About HR&E Alumni

About HR&E Alumni
Below is news about individual HR&E alumni. Alumni listings are organized by date of graduation and, within a particular year, listings are alphabetized. Graduates who have more than one degree from WVU may be listed under the date of their initial degree or, if the degrees are in different decades, they will be listed under the time of both degrees.

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After living in the Washington, DC area and then in South Carolina, Charlotte Vance Darnell Silbaugh ('42, '51) has returned to Morgantown and is living at Heritage Point. Charlotte was one of the first women to work in a leadership role at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the 1950's.

Rita LeHere ('43) now lives in Ft. Myers, Florida. She writes, "I'm retired from the Mon. County Schools. I do volunteer work at Southwest Regional Hospital and at the Theater for Performing Arts in Ft. Myers."

Otis Rice ('43, '45) has received the honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters from West Virginia University. Dr. Rice, an educator for many years and a recognized scholar of West Virginia history, has received a number of other awards as well. In 1987, the West Virginia Humanities Council chose him to receive its first annual Award for the Humanities. In 1999, he received the first Governor's Award for Outstanding Contributions to West Virginia History or Literature.

Phoebe Ryan Schubert ('47, '67) and her husband Oscar ('42) have celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary.

Martha Ryan Shock ('48) has moved back to Morgantown and lives only a few blocks from her sister Phoebe Ryan Schubert. This spring she was here for the Emeritus Club activities, but returned to Albuquerque to be part of graduation celebrations for her grandchildren.

Margared Loudin Kadar ('49) retired as President of the White Oak Council after 18 years of service. She has been looking forward to being able to travel and to spend more time with her dozen grandchildren and their five families.

1950's

Allen Currey ('50) has kept in touch this year and shared several memories from his WVU years. Allen was the installer and operator of the first electroencephalograph instrument for the WVU Medical College. He has also shared memories of his track team experiences, but, laughing, told us that he wished he could run on today's "fast tracks" instead of the slow cinders that were around when he was running. Allen's son, Richard Currey, who wrote Fatal Light, was honored in Charleston this spring at a West Virginia Writer's Conference. Allen, who is supposedly "retired," is busy doing substitute teaching in Montgomery County, Maryland. He recently returned to Parkersburg, WV where he was honored for fifty years of membership as a Shriner.

Several members of the Class of 1951 returned to campus in late April 2001 as part of the WVU Alumni Association's Emeritus Club Weekend: Ronald Allman, Robert Billeter, Grant Deahl, Don Garletts, Anita Kiesel, Charlotte Silbaugh, and Lou Surber . They were joined at a reception in the College by other alumni who were already Emeritus Club members: Gloria Salucci Cunningham ('43,'63) and Allen Currey ('50).

Ronald Allman ('51) and his wife, Betty, live in Massillon, Ohio, where he taught biology for the Canton Board Education for many years. Ron, who is now retired, says that the challenge of several national grants helped keep him up to date during those thirty years of teaching. His and Betty's latest project is working in support of a local school bond for a middle school, and he recently sent word that they had been successful in passing the bond. Ron and Betty's daughter also teaches kindergarten in a nearby area.

Robert J. Billeter ('51), who was originally from Clarksburg, has returned to the area after being an editor for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. He and his wife, Eileen, now live in Weston where he is fulfilling a lifelong dream of owning his own newspaper: the Weston Democrat. He is also very proud of the accomplishments of his son who graduated from Woodbury Forest School and West Point Military Academy.

After living in the Washington, DC area and then in South Carolina, Charlotte Vance Darnell Silbaugh ('42, '51) has returned to Morgantown and is living at Heritage Point. Charlotte was one of the first women to work in a leadership role at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the 1950's.

The HR&E Emeritus Club Welcome Back Reception this spring was attended by a number of members of the Class of 1952: Lorna Douglass Anderson (and her husband, Donald), Helen Headlee Flemming, Enola Albright Liston, Thomas A. Liston, Evalene "Tee" Overfield Teaford and Ron Allman (and his wife Betty). They were joined by other former graduates: Mary Virginia Callen ('47, '48) Gloria Cunningham ('43, '63), Allen E. Currey ('50), Phoebe Ryan Schubert (and her husband, Oscar), Martha Ryan Shock ('48), Charlotte Vance Darnell Silbaugh ('42, '51), and Betty Claire Tucker ('50).

Lorna Douglass Anderson ('52, '56) and her husband, Donald ('49), are now both retired and taking some time to travel. Last summer they took a trip to England, Wales, and Scotland with her daughter and son-in-law and their family as part of the Yale Alumni Chorus Tercentenary Tour. Lorna wrote that she "taught high school for 35 years while raising a family and busy as a minister's wife." Donald was also secretary for the West Pennsylvania /West Virginia Lutheran Synod. Lorna keeps in touch with lots of college friends from her home in Pittsburgh and continues to find time to write about her experiences for friends and family members.

Helen Headlee Fleming ('52, '59) is retired and lives in Brooksville, Florida. Retirement has not slowed her down much as she recently was recognized by the Hernando County Chamber of Commerce as Outstanding Community Volunteer in 2001. When asked about memories from her WVU days, Helen reminisced about "what all the girls had to go through to attend a football game: suits or dresses, heels, hats, and gloves --no matter the weather!"

Enola Albright Liston and Thomas Andrews Liston (both '52) have retired and returned to Dailey, West Virginia after thirty years of overseas experiences. After teaching industrial arts for a few years after graduation, Tom became a foreign service officer and worked for the U. S. Department of State in such places as Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Pakistan, and parts of Southeast Asia. They also spend part of their year in Tucson, Arizona. They have a grandson at WVU in engineering.

Lou Clinebell Surber ('51, '52) was a cryptographer (in Chinese and Korean) and research analyst for the National Security Agency at Ft. George Meade in Maryland for thirty years. She and her husband, Tom, are now both retired and live in Owings, Maryland.

Ruby A. Carter ('53) is a member of the Board of Trustees of Mountain State University, from which she has been given the Distinguished West Virginiana Award and named to the Hall of Fame. She is also a member of the Irvin Stewart Society at West Virginia University and a board member of the Carter Family Foundation.

After teaching English for fifteen years to non-English speaking children at Hartford Public High School in Hartford, Connecticut, Merilyn Sondles Spencer ('56) retired in 1991. She and her husband now live much of the year in Palm Coast, Florida. They still spend their summers in Connecticut near their two children, their spouses, and their three granddaughters.

Eleanor Wilson ('56) returned to campus for the College's pre-game Tent Party last year where, she says, she "enjoyed meeting new people." She is involved as a docent at Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia, where she now lives.

James E. "Jim" Long ('61) has retired after teaching, being an athletic director, and coaching for forty years. He spent seven years in Petersburg, West Virginia and the last thirty-three years of his career in the schools in Dover, Delaware. Jim continues to live in Dover where he is now enjoying travel, golfing, and fishing.

George E. Sutton ('62) has retired from his work for the U. S. government in the Departments of Defense and Treasury. He lives in Mechanicsville, Virginia.

Donald R. Turley and Sara (Sally) J. Turley ('62) are both active in Pennsylvaia retiree organizations since retiring. Sally (aka Sara) the only annuitant member of the 15 member Pennsylvania School Employees Retirement system and was elected by all Pennsylvania retirees since 2001. She was recently elected again by acclamation to serve until 2011.

Judith Browell ('65), who lives in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, has "retired after a career of 34 years in teaching." She presently serves on the board of Laurel Highlands School District where she taught for 33 of those 34 years.

Don L. Fuhr ('65) has retired from Clemson University's College of Health, Education and Human Development. He is now Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership.

Judy Plymale Munchmeyer ('65, '84), after 24 years as a teacher, has accepted a new challenge. She is now a teacher specialist for the South Carolina Department of Education. In this new role she will be helping high school English teachers improve teaching strategies and student test scores.

Tom Witten ('65, '71) taught mathematics at Gary High School in southern West Virginia before becoming vice principal there. After 14 years (1973-1987) as a school administrator at Richlands High School in Virginia, he returned to Jackson County, WV as Director of Middle and High Schools. Four years later he became Tech Prep Director at Southwest Virginia Community College. Tom's K-12 involvement has continued. He has been a member of the Tazewell County Board of Education since 1990, where he is vice-chairman.

Bernard Swetts ('66), who is living in Star Junction, Pennsylvania, tells us that he has retired from teaching.

Phyllis Kay Fox ('67) tells us that she is "still at Ravenswood High School" in Jackson County, WV where she is a guidance counselor.

Carolyn Keagler ('67) lives in Kirtland, Ohio where she is a Title I Reading teacher at Kirtland Elementary School.

Louie Julian ('57, '68), after many years as a principal, basketball coach, and baseball coach in Marion County, West Virginia, retired in 1984. He worked at St. Peter's High School, Rivesville High, and Fairmont Senior High School.

Robert N. Forestandi ('69, '73) lives in Shepherdstown, WV and works as a psychologist at the eastern Panhandle Mental Health Center in Martinsburg, WV.

Donna Gaspari Greene ('69) is a guidance counselor with the Cumberland Valley School District. Donna and her husband live in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania but have been back twice this year to attend HR&E alumni events in conjunction with WVU football and basketball games.

Karen Mitchell ('69), who lives in New Martinsville, West Virginia, works with the gifted education program, grades 6-12 in Wetzel County.

