuing her National Board Certification in Middle Childhood Education. She had a daughter in July of this year. And since graduation from UNC Asheville has gone on to pursue a Master's in Early Childhood Education and an Education Specialist Degree in Administration and Supervision. 11/3/2011

Caroline Zidaroff Allison welcomed her first child, named Alexander James Allison. 11/8/2011

Tracy Lee Burkhardt has moved to Brussels, Belgium in May 2010 11/11/2011

Lindsey Paige Galloway was recently hired as Director of Strategic Business Development and Marketing. 11/11/2011

Andrew Scott Fansler began teachind 3-D design at Salem College. 11/11/2011

2006

Belinda Rae Brown Gray married Matthew Gray in October 2010. 04/25/2012

Chris Bubenik was named the Director of Marketing & Audience Development for WNC magazine. 11/8/2011

Adam Michael Brown is currently working as an Outpatient Counselor. 12/7/2011

Lauren Jefferies is working as a mortgage foreclosure prevention specialist at Legal Aid of North Carolina in Winston Salem. 12/7/2011

Melissa Clark Shipman has moved back to West Jefferson, NC. 1/17/12

2007 

Carolyn Fryberger was accepted into UNC Chapel Hill's Master's in City and Regional Planning program for Fall 2012. 05/15/2012

Richard Lawrence is currently working as a Sous Chef at Posana Cafe in Asheville. 3/16/2012

Ashleigh Whitney Carter has moved back to Colorado and has pursued a new profession as a Brewer at a Microbrewry in Aurora, CO 11/11/2011

Megan Robertson Corkery has moved from Boone, NC to Greensboro, NC. She now holds a new position as Internship Coordinator/Career Counselor at Guilford College. 12/7/2011

Angela Ramsey is attending Western Carolina University, working towards her Masters in Social Work. She is expected to graduate in 2013. 12/7/2011

Kim Barto was recently engaged to Mr. John Buck III. She is in her third year as Community Outreach and Grants Coordinator for Martinsville City Public Schools, and is the Vice President for Marketing and Communications on the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Blue Ridge. Earlier this year, she received the Beverly Burton New Board Member of the Year Award for the Virginia/Washington D.C. Area Council of the Boys & Girls Clubs. 12/7/2011

Allie Haake is the new Executive Assistant to the President of Hearst Magazines as of December 2011 1/17/12

2008

Faith Ross Bryant is now working at an area manufacturing company in an accounting and human resources position.  Faith and her husband welcomed their first child last June. 04/27/2012

Stephanie Casey recieved her Master in Reading and Language Arts from Saint Josephs College in December of 2011. 3/29/2012

Kimberly Fulmer earned her Master of Arts in Education and Human Development in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University. 11/11/2011

2009

Jennifer Hibbert spent 3 weeks in February as on on-location offshore meteorologist for a client's project.  She was onboard a crane barge that was constructing an oil platform in the Bay of Campeche and Gulf of Mexico.  At the end of May, she will be departing for Vladivostok, Russia to work at the Orlan Oil field as an offshore meteorologist.  05/14/2012

Meghan Ibach transitioned from being an Americorps volunteer to being the director of the Alamosa Community Gardens in Alamosa, CO.  At the Community Gardens they teach garden science lessons, run a free summer garden program, and invite community participation to engage clients to use healthy produce to benefit their families and themselves. 04/27/2012

Jessica Lynne Clark and Christopher Johnson were married October 1, 2011. 10/4/2011

Jason Herring graduated with an MBA in Health Systems Management, and is in his seecond year in a MPH program in behavioral and community health sciences. Jason works with the non-profit Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force as a medical case manager. 11/8/11

Shanna Rae Russell was recently hired as a Special Education Teacher at Woodfin Elementary. 11/11/2011

Jessica Renee Laney moved to Washington D.C. after graduation, was recently hired in Web Editing and Design at MicroStrategy in Northern Virginia. 11/11/2011

Hannah Virginia Harrison has relocated from Greensboro, NC to Louisville, KY this fall to pursue a Master's degree in English with a focus in Rhetoric and Composition and a Certificate in Women's Studies. 11/11/2011

Alexis Granum has graduated from the London School of Economics with an MS in Philosophy and Public Policy in 2010. Now working as the Development Officer at St Bartholomew the Great, a medieval church and heritage site in the City of London. 12/7/2011

2010

Sara Lenthall and Bryan Greene ('08) were married on April 28th.  The couple will continue to reside in the Shenandoah Valley where Bryan works as a teacher and coach.  Sara graduated with her Masters of Education in College Student Personnel Administration from James Madison in May.  She will begin working as a career counselor at Washington and Lee University in July. 05/15/2012

Whitney Leigh McGinnis is now living in New Orleans, Louisiana, working as a human resource manager and managing partner for a private company. 10/4/2011

Matthew Lands was hired as Human Resources Coordinator at Ingle's Executive Offices. 10/4/2011

Robert Muirhead is attending graduate school at Western Carolina University for a MBA. 11/3/2011

Beth Doane has moved to Gainesville, FL where she is a Victim Advocate and Case Manager for families going through child abuse cases. She is also working on her Master's in Criminology from Florida State University. 11/11/2011

Dustin Allison  is graduating with a Masters in Public Administration from Indiana University in May and he has accepted a job offer with Grant Thornton LLP in Washington, DC. 1/13/12

Justin Newhart was just hired as the new House Manager at Bocage Plantation in Darrow, Louisiana. He runs a B&B, wedding and event facility, gives tours, and supervises any restoration projects occuring on site. 1/19/12

2011

Leanna Miller is currently working as a Development Assistant at Congregation Beth Elohim in New York City, NY. 3/27/2012

Hannah Pinkerton is currently working for the Autism Society of North Carolina as a Community Skills Instructor. 3/16/2012

Robert St. John is working as a Sous-Chef at a B&B in Lake Lure, NC. He is thinking about finding a photography job or something within the graphic arts field. 12/7/2011

Stephen Bava is married to Andrea Bava. 1/12/12

Jeffrey Decristofaro has received his MLA from UNC Asheville in December 2011. 1/12/12

Anne Marie Roberts is currently enrolled in the MS/EdS program at UNC Greensboro for Couples and Family Counseling. 1/17/12

Lanie Honeycutt has started working for the Western Carolina Medical Society's Project Access which assists low-income, uninsured Buncombe county residents in receiving healthcare. 1/27/12

Carrie Harrell has moved to Greenville, NC and is attending the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University 10/4/2011

2012

Tina Masciarelli was honored with the Superior Staff Award at Haywood Community College, where she has been employed since 2008.  This award represents the highest honor that the college gives for non-faculty members and represents a staff member who exemplifies the highest standards and professionalism in the workplace and demonstrate excellence in service to their college, students, and their communities. 05/11/12