After teaching in Fairfax County, Virginia School District for nearly twenty years, Diane Reed ('69) has been named "Technology Teacher in Residence" in the Office of Educational Technology (OET) for the U. S. Department of Education, where she is an advisor to Linda Roberts, the director of the OET.

William Valko ('69) was a counselor at John Marshall High School in GlenDale, West Virginia from 1969 through 1989. He is now retired.

1970's

Kathryn A. Davis ('70, '71) has retired from the Fairfax County, Virginia public schools after teaching for 32 years. Kathryn still lives in Alexandria, VA, and will now be writing for Fairfax Education Association publications. She is a past president of the FEA and plans to continue to lobby actively on behalf of educational issues as a retired member of both the Fairfax, Virginia and the National Education Associations.

Margaret Lopez ('67, '70) was honored by being named the 2003 Most Loyal Staff Mountaineer during the Mountaineer Week halftime activities at the WVU-Pitt football game November 15, 2003. Margaret, who has served in a variety of positions both in the College of Human Resources & Education and in the University, has given more than 50 years of service to WVU.

Nancy Lilbourn Williams ('70, '71) is the assistant dean in the School of Education at Maryville University in St. Louis, Missouri. She is on the NCATE Board of Examiners and works in an inner city professional development school in collaboration with John Goodlad's NNER initiative. While she has two degrees beyond those she received at WVU, she writes "I still consider WVU my academic' home and the place which gave me the foundation upon which I've built my career."

Marcia Friedline Arnole ('71) is assistant manager of Pulseworks Audio-Visual Entertainment in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Andrea Berta ('71, '74) is employed at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh as the Health Unit Coordinator in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Tom Witten ('65, '71) taught mathematics at Gary High School in southern West Virginia before becoming vice principal there. After 14 years (1973-1987) as a school administrator at Richlands High School in Virginia, he returned to Jackson County, WV as Director of Middle and High Schools. Four years later he became Tech Prep Director at Southwest Virginia Community College. Tom's K-12 involvement has continued. He has been a member of the Tazewell County Board of Education since 1990, where he is vice-chairman.

Charlotte Rich ('71, '87) moved to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa last year when her husband Arthur became the associate vice-president and dean of student life at Iowa Wesleyan College.

Herb Doherty ('70, '72) has recently retired from his work as a media consultant for the state of Ohio. He and his wife Beth live in West Jefferson, Ohio.

Lon Kramer ('72) now lives in Springfield, Virginia, where he is Deputy Chief U. S. Probation Officer. He recently received the highest official award for this office, the "Chief's Award." His daughter Angela, who was adopted from Russia, is now in third grade.

Ellen Feeley Smith ('72) is teaching at Oak Ridge High School in Orlando, Florida and completing certification in Guidance and Counseling.

Linda Hevener Stewart ('72) is in her thirtieth year as a business education teacher at Pocahontas County High School. She credits former HR&E faculty member and fellow alumus Gloria Cunningham with many of the good things that happened to her at WVU and with inspiring her: "She is one of the reasons I am still a Business Education teacher," Linda says.

Robert N. Forestandi ('69, '73) lives in Shepherdstown, WV and works as a psychologist at the eastern Panhandle Mental Health Center in Martinsburg, WV.

Marlene Greenleaf ('73), who graduated in home economics education, has undertaken a new program in the Kanawha County Schools. "I wanted to do something different," she says. As part of South Charleston High School's new Lodging Management Program, she is teaching the Guest Room portion of the new curriculum. Marlene is excited about having student internships and was actively involved in the remodeling phases of the program.

Dr. George Peters ('73, '77), who lives in Tom's River, New Jersey, was recently appointed as head of the Pain Management Center of Ocean County, New Jersey.

After working as assistant superintendent of schools in Wirt County, WV, Karen Huffman ('74, '99) now commutes from her home in Flatwoods to Charleston where she is executive director of the Office of Professional Preparation in the West Virginia Department of Education. She also teaches an educational psychology class at Glenville State College.

Leon Pilewski ('74) is principal at Robert C. Byrd High School in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Leon's school recently was designated a West Virginia 2002 School of Excellence.

John Ware ('74, '76), who has taught for more than 25 years and spent the last 20 years with South Miami Senior High School, has achieved National Board Certification. In addition to John's two degrees from this college, he has earned a specialist degree in science education and a doctoral degree in education with specialization in curriculum development and systemic change from Nova Southeastern University.

Dr. Shannon Bennett ('75, '86, '94) has been awarded one of twenty-six international scholarships given annually by the Delta Kappa Gamma Society Internationale, an honor society for women teachers. Shannon has worked for twenty years for the Randolph County Schools in the Elkins, WV area. She is currently counselor for seventh and eighth grade students at Tygart Valley High School. Shannon shares that she is active also with Mountain Education, her consulting firm for church lay leadership, where she often works with her teen-aged ventriloquist doll, "Anderson."

Donna P. Simmons ('75) is a substitute teacher for the Kanawha County Board of Education.

Carol S. Diehl ('76, '81), who is in her twentieth year of service at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, was the recipient of the Annual Student Services Recognition Award for ìExemplary Performance over the Course of a Career.î After serving as an adjunct faculty member since in 1982, in August 2001 she was named affiliate associate professor in psychology.

James Reginald Turner ('76) is the Director of Adult Services for the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation in Cleveland, Ohio.

Daniel Vidovich ('76) lives in Adah, Pennsylvania. He retired from the Albert Gallatin School District in Uniontown, PA after 35 years as assistant superintendent.

Gary Wilson ('76) and his wife Diane live in Wellsburg, West Virginia. Gary is a teacher at Wellsburg Middle School.

Debra Cox ('77) has relocated to upstate New York and is a speech pathologist with the Utica City School District and New York Easter Seal Society. Her daughter Jen attends Cornell University, and her son Wes is a sophomore.

Patricia Boni DiLustro (''77) lives in Jessup, Maryland where she is a sales and marketing coordinator for Odyssey Technologies Inc. Her daughter, Adrienne, is a student at WVU and is studying psychology.

Lester Frank ('77) has moved to Cartagena and has been a professor of English (as a second language) for the past year. Frank is also working as a missionary. He says that for the past 40 years he has been involved in pastoral ministry, but only in the past year has he been a missionary. He likes Cartagena, which he describes as "a land of perpetual sun and beautiful beaches," and adds that "the people are the most wonderful asset here." But he says that he would like "to see those beautiful hills of WV again soon!"

Brance L. McCune ('78) has received the Coast Guard Reserve's 2000 Outstanding Junior Officer Award. This national award is presented to the junior officer judged to be the most outstanding based on exemplary performance of Coast Guard duties, Civic accomplishments, leadership ability, and notable contributions to the Coast Guard. In civilian life, Brance teaches computer-aided design at Boonsboro Maryland High School and owns his own business, McCune Contracting, Inc. His son, Brance Jr., is a student at WVU.

Carol Young Pessin ('78), who is a licensed interior designer in Florida, has been appointed general manager for Baer's new design studio on North Miami Beach. She and her husband Gregg, who is a practicing attorney in Miami, have two children: Daniel, age 13, and Elizabeth, age 10.

After leaving WVU George Drake ('79) earned a M.Ed. from Trenton State and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. He is now associate professor of special education at Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Marguerite K Gillis ('79) was named "Professor Emerita" at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. She received the Texas State President's Award for Distinguished Service "ages ago." Marguerite lives in Buda, Texas.

Jolayne Rush Mathers ('79) now lives in Presque Isle, Maine where she is a speech pathologist in Maine School Administrative District #1.

1980's

Susan Good ('80) is the owner of Johnstown Better Hearing and lives in Mineral Point, Pennsylvania. Susan received her AuD from Arizona School of Health Sciences in 2004.

Jana Goss ('80. '97) is teaching special education at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Brenda M. Joe ('80) is currently teaching choral and general music at Mannington Middle School, grades 5-8, in Marion County Schools, West Virginia.

Carla See ('80, '83), who lives in Morgantown, is a clinical instructor and director of experiential and external education at the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy.

Cynthia Rader Tallamy ('80) is a math teacher and department chair at Nicholas County High School. Cynthia was honored for her 22 years of teaching by being selected for the 2002 Arch Coal Teacher Achievement Award. Last fall she accompanied a group of senior from her school on a tour of the WVU campus and especially enjoyed the PRT ride. She noted that the PRT had expanded since she was in school (adding the Towers and Edical Center Station) and had undergone “several beautification projects, particularly at the Mountainlair, that make the campus a treasure.” Cynthia is a faithful member of the WVU Alumni Band and last fall she completed 22 years of marching with the band at homecoming!

Carol S. Diehl ('76, '81), who is in her twentieth year of service at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, was the recipient of the Annual Student Services Recognition Award for "Exemplary Performance over the Course of a Career." After serving as an adjunct faculty member since in 1982, in August 2001 she was named Affiliate Associate Professor in Psychology.

Antoinette Deascenti Fry ('81) lives in Palm Harbor, Florida. Antoinette is a speech/language pathologist with the Pasco County Schools.

Paula Manders Parker ('81) lives in Port Saint Lucie, Florida. An accident in the fall of 2001 left her with severe injuries from which she continues to recover. She writes "I'm still in physical therapy, learning to walk."

Lynne ('81) and Phil ('85) Petrosky retuned with their son this past fall for the Pre-Game Homecoming Brunch at the College. They live in Buckhannon, where Lynne is a kindergarten teacher at Union Elementary School, and Phil teaches at Buckhannon Upshur Middle School.

Linda Sharp ('81) is principal at Anna Jarvis Elementary School in Grafton, West Virginia. Linda's school is one of WVU's professional development schools and recently was designated a West Virginia 2002 School of Excellence.

Stephanie Ellison Bruner ('83) achieved National Board Certification in Early Adolescence Science during the 1999-2000 year. She currently teaches eighth grade Earth/Environmental Science at James Martin Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina and lives in nearby Concord.

Carmen Jones ('83)now has five children -- ages 19, 16, 14, 10, and 6. The oldest is at BYU.

Daniel N. Adams ('84) is director of student unions at the University of Arizona. He and Patricia Brand Shahan were married in Morgantown in May 2000.

Stephanie Ellison Bruner ('84) has been teaching in Charlotte, North Carolina since 1988. She was married in 1994 and has a son, Joseph, who is five years old. Stephanie has recently achieved her National Board Certification for Teaching in Early Adolescent Science.

Cheryl L Greco ('84) teaches third grade at Easton Elementary School in Morgantown. On June 26, 2004 she was married to David E. Chidester, who works at Mylan Pharmaceuticals.

Judy Plymale Munchmeyer ('65, '84), after 24 years as a teacher, has accepted a new challenge. She is now a teacher specialist for the South Carolina Department of Education. In this new role she will be helping high school English teachers improve teaching strategies and student test scores.

L. Paulette Phillips ('84), who teaches first grade at Daybrook Elementary School in Monongalia County, WV, was one of three outstanding West Virginia educators to receive a $25,000 Milken National Educator Award in 2001. In addition to the financial award, Paulette traveled to Los Angeles to participate in the annual Milken Family Foundation National Education Conference, and she is now part of the Milken Educator Network.

Kris Plubell ('84) is "a homemaker and proud of it." Her three-year-old daughter Katie and younger son Bobby keep her very busy.

Charles G. Blewitt ('85) recently published a collection of plays called Valley Views. The plays are set in Northeastern Pennsylvania, are somewhat comic in nature, and are written in the proverbial "Anthracite Brogue." Charles lives in Kingston, Pennsylvania and works at the Scranton Counseling Center.

Kimberly Perry Havenner ('85) is working in the West Virginia Office of International Visitors where she coordinates professional development exchange programs for government officials, academic administrators, and business leaders from the Balkans. She writes "I commute daily to the Blue Ridge, where my husband (retired ñ Smithsonian) and son (Scamp ñ age 6) and I share the beauty of the West Virginia mountains and enjoy hiking and cycling."

Lois Swineford ('85, '90), a mathematics teacher at Suncrest Middle School in Morgantown, led the Suncrest team to a state championship for the second year in a row. She also was the coach of the 2002 West Virginia Math Counts team that took eighteenth place in the national competition in June.

Dr. Shannon Bennett ('75, '86, '94) has been awarded one of twenty-six international scholarships given annually by the Delta Kappa Gamma Society Internationale, an honor society for women teachers. Shannon has worked for twenty years for the Randolph County Schools in the Elkins, WV area. She is currently counselor for seventh and eighth grade students at Tygart Valley High School. Shannon shares that she is active also with Mountain Education, her consulting firm for church lay leadership, where she often works with her teen-aged ventriloquist doll, "Anderson."

Allen Dunson ('86, '96) is the System and Network Administrator for the Garrett County Library System in Maryland.

Sue Forrest ('86) has retired and now lives in Eunice, Louisiana. She has generously shared stories of traveling the twisting roads of southern West Virginia, riding with classmate Mary Ann Fritz ('87) to Huntington and Charleston for classes with the memorable Dr. John Andes.

Charlotte ("Candy") N. Landvoigt ('86) won one of the door prizes at the HR&E pre-game tent party last fall. Candy lives in Highland, West Virginia where she is a therapist at the Counseling and Wellness Center and co-founder of The Highland School.

Janet Austen Ternent ('86), who lives in Port Orange, Florida, writes that she is enjoying retirement.

J. Mark Young ('86), who lives in Corona, California, has been serving as executive director of Tri-City Educators Uniserv, which serves 2300 teachers in Norwalk, La Mirada, and Downey, California.

Jodi Ann Montgomery David ('87) is a busy at-home mother of two daughters. She is serving as a Brownie Girl Scout Leaders and coordinates the Interfaith Hospitality Network for her church.

Charlotte Rich ('71, '87) moved to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa last year when her husband Arthur became the associate vice-president and dean of student life at Iowa Wesleyan College.

Calvin F. Wilson III ('87, '89) recently began emloyment with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center under Eye and Ear Hospital. He works in the Seven Fields satlite where he performs audiological testing, hearing aid assessment and fitting and supervises undergraduate students. Calvin lives in Greensburg, Pennsylvania and, as a season ticket holder for WVU football games, he regularly returns to campus in the fall.

Barbara Copenhaver Bailey ('88, '05) lives in Morgantown with her husband, Jeffery, and their two sons, Clay and Zeke. Barbara has been the director of the WVU Student Support Services/TRIO program since 1997.

Jennifer Blair-Dick ('88) is married to Brian Dick, a Syracuse University graduate. She, Dick, and their son, Sean, who is eight years old, live in Medina, Ohio. Jennifer teaches eleventh grade American Literature and Advanced Placement English 12 at Buckeye High School there.

Douglas A. Sarkis ('88) is finishing his twentieth year as a Marshall County special education teacher. His first son graduated from WVU in Engineering and went on to receive his MBA degree. His second son is a student at WVU in business.

Susan Cameron-Cisco ('89) has received National Board Certification. She now lives in Winter Haven, Florida.

Waguida El Bakary ('89) is currently Head of the Educational Cooperation Unit in the Center for Adult & Continuing Education at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. She is in charge of liaison relationships with thirteen affiliated centers in the different governorates (states) of Egypt. While she says that travel to the United States is currently difficult for her, she "stays connected with my friends in the U.S. by email and with the world through satellite dishes."

1990's

Lynn Dombrowski ('90, '97) is president of LAD Studio. She and her husband Martin have two children, Amber and Craig,and live in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Gwen Rosenbluth ('90) has retired after many years of teaching English for the Monongalia County Schools. Gwen, who was especially renowned for her work in Advanced Placement English, is continuing to stay professionally involved, but is enjoying a more relaxed schedule, travel with her husband, and a new grandchild.

Barbara Wilkison ('90) lives in Warrenton, Virginia. She writes "after teaching middle school English for ten years here in Virginia, I've finished a master's in reading education and am now the Reading Specialist for Fauquier County Schools."

Ahmed Rufa'i Inuwa ('91) and his wife Ruqayyatu A. Rufa'i ('91) have returned to Kano, Nigeria. Ahmed is the Permanent Secretary with Jigawa State Government in Dutse, Nigeria. Ruqayyatu is an associate professor at Bayero University in Kano. Ahmed writes that "We always recall our wonderful experience at WVU and greatly cherish the scholarly experiences we received."

Leo Lusk ('91) writes that he is associate professor of mathematics at Gulf Coast Community College in Florida and is enjoying the Gulf Coast area of northwest Florida. "Although I have year-round golfing, I still miss my alma mater and home," he says. Leo was lecturer of mathematics at WVU from 1988 to 1998 and a winner, during that time, of the College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award and WVU Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching.

Barbara J. Thornberry ('92) received her Doctor of Audiology degree from the University of Florida in August 2001.

Stephanie Stevenson Lee “Beth” ('92, '97) is the clinic manager in audiology at ENT Associated at the Baltimore Medical Center and is secretary of the Maryland Academy of Audiology. In spetember of 2002 she married fellow 1992 WVU graduate Christopher Lee.

Tracey K. Anderson ('93, '01) lives in Morgantown and is a research assistant at West Virginia University.

Raeford M. "Buck" Brooks, Jr. ('93) was inducted into the Keyser High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. He teaches special education classes in Marion County, WV and has a daughter, Skylar Jane Brooks.

Deborah Olewe ('93, '97) is currently teaching in Baltimore City, Maryland.

Paula Dillig ('93, '94) is the development officer for the School of Pharmacy at West Virginia University. Paula is very busy now working on WVU's Capital Campaign.

Robert Allen Wycherley ('93) is now a member of the Board of Governors at West Virginia Northern Community College.

Dr. Shannon Bennett ('75, '86, '94) has been awarded one of twenty-six international scholarships given annually by the Delta Kappa Gamma Society Internationale, an honor society for women teachers. Shannon has worked for twenty years for the Randolph County Schools in the Elkins, WV area. She is currently counselor for seventh and eighth grade students at Tygart Valley High School. Shannon shares that she is active also with Mountain Education, her consulting firm for church lay leadership, where she often works with her teen-aged ventriloquist doll, "Anderson."

Faith Focer Berens ('94) lives in Stephens City, Virginia and is a reading specialist with the Frederick County Public School in Winchester, VA. Faith is married and has one child, a four year old daughter. She and her family enjoy hiking, fishing and swimming near their cabin in West Virginia. She is completing her master's degree program this spring and plans to pursue a doctoral degree in education.

Suzanne R. Gosden ('94, '98) is a research instructor in the area of rehabilitation and training at West Virginia University. She welcomed her 9 lb baby son, Charlie, on July 31, 2005at 2 a.m. Both mom and baby are happy, healthy, and glad to be home!

Kelly Griffin ('94, '01) is living in Frederick, Maryland. This fall Kelly will be starting her second year of teaching with Frederick County Public Schools. Last year she taught a group of students with severe and profound handicaps in a self-contained classroom. This fall she will be teaching a Challenges classroom of five-to-seven year olds. The Challenges classroom is part of the county's autism program, and Kelly says that she is “excited about the change!”

Kristi Ann Rogucki McWhirter ('94) gave birth to Keely Ann McWhirter in Morgantown on July 27th at West Virginia University Children's Hospital. Keely Ann weighted six pounds, seven ounces, and was nineteen and three-quarters inches. After receiving her master's degree in 1994, Kristi graduated from the WVU College of Law in 1998. She and her husband Kenny live in Glenville, West Virginia.

Alicia G. Mock ('94) teaches sixth grade at Mason-Dixon Elementary School just outside of Blacksville, WV. Her school is one of the twenty-one professional development schools associated with the College's Benedum Collaborative. She says that she is excited to be working with student interns who are part of the College's five-year teacher education program.

Chad Norman ('94) is principal at Rivesville Elementary/Middle School in Marion County, West Virginia. Chad's school is one of WVU's professional development schools and recently was designated a West Virginia 2002 School of Excellence.

Joseph Oliverio ('94), who is currently principal of Williamstown Elementary School in Williamstown, WV, was honored by Cedarville College for his previous work as band and choir director at St. Mary's High School by being named Cedarville University Impact Teacher of the Year 2001.

Craig Young ('94) received his Master of Teaching in Elementary Education (prek-6) from the University of Virginia in May 2003. After graduation he took a position in Northern Thailand as a regular classroom teacher at an international boarding school (American Pacific International School) in the city of Chiang Mai. Craig plans to return to the States to teach in 2005 and to pursue work on a doctoral degree in Curriculum and Instruction.

Brock A. Beach ('95) is currently a network systems engineer for Sprint PCS in Kansas City, Kansas. After graduation, he spent four years as a member of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. During that time he was stationed in Darmstadt, Germany; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Slov-Brod, Croatia; and Tuzla, Bosnia. After leaving the Armed Forces, Brock writes, he "took a long hiatus from the workforce and backpacked with my youngest brother, Brian, a pre-veterinary science major at WVU" before moving to Dallas, Texas where he worked as a Network Analyst for Verizon Wireless.

Kevin Berry ('95) and his wife Katie are proud to announce the birth of their new baby girl, Allison Berry. Kevin is now Associate Director of the WVU Alumni Association.

Barb Litton Cox ('95) works with Hearing Services in Elkins, West Virginia.

Eric Kincaid ('95, '97), who received the 2002 Arch Coal Achievement Award. Eric, has now also received the 2003 Milken Award of $25,000. Eric, who teaches at Morgantown High School, has been recognized for his innovative work in science education. Eric also, in 2003, received certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Amy Wiseman Metz ('95, '97) and her husband Bo live in Mannington, West Virginia. Amy, who teaches first grade at Blackshere Elementary School in Marion County, has returned to the College to begin work on her doctoral degree. Amy and Bo have a beautiful new daughter, Aubrey Wiseman Met, who attended the HR&E Alumni Spring Supper with her parents.

Robert W. Stephens, Jr. ('95) is president of Ohio Valley College in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Richard Zukowski ('95. '97) lives in Rosemont, West Virginia and is a special education teacher in Taylor County. Richard serves children in several elementary schools: Flemington, Hepzibah, and Pruntytown.

Allen Dunson ('86, '96) is the System and Network Administrator for the Garrett County Library System in Maryland.

After teaching in a continuous progress elementary classroom in Prince William County, Virginia, Cindy Israel ('96) has moved to Bridgewater, New Jersey to teach and to be closer to her family.

Susan Lynn Sharley ('92, '96) who has been a preschool special needs teacher for several years at Suncrest Primary School, one of the Benedum Collaborative schools in Monongalia County, will be marrying Stephen David Satterfield on July 19. Susan has taken a leave of absence from Monongalia County for the next year and will be working in the greater Pittsburgh area, closer to Steve's place of work.

Mark A. Smith ('96) has been appointed by U. S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige to be a member of the National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) for a three year term.. The board advises the Secretary of Education and Congress on the Priorities for the improvement of postsecondary education. Mark is the vice-president of adult and graduate studies at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana. “I understand that it is a working board,” he says. “And I don't mind work.”

James Strope ('96) was one of eight finalists for 2006-2007 North Carolina State Teacher of the Year. James teaches history and AVID at Southwest High School in Jacksonville, North Carolina

Kristen Harger Thomas ('96) is living in Parkville, Maryland. She is the Special Projects Coordinator for Abilities Network in Towson, Maryland.

Kelly A. Brown ('97, '98) lives in Bobtown, Pennsylvania and is employed with the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Kelly provides vocational rehabilitation services to people with disabilities that enables them to return to, prepare for, or maintain employment.

Lynn Dombrowski ('90, '97) is president of LAD Studio. She and her husband Martin have two children and live in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Shannon Fike (‘97) and his wife Loretta Rose ('00) have bought a house “at the bottom of Big Mountain” in the Monongahela National Forest outside of Petersburg, WV. Their nearest neighbors are over a mile away, and their driveway is a mile long, which was quite a challenge during last winter's snows. Loretta is still teaching at Dorcas Elementary School, and Shannon is the Title I teacher at Union Educational Complex, which is also in Grant County.

Edward Hiser, Jr. ('97, '99) lives in Bowie, Maryland and teaches U.S. government and world history at Friendly High School in Fort Washington, Maryland.

G. Jill Hyde Wood ('97) was married in 2004 and retired from teaching that same year. She lives in St. Albans, West Virginia.

Sarah Morris ('97, '00) has been named West Virginia 2007 Teacher of the Year. Sarah teaches English, speech, composition, AP language, and AP composition at Berkeley Springs High School. She has also been an online instructor for English as a Second Language. In 2002 she received the Mary Linn Fox First Year Teacher Award and in 2006 was a participant in the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program.

Melinda Fletcher Walton ('97) is now special education director in Tyler County. After graduation, Melinda taught special education for sevent years. She and her husband Ryan have two children.

Nelson Warwick ('97) lives in Laurel, Maryland. Nelson is teaching U.S. history to eighth graders at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Germantown, Maryland.

G. Jill Hyde Wood ('97) lives in St. Albans, West Virginia. She was married and retired from teaching in 2004.

Richard Zukowski ('95, '97) lives in Rosemont, West Virginia. He is employed by the Taylor County Board of Education and works as a special education teacher at three of the county's elementary schools: Flemington, Hepzibah, and Pruntytown.

Shelly M. Behm (Ward) ('98) is Director of Counseling at West Liberty State College.

Amy Campanelli Bugge ('98) has completed her eighth year of teaching in Milford, Connecticut where she is a first and second grade looping teacher. Amy is also the girls diving and gymnastics coach at her former high school. She received her master's degree in Education in 2004 from Southern Connecticut State University. She and her husband, Vinny, live in Northford, Connecticut with their three year old daughter Alyson Michaela.

Christa Caffrey ('98) lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and is a special education teacher K-5 in Durham.

Billie L. Friedland ('98) has achieved tenure and is now the new Education Department Chair at Delaware State University in Dover. Billie lives in Milford, Delaware.

Denise Hupp ('98) lives in Glen Burnie, Maryland. In May 2005 Denise graduated with a masters in Guidance Counseling from Loyola College of Maryland and she has been a guidance counselor since that time.

Connie (Renzelli) F. LaRocca ('98) is working with Merck & Co. as a pharmaceutical sales representative for the Morgantown territory. Connie says that she and her family "moved back home to West Virginia [Bridgeport]three years ago to raise our children in West Virginia."

Heather Purpura (‘98) now lives in Orlando, Florida. For the last two years she has been teaching seventh grade language arts at Union Park Middle School, and she tells us, “I adore my job!” Heather has been involved in working with her school to raise students' FCAT scores and proudly reports that the school grade has gone from a 'C”]' to a 'B' and “is only 6 points away from becoming an ‘A' school!” Her summer project is to align the seventh grade language arts curriculum so that the benchmarks are taught and mastered uniformly throughout the grade level.

Kerrin Engel Rector ('98) graduated from Seattle University School of Law in May 2007. She passed the Pennsylvania Bar Exam in July 2007 and is now working for an insurance company in Pittsburgh. Kerrin lives in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania.

Teresa Seese Sleeth ('98, '00) and her husband have moved from Morgantown to Hundred, WV. Teresa has been teaching at Barnes Elementary School, a Benedum Collaborative professional development school in Marion County. They have a new daughter, Madison Brooke, and Teresa has taken a leave of absence to spend some time at home with her.

Julie Smith ('98) is Assistant Director of Education at Sylvan Learning Center in Bridgeport, WV. Julie lives nearby in Clarksburg.

Anna Chenoweth ('99, '01) and a colleague are opening a pediatric private practice for speech and physical therapy, The Children's Therapy Center, LLC. The center will open in Spring 2007 in Elkins, West Virginia.

David Cook ('99) lives in Glen Dale, West Virginia and teaches chemistry at John Marshall High School.

Darcy Dalesio ('99, '01) lives in Monroeville, Pennsylvania and is a speech language pathologist for the AIU3 DART program. She received her second master's degree, in speech lanuage pathology, from the University of Central Florida in August 2004.

Amilie Dithridge ('99, '01) returned to Long Island and has taken a position with a well-established pre-school. She has a varied caseload with children from just under two to five years old and works in both a homebound and a classroom setting.

Sally Doman ('99, '01) is a speech pathologist for the Raleigh County Schools and is living in Beckley, West Virginia.

Kari Fox ('99, '01) is teaching fourth grade in Ashburn, Virginia at Dominion Trail Elementary, part of the Loudoun County Schools. She recently returned to campus for alumni half-time gathering during the WVU vs. Pitt basketball game.

Alison E. (Steinhardt) Gilbert ('99) is a clinical audiologist at the Jackson Hearing Clinic that is part of Foote Hospital in Jackson, Michigan. Alison lives in Plymouth, Michigan.

After working as assistant superintendent of schools in Wirt County, WV, Karen Huffman ('74, '99) now commutes from her home in Flatwoods to Charleston where she is executive director of the Office of Professional Preparation in the West Virginia Department of Education. She also teaches an educational psychology class at Glenville State College.

After graduating from WVU, Jason Pauley ('99) began work the following fall on a graduate degree in special education. Jason earned a master's degree in special education from the College of Charleston in South Carolina in 2001. Since then he has been teaching in Horry County, South Carolina, which is in the Myrtle Beach area. While at the College of Charleston, Jason met his new wife who recently graduated with an undergraduate degree in elementary education and is now teaching kindergarten. They "love the beach," he writes, "but nothing is like home. I spent a lifetime thinking I wanted to leave the state and move elsewhere and have spent the last four years trying to get back to West Virginia."

Lisa Shingleton ('99) is an elementary educator in a small school in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.

Brandi Tanner ('99) reports that Marietta, Georgia (her school district) "is an excellent place to live. She encourages people to visit the Marietta web site for information about teaching positions.Raquel Welch ('99) is a Title I Reading Specialist at Madison Elementary School in the Wheeling, West Virginia area.

Carrie Besterman ('00) teaches fourth grade at Rohrerstown Elementary School, which is part of the Hempfield School District. She's also coaching the junior high girls field hockey team. Carrie has been busy during summer at Millersville University where she has enrolled in the elementary guidance program. By next summer she will have completed 30 hours in the program, and she's aiming to have her certification in counseling by 2005.

Janine Bianchi ('00) lives in North Hollywood, California. She teaches mathematics to ninth through twelfth graders at University High School.

Elana Goldman Blake('00), lives in Cleveland with her husband and their 15 month old son Jonas. They are expecting another child in March. Elana teaches fourth grade in Orange School District. She tells us "It is a great district and I plan on staying here until I retire."

Jennifer Leigh Blum ('00) is now a speech language pathologist at River Oaks Elementary School in Prince William County, Virginia. Jennifer lives in Woodbridge, VA.

Sherry Bunner ('00), who has assisted students as an administrative secretary in the special education office for many years, has accepted a position as program assistant in the Department of Microbiology in the WVU Health Sciences Center. The College will miss having Sherry part of our daily life, but, as a Class of 2000 counseling graduate, she has promised to remain active in alumni activities. We hope that “remaining active” includes continuing to share her marvelous baking talents with us for alumni events.

Maria Busick ('00) is Director of Special Education for Ohio County Schools.

Christopher Byers ('00) is an addictions counselor at Weirton Medical Center.

Brie McMillen Carr ('00) and her family live in St. Albans, WV where she will be teaching third grade at Sacred Heart Grade School next fall. Brie's family has recently expanded with the birth on Mother's Day (May 11, 2003) of a daughter, Katelyn Elizabeth Carr. Brie has posted a web page for Katelyn at http://www.growingfamily.com/webnursery/babypage.asp?URLID=0L9O9C8M2O.

Tongshan Chang ('00, '02, '04) has recently received a $3,000 award from the University of California Office of the President for the 2006-2007 Staff Recognition and Development Program. The program recognizes outstanding individual and team performance. Tongshan is enjoying working at the University of California and hopes that a green card will permit the work there to continue.

Mischa Clay ('00) lives in Alexandria, Virginia, where she is a speech pathologist for The Language Experience.

Stephanie Claxton (’00) currently works in the Department of Athletics at Syracuse University as the Career Coordinator and Academic Advisor. She lives outside of Syracuse, New York.

Frank Collelo ('00) is a senior rehabilitation counselor with the West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Counseling in Wheeling, WV.

Mary Collins ('00) has been promoted to Executive Director/Senior Associate Dean for Development and Programming in the Office of Student Affairs at WVU. She has received the NASPA (National AffairsAdministrators in Higher Education) Region II Mid-Level Professional Award at the annual conference in St. Louis. Mary was recognized for demonstrating outstanding commitment to the profession and for contributing to programs that address the needs of students. She also was cited for her experience in creating campus environments that promote student learning and personal development.

Debra L. Conover ('00) is a first grade teacher at East Park School in Fairmont, West Virginia.

Suzy Cooey Miller ('00) and Chuck Miller were married November 25, 2000. They live with their basset hound puppy (named Amos Xi Miller) in Wheeling, West Virginia. Suzy teaches fifth gade at Middle Creek Elementary School in Tridelphia.

Leslie Dana Hall Ellis ('00) was married in August, 2002, to Michael Ellis, a financial planner with Morgan, Stanley. They have built a new home and moved into it in May, 2003. Leslie is a special education teacher in Howard County, Maryland and is working on her master's degree at Johns Hopkins University.

Christina Ferber ('00) is a case manager at United Summit Center in Bridgeport, WV. Her daughter, Leah Kathryn Ferber, was born November 13, 2000.

Rachel Fletcher ('00) was selected as Marion County's 2005-2006 Teacher of the year. She is teaching at Rivesville Elementary/Middle School. Rachel was a representative to the Benedum Collaborative Advance in 2001 and was invited to speak about her impressions during the closing ceremonies. The newest addition to her family, Grace Anna Fletcher, was born January 8, 2002!

Megan Fritz Keller ('00) was married in April, 2001 and has been living in Toms River, New Jersey. She taught Advanced Placement literature and composition class at Brick Township High School for four years, but this fall she has moved to Frisco, Texas.Megan is very proud that her Advanced Placement class was accredited by the AP council on my first try and is glad that she can carry that accreditdation with her whereever she chooses to teach. Megan also has two small children, Kate (1 1/2) and Jake (3). She is planning to stay home with them for the time being but writes that she "can't wait to return to teaching high school English!!!"

Norma Ware Gaines ('00) is a reading specialist at Waitman Barbe Elementary School in Monongalia County.

Lisa Garrison ('00) lives in Edgewater, Maryland, where she teaches for the Calvert County Public Schools.

Angelique Marie Gauthier York ('00) lives in Stratham, New Hampshire. Angelique is a kindergarten teacher at Main Street School in Exeter, New Hampshire..

Carmela Gilkey ('00), who lives in Weirton, West Virginia, is a reading specialist at West Allegheny High School.

James Guthrie ('00) is a science at Connellsville Area High School in Connellsville, Pennsylvania.

Nancy L. Hill ('00) lives in Capon Bridge, West Virginia and is a behavior specialist for the Hampshire County Schools in Romney.

Melissa Cunningham Howerton ('00) lives in Kernersville, North Carolina and is a speech-language pathologist for the Winston-Salem Schools in Forsyth County.

Richardson Johnson ('00) is living in Fayetteville, West Virginia, where he is an audiologist at Greenbrier Audiology and Hearing Aid Services.

Pam Kee ('00) lives on Long Island in Plainview, New York. Pam is a resource room teacher for grades seven and eight at Udal Road Middle School in West Islip.

Christy Michelle Lynch ('00) is a teacher at Suncrest Middle School in Morgantown. Christy helped plan the 2001 Snow Day that brought together teachers from Suncrest Primary School, North Elementary School, and Suncrest Middle School for a morning of workshops to increase communication between these three professional development schools.

Amy Nocida Malinosky ('00) married Paul Malinosky, and they have been living north of Pittsburgh in the Cranberry/Zelienople area. She has been teaching at a catholic grade school. Amy has taught are variety of grades and subject areas because students in her school rotate from class to class for different subjects.

James W. Maloy ('00) lives in Washington, Pennsylvania and teaches physics at Bethlehem-Center High School in Fredericktown.

Teresa Ruth Bulatko Marsh ('00), who is using her reading degree as an English teacher at Philip Barbour High School, is now pursuing a doctoral degree in educational psychology.

Brad Martin ('00) is teaching social studies at South Preston Middle School. He is coaching girls' basketball and cross country, serves as his school's faculty senate chair, and is co-liaison of the GEAR UP program at his school. Recently he was named 2007 Preston County Teacher of the Year. Brad is married to Kimberly (Schnopp) Martin. They have a three-year old son, Tyler, and are expecting another baby boy in December. They live in Kingwood and get to Morgantown often for basketball and football games.

Kirsten McCawley ('00) has just completed her second year of teaching first/second grade at Morgantown Learning Academy (MLA). Last summer Kirsten was director of the MLA summer program.

Sarah Morris ('97, '00) has been named West Virginia 2007 Teacher of the Year. Sarah teaches English, speech, composition, AP language, and AP composition at Berkeley Springs High School. She has also been an online instructor for English as a Second Language. In 2002 she received the Mary Linn Fox First Year Teacher Award and in 2006 was a participant in the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program.

Martina Norman ('00), who completed a master's degree in learning disabilities, is a teacher in Lewis County, West Virginia.

After teaching first for two years in Parkersburg, WV and then for two additional years near Fredericksburg, VA, Ann Nutter ('00), returned to school this fall as a full-time student. She is pursuing a PhD at the University of Maryland in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy with an emphasis in Social Foundations. Ann lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Tamara Mackey O'Connor ('00) lives in Parkersburg, West Virginia and is a chemistry teacher across the river at Washington County Career Center in Marietta, Ohio.

Sandra O'Neil ('00) writes "my husband and I had our second child in May, 2001 -- a daughter." They have named her Callie. Sandra is a fifth grade teacher at Cameron Elementary School in Cameron, West Virginia.

Sue Rager ('00) is an exceptional education teacher at First Flight Elementary School in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

Martha Roach ('00) teaches mathematics to seventh, eighth, and ninth graders at Shepherdstown Junior High in West Virginia's eastern panhandle.

Maria Robards ('00) is teaching in Cumberland, Virginia. Last year she helped write a major reading grant for her school. She is also the JV girls high school basketball coach. Maria has enjoyed the looping experience of having students for a two year period (kindergarten and first grade). The Virginia Department of education selected her for an educational trip to Peru where she went to Lima and Cusco and explored the rainforest.

Loretta Rose ('00) and her husband Shannon Fike (‘97) have bought a house “at the bottom of Big Mountain” in the Monongahela National Forest outside of Petersburg, WV. Their nearest neighbors are over a mile away and their driveway is a mile long, which was quite a challenge during last winter's snows. Loretta is still teaching at Dorcas Elementary School, and Shannon is the Title I teacher at Union Educational Complex, which is also in Grant County.

Amy See ('00) is a college counselor at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College.

Stacey Sharp ('00) has moved to Lynchburg, Virginia. Stacey is a special education teacher at Bedford Elementary School where she is beginning her second year as chairperson of the School Consultation Team (Child Study Team). Stacey has also become a mentor for new special education teachers at her school. Stacey says that she is planning to get married next summer to Art Johnson, “a wonderful man who is also a special education teacher at the same school!”

Christen Walters Smith ('00) and her husband Jonathan live in Keyser, West Virginia. Christen is teaching second grade at Keyser Primary-Middle School. She and Jonathan have two young daughters, Victoria and Beth.

After teaching first grade in Charlotte, North Carolina for two years, Shawnna Shalvis ('00) has decided to return to school as a student full-time this fall. She has been accepted into the Ph.D. program in special education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Erika Staebler Greer ('00) was married to Michael Greer in September, 2004, and they live in Leonardtown, Maryland. Erika is still teaching preschool special education (now Lexington Park, MD) and has assumed many leadership roles at her school such as team leader & program coordinator and mentor teacher for first year teachers.

Julie Jones Venick ('00) teaches English at Laurel Highlands Senior High School in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

Lesley Walker ('00) has moved to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina and works as a guidance counselor at Hilton Head Middle School.

Shelby Walton ('00) has completed her second year at Damascus High School in Montgomery County, Maryland where she teaches English, is the cheerleading coach, and sponsors the school's literary magazine. Shelby writes that she lives 15 minutes from DC "and I love it!!!" Shelby says that many of her colleagues are busy trying to get their master's degrees and comments "Graduating from the five-year program is one of the smartest things I've ever done."

Scott Warner ('00) is now a faculty member at Ball State University in Indiana.

Sean Welge ('00) lives in Inwood, West Virginia and is teaching high school geometry and coaching varsity soccer. Sean married Kimberly Opp, who is teaches high school science.

2001

Nicole Angelicchio ('01) is teaching Introduction to Foreign Language to fifth graders at Neil Armstrong Middle School in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Nicole introduces these middle school students to Latin, French, German, and Spanish in her classroom.

Traci Atkins ('01) began her master's program in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at WVU last summer.

Jody Atkinson Hartman ('01) is a fourth grade teacher in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she also lives.

Sue Ellen Ayle ('01), who is attending Towson University's Doctorate of Audiology program, tells us ìa wedding is coming up 12/20/03.î

Amanda Belknapp-Blanton ('01) is teaching eighth grade Pre-Algebra II at West Union Junior/Senior High School in West Union, Ohio. Amanda says that last year her school district went through a major financial crunch and eliminated about 45 teaching positions “but somehow I kept my position. I believe it has a lot to do with my preparation [in the five-year program].”

Mindie Grubb Bond ('01) is now Director of Speech Pathology at Pike Community Hospital in Waverly, Ohio. Mindie moved to Ohio following graduation from the master's degree program, and, just this past June, she married Jamie Bond.

Tiffany Bennett Huff ('01) and her husband Jeff live in Chesterfield, Virginia, not far from Richmond, where they have recently purchased a home. Tiffany is teaching at Meadowbrook High School in Chesterfield County. She has been teaching World History II, Honors World History II, and the International Baccalaureate course: Twentieth Centuly Topics in World History.

Tabitha Biddle ('01) is living in Martinsburg, WV and teaching Spanish I and II at Hedgesville High School.

Jamie Board ('01) became Jamie Board Miller when she was married July 6, 2002. She is teaching all subjects in a transitional first grade at New Albany Elementary School, Cinnaminson, New Jersey. Jamie loves her job. She was asked to present her action research project at a professional development session in her district.

Kendra Brand Roberts ('01) was married June 22, 2002 in Fairmont, West Virginia. She, her husband Joe, and their black lab named Bahama have moved from Cincinnati, Ohio, across the Ohio River into Kentucky. Kendra says that this is "definitely a move to the country" as the nearest grocery store is 15 miles away. Kendra teaches seventh grade special education at Loveland Middle School in Loveland, Ohio. Joe is the district athletic director of Campbell County Schools nearby in Kentucky, and Kendra says that his job keeps them busy with lots of social and athletic events. Kendra is enjoying her work in special education and plans to return to school to get her administrative certification so that she can eventually work in special education at the district or county level.

Andrea D. (Tyree) Brogam ('01) is working for the Nicholas County Board of Education at Summersville, West Virginia.

Lori Brotosky ('01), who received her degree in Behavioral Disorders, is a special education instructor at Monongah Elementary School in Marion County, West Virginia.

Victoria Bruhn ('01) has moved to Wilson, North Carolina and is teaching sixth grade language arts and social studies at Springfield Middle School. Vicki was featured in a news article last fall about the 31 beginning teachers and what brought them to Wilson County.

Jeremy Burnworth ('01) and his wife Jennifer have a daughter, Kylie Morgan, who ws born September 28, 2002. They live south of Winchester in Toms Brook, Virginia. Jeremy is in his third year teaching sixth grade language arts and science in Warren County. He also coaches track and cross country in the same school district. Jennifer completed her degree in 2003 and has spent the past two years teaching eighth grade algebra in the same county, but has decided to stay home with Kylie this coming year. Jeremy and Jennifer recently bought a house on 2 1/2 acres between two mountain ranges in the Shenandoah valley.

Rebecca (Wiley) Cablish ('01) and her husband Paul are living in Shenyang, China and working at Shenyang International School. They moved to China in July 2003. Rebecca taught first grade in the fall and "really enjoyed my international students." Paul is the school guidance counselor, psychology teacher, and administrative assistant. The school has over 150 students, mostly South Korean. This spring Rebecca took a "mother's holiday" second semester to have their baby, Catrina, who was born March 16th at Shenyang City Women's and Children's Hospital #1. Catrina has a full head of red hair which "causes the Chinese people to oooo and ahhhh over her!"

John Carlisle ('01) lives in York Haven, Pennsylvania and is a middle school counselor at Elizabethtown Area School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Jason Cartwright ('01), who is teaching math and science to eighth graders at Owen Brown Middle School in Columbia, Maryland, was selected by a local newspaper to follow as part of an on-going series of articles on the experiences of a first year teacher; Howard County, where he works, hired 400 new teachers this year. In the first article he was interviewed about the challenges of teaching following the events of September 11 and he reflected upon research on the ìPhases of the First Year of Teaching.î Jason says that he is holding out for stage four: rejuvenation -- ìwhich is due to arrive in March.î

Kelly Caswell Metzger ('01) lives in Canton, Massachusetts where she has been a language arts teacher in the town of Westwood for five years. This past year she taught eighth grade again. Kelly was married on May 28, 2006.”

Anna Chenoweth ('99, '01) and a colleague are opening a pediatric private practice for speech and physical therapy, The children's Therapy Center, LLC. The center will open in Spring 2007 in Elkins, West Virginia.

Eunyoung Rosa Cho ('01) is working at the Gumberg Library at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

Joyce Cole ('01), who had taught for twenty-one years in the Marshall County Schools in West Virginia, was hired this fall as instructor of professional education at West Liberty State College.

Cara Crookshanks (01) is a speech-language pathologist at Genesis Rehabilitation Services at the White Sulphur Springs Center. Cara is living in Crawley, West Virginia.

Darcy Dalesio ('99, '01) lives in Monroeville, Pennsylvania and is a speech language pathologist for the AIU3 DART program. She received her second master's degree, in speech lanuage pathology, from the University of Central Florida in August 2004.

Meg Dailer ('01) is is now a school counselor at Longfellow Middle School in Falls Church, Virginia. She recently graduated with an additional master of education, this time in school counseling, from George Mason University. Meg lives in Arlington, Virginia and has recently bought a house.

Kelly Dalton ('01) has returned to the Pittsburgh area where she is teaching autistic students (Autistic Support). Kelly begins with her students in kindergarten and first grade, “so I get to have my students for years,” she writes. Kelly loves her job and is thinking about going to graduate school iin guidance.

Amilie Dithridge ('99, '01) returned to Long Island and has taken a position with a well-established pre-school. She has a varied caseload with children from just under two to five years old and works in both a homebound and a classroom setting.

Sally Doman ('99, '01) is a speech pathologist for the Raleigh County Schools and is living in Beckley, West Virginia.

Lisa Dougherty ('01) lives in Glen Dale, West Virginia and is a rehabilitation counselor at the Ohio Valley Rehabilitation Network.

Erica Jones Drennan (’01) is the proud mother of a 7-month-old son name Tommy. She is currently teaching at Confidence Elementary School in Red House, West Virginia.

Meghan Drexel ('01) is attending the University of Maryland in College Park where she is pursuing a master's degree in audiology.

Laura Epling ('01) is attending graduate school at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. She is enrolled in the audiology doctoral program there.

Shelly Findley Stead ('01) now lives in Grafton where she is an elementary teacher at Anna Jarvis Elementary School, one of our Benedum Collaborative's professional development schools.

Jessica Dotson Foose ('01) lives in Richmond, Virginia, where she is a certified rehabilitation counselor and is working as a case manager with VocMed, Inc. She is working with persons who have been injured on the job and now are on Worker's Compensation. Jessica and her husband, who were married in October 2000, have recently bought a house and most of their spare time these days "is spent trying to get it the way we would like it."

Jaime Gattlieb ('01) is teaching at Trinity Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee. She writes that she is ìLoving Life!î

Jessica Golsky Manns ('01) is now teaching second grade at First Street Elementary in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. This has been especially fun for her because she and her mother both teach the same grade level and “are always sharing ideas.” Jessica and Brandon Manns were married last October in a small (“just family”) ceremony and are living about 20 minutes outside of Pittsburgh in Bethel Park, PA.

Cara Gossart Smith ('01) is now a literacy specialist in Castle Rock, Colorado.She is the proud mother of twin daughters Emma and Abby who will be turning 3 in December! Her husband will graduate from law school in May and she has been accepted into a cohort of teachers at the University of Denver and will begin course work for her PhD in literacy in June 2008.

Amy Graham ('01) is in graduate school at West Virginia University.

Elizabeth Anne Greenfield ('01) is a seventh and eighth grade mathematics teacher at Hedgesville Middle School in Martinsburg, WV.

Kelly Griffin ('94, '01) is living in Frederick, Maryland. This fall Kelly will be starting her second year of teaching with Frederick County Public Schools. Last year she taught a group of students with severe and profound handicaps in a self-contained classroom. This fall she will be teaching a Challenges classroom of five-to-seven year olds. The Challenges classroom is part of the county's autism program, and Kelly says that she is “excited about the change!”

Brian Hager ('01) has enrolled in law school at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.

Sherry Harker ('01), who lives in Fairview, West Virginia, works at Clay Battelle Junior/Senior High School as an English teacher and seventh grade reading teacher.

Dan Hartley ('01) is an epidemiologist with the Division of Safety Research at NIOSH in Morgantown. He is currently involved in two major projects; one is evaluating the effectiveness of OSHA guidelines for preventing violence against health care workers and the other is measuring the economic impact to society of occupational fatalities. His research is also involved in projecting the numbers and rates of occupational injuries and fatalities in the future for older workers and for women in the workforce.

Lori and Clifton Hayes ('01) are living in New Castle, Delaware, where both are working in the schools.

Crystal Hightower ('01), who was selected as the 2001 recipient of the William G. Monahan Award, is continuing her education at WVU. She is pursuing a master's degree in speech pathology and is working as a graduate assistant with Dr. Carolyn Atkins.

Christene Stackpole-Hodges (’01) and her husband Charles Hodges live in Blacksburg, Virginia. They have a daughter Bailey Olivia, who was born May 5, 2005, and a second daughter, Chloe Leigh, who joined them three weeks early on October 15, 2006. Christene is teaching and is a clinical supervisor at Radford College in Radford, Virginia.Christine says their family is now complete with two boys and two girls.

Kelly Hooper Miller ('01) is teaching kindergarten in Sewickley, Pennsylvania and lives in Mars, PA.

Tanya LaRosse Hunt ('01) moved to Lynchburg, Virginia to pursue a master's degree in Counseling. She was married to Burt Hunt in 2004 and they had a baby boy in May, 2007. Tanya currently works at Liberty University as a Student Advocate Representativ e.

Amy Husson Seeders ('01) lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. She is a first grade teacher at Valley View Elementary School there.

Carrie Inzano Murphy ('01) is a first grade teacher at Navy Elementary School in Fairfax, VA. Carrie lives in Haymarket, Virginia.

Pam Jablonski ('01), who graduated in rehabilitation counseling, lives in Pittsburgh and works with Crittenton Services.

Sandra James ('01) is a residential counselor at a group home for boys in the Morgantown area.

Erica Jones ('01) is a special education teacher at Hurricane Middle School near Charleston, West Virginia.

Jillian Lappert ('01) and Allison Murphy are both teaching fifth grade at Elkridge Elementary School in Columbia, Maryland. Jillian also sends word that Cara Gossart Smith will be joining them as a fourth grade teacher this fall. She says that, though she and Allison are no longer roommates, they are still neighbors as Allison lives “right down the street.”

Katheline Lauffer ('01) is putting her master's degree in reading to good use. She is teaching reading and math to first and second graders at Marlowe Elementary School.

Paulah Lee ('01) is teaching fifth grade at Hampton Oaks Elementary in Stafford County, Virginia. She is part of a team of five newly hired fifth grade teachers and is already active on several school committees.

Melissa Levine ('01) became Melissa Mertz in October. She is teaching Spanish 1 at Mercyhurst Preparatory School in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Guoli Liang ('01) has taken a position as a new faculty member at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater.

Lindsay Lilly ('01) was a teller at Morgantown's United National Bank this past summer. She and her husband have bought a house in Morgantown, and she started a graduate program in audiology at WVU this past fall.

Laura Little ('01) has moved to Parkersburg and is the Instructional Technologist and assistant professor at Marietta College across the river in Ohio. During her first semester in this new position, Laura primarily worked with faculty on technology integration in the curriculum and conducted related computer training, but she is now also teaching undergraduate classes.

Jill Suzanne Locke ('01) is a sixth-grade teacher at Fluvanna Middle School in Fork Union, Virginia. She and Matthew Robert Alexander were married June 16, 2007. Matthew, who is from North Carolina, is in the M.D./Ph.D. program at the Univerversity of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Anna Massey ('01) has entered the speech pathology graduate program at WVU.

Leslie McCollam ('01) was married on July 26, 2003 to Chris Moats. She and Chris now live in Charleston, West Virginia and are expecting a baby girl on September 30, 2004. Leslie is teaching eighth grade math at Horace Mann Middle School in Charleston.

After teaching fourth grade in Ashburn, Virginia for the fall semester, Lisa McFarland ('01) has returned to Weirton as coordinator of an early childhood center there.

Bonnie McGlumphy ('01) teaches mentally impaired, learning disabled, and behavioral disorders students at Long Drain School near Hundred, West Virginia.

Kelly McPeek ('01), who has been a permanent substitute in third grade at Cass Elementary, will be teaching fourth grade this year at Cheat Lake Elementary School here in Morgantown. Kelly, who has recently moved into a new apartment, says she is “very excited to start the new school year!”

Laura Barnes Modesitt ('01) lives in Salem, West Virginia. She is teaching social studies in West Union, WV.

David Mundey ('01) is teaching 9th grade us history (including some honors sections), 10th grade world history and a class on the civil war at Berkeley Springs High School. In addition he is assistant football and wrestling coach and, this fall, will be the head track coach. “School is a lot of work, but I like it,” David told us. He and his wife now have a three year old son. During the summers, David works with his father's company to install ceramic flooring.

Allison Murphy ('01) is teaching at Elkridge Elementary School in Columbia, Maryland. She and Jillian are both fifth grade teachers there. Allison is engaged and is planning a wedding for next July.

Molly Nicotra ('01) writes that she ìreceived my CRC April 28, 01.î Molly is a vocational rehabilitation counselor at the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Aaron Oberman ('01) lives in Knoxville, Tennessee where he is a graduate student at the University of Tennessee. Aaron is pursuing a degree in counselor education.

Howard O'Cull ('01) is continuing his work in Charleston, West Virginia as executive director of the West Virginia School Board Association.

After working in Morgantown for the summer, Alicia Orsburn ('01) is teaching seventh grade language arts and reading at Musselman Junior High School in Berkeley County, West Virginia.

Katy Parker ('01) is starting her third year as a teacher (upper grade MR/NCE elementary special education) at Olde Creek Elementary School in Fairfax County, Virginia. “My students are truly one of a kind in which everyday is a learning experience-----they keep me on my toes!” Katy wrote. “My supportive staff is wonderful. Everyone is friendly and takes care of one another. [Other teachers] have made great changes to their classrooms in order for my students to feel more welcome in their learning environment.” Katy and her fiance Frank, who is a police officer in Arlington County, are planning a wedding for the September 4th, 2004 weekend in the Wheeling, WV area. They recently moved from Manassas to Arlington which is saving both time and money. Katy says to let her know “if anyone needs information about the area for teaching purposes.

Tyrone Parker ('01) is the recipient of the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Award. Tyrone, who teaches foreign languages at the Community College of Baltimore County, will be spending the year teaching at a "gymnasium" in Chemnitz, Germany.

Amanda Jo Parenti ('01) has received a master's degree in speech language pathology from East Tennessee State University. Amanda will now be working with Genesis Health Care System in Salisbury, Maryland.

Jennifer Pearson Doherty ('01) lives in Concord, New Hampshire and is a kindergarten teacher is Laconia, New Hampshire.

Danylle Popp ('01), who lives in Spencer, West Virginia, is a developmental specialist for West Virginia Birth to Three at Westbrook Health Services.

Marylee Porter ('01) lives in Wheeling, WV where she is assistant principal at Bridge Street Middle School for the Ohio County School System.

Victoria Powell ('01) is taking a year off to work in the Morgantown area and to expand her hands-on experience before continuing her education.

Gina Pratt ('01) received her master's degree in Reading in 2002. Last year she was the third grade Title I teacher at Romney Elementary in Hampshire County (Romney, WV). Gina has recently moved to Martinsburg, West Virginia where she will be the Title I teacher for grades 1-3 at Back Creek Valley Elementary in Berkeley County (Hedgesville, WV).

Amy Puckett Cottle (’01) is teaching sixth grade language arts at Winfield Middle School in Putnam County, West Virginia and taking classes towards her Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction at Marshall University. She and her husband have a “dream come true” 16-month-old son named Logan.

Jennifer Rager ('01) is staying in the Morgantown area as a non-degree graduate student and will be taking courses that are prerequisites for medical school in preparation for the MCAT.

Audra Ritchie ('01) is a Curriculum,Iinstruction, and Assessment Specialist at the Kennery Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. Audra lives north of Baltimore in Timonium, Maryland. Audra writes that she'll be getting married in December. She's also looking forward to pursing a third degree at Johns Hopkins next year which will be paid for by the Kennedy Krieger Institute.

Gabrielle St. Leger ('01) has recently become a full-time graduate student in HR&E in the educational leadership doctoral program. Gabrielle, who has worked as the residence hall coordinator for Arnold Hall at WVU for the past two years, will focus on higher education studies. She is a graduate assistant in the Office of Social Justice and will have responsibility for coordinating the third WVU Minority Doctoral Colloquium this year. This past year she was a panelist at WVU's Second Annual McNair Colloquium on Graduate Education.

Emily Schulte ('01) is teaching in Concord, North Carolina at Wolf Meadow Elementary School. She planned to live in nearby Charlotte and wrote that her sister, who has been living in Texas, was going to join her there.

Anne M. Seaver ('01), who lives in Princeton, West Virginia, is working in education for the Mercer County Board of Education.

Angela Selbe Culley ('01) lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. She is teaching math at Musselman High School in Inwood, WV.

Jessica Shroyer ('01) is teaching eighth grade algebra in Centerville, Virginia. She works at Stone Middle School.

Stacie Siegel ('01) is a program manager at Sylvan Learning Center in Fayetteville, NC. She is responsible for assessing students to find their strengths and skill gaps and then building a specific program to meet each student's needs. Stacie says that she enjoys being able to provide this kind of individual attention to students and takes pleasure in seeing their increase in confidence and self-esteem as their skills increase.. She is excited about her move from an apartment to a house, which is very conveniently located, and adds that beaches, such as Myrtle Beach and Wilmington, are also not too far away. Stacie also tells us that she is now engaged to be married.

Misty Dawn Thomas Skarzinski ('01), who received a master's degree in special education, is teaching for the Marion County Board of Education in Fairmont, West Virginia.

Susan M. Smith-Woods ('01) is a speech therapist at Mountainview Elementary School here in Morgantown.

Stacey Sollmann Cahill ('01) moved to the Cincinnati, Ohio area after graduation. In 2004 she and Cameron Cahill were married and they have an 18-month old son, Connor. Stacey is the head varsity coach for the girls' soccer team and teaches mathematics at Sycamore High School.

Rebekah Squires ('01) is pursuing a Clinical Ph.D. from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Rebekah is in her fourth and final year and doing her residency in Beckley, West Virginia, while finishing her dissertation.

Chad Spencer ('01) is teaching eleventh and twelfth grade English at Musselman High School in Berkeley County, West Virginia. He is also composing an Introduction to Shakespeare course, based on some of his research at WVU, which he will teach next year.

Heather Whorton Stillion ('01), who obtained her degree in reading, lives in Wheeling, West Virginia and is a professor at Jefferson Community College in Steubenville, Ohio.

Holly Sweeney ('01) is a school counselor at Valley View Elementary School. Holly, who lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia, wrote that her new baby was due February 2002.

After teaching in Mexico City for two years, Jill Taylor ('01) has returned to the Baltimore area. Drawing on her foreign language experience, Jill will teaching Spanish at a high school in Joppa, Maryland. Currently Jill is living at home with her parents and her new little “bilingual” kitten, Alejandro, that she brought back with her. Jill says that she was able to draw upon her action research project when she was asked to present a workshop on “Multiple Intelligences” by her principal last year.

Paulette Trimble ('01) lives in the Fairmont, West Virginia area and teaches kindergarten at Barrackville Elementary-Middle School.

Anthony Underwood ('01) is at Concord College where his work involves a variety of areas: admissions counseling, web design, and administration.

Kim Vogrin ('01) has moved back to her hometown of Wheeling, WV. Kim is a Language Arts/reading teacher at Wheeling Middle School.

Holly White ('01) has a permanent teaching position at Joppatown High School, Joppatown, Maryland. Holly is teaching geometry and says that the mathematics department countywide has many opportunities for professional development and ìis loaded with enthusiasm and great ideas.î

Joy Whitt ('01) is attending graduate school at Auburn University in speech pathology.

Rosemary Wilshire ('01) is program director for REM WV in Morgantown. Rosemary lives in Fairmont, West Virginia.

Stephanie Wines ('01) is residence life coordinator at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, WV.

Cristin Winther ('01) is continuing to live in Atlanta and is teaching fifth grade.

Adriana Wolf ('01) lives in Tridelphia, WV and is Manager of Student Programming at West Liberty State College.

Bridget Renee Zackery ('01) lives in Morgantown and is working in private rehabilitation.

Susan Zizlsperger ('01) is teaching at Washington School at West Orange, New Jersey and living in nearby Morris Plains.

2002

Lindsay Angelo ('02) lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is not longer teaching, and is now a technology consultant for one of the larget resellers in North America of SMART technologies Products, the manufacturer of SMART Board Interactive Whiteboards.

Dana Anglin ('02) has moved to Texas and is teaching fourth grade in Austin. Dana has married Joe Johnson, a computer engineer from Charlotte, North Carolina, where she was previously teaching. Dana says that she misses North Carolina, but loves Austin!

Kelly Annon ('02), taught for two years at Wilson High School in Portsmouth, Virginia. She now is teaching at King's Fork High School in Suffolk, Virginia and writes that she "absolutely love this new school and adore the people with whom I work." Kelly is serving as Foreign Language Department Head and coaches varsity cheerleading and junior varsity soccer. She has a personal class website (for Spanish teachers): http://kfhs.spsk12.net/staff/annon/index.htm.

Leigh Anne Ashton ('02), who got married this past summer, is a kindergarten teacher at Dominion Trail Elementary and lives in Sterling, Virginia. She is in the process of developing a web page for her class. Leigh Anne's article "Teaching The Importance of Government to Third Grade Students" appeared in the September 2002 issue of Social Studies and the Young Learner.

Ashley Bainbridge Robinson ('02) has married and moved to the Pittsburgh area where she is now a sixth grade social studies teacher. Ashley lives in Seven Fields, Pennsylvania.

Alison Becker ('02), who is living in Fairmont, WV, is substitute teaching in Marion and Taylor counties. She reports that she has "been getting called quite a bit." Alison has also found time to work at The Gap in Clarksburg.

Jennifer Beecher Parento ('02) is teaching full-time at an inner city school in Cincinnati, Ohio. Because her school was placed "on intervention" due to low test scores, she reports, there is a large
emphasis on testing. "I love my job," Jennifer says, "but I hate being on intervention."

Rebecca Berger ('02), a counselor in WVU Disability Services, now oversees the program that provides in-house interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing. This summer she attended a month-long training at the Western Regional Resource Center on Deafness and Hard of Hearing. Her participation was funded by a stipend from the Rehabilitational Services Administration. In addition to providing services for individual students, the program is also used at special university events such as Commencement and Special Olympics.

Dana Bily Bohrnstedt ('02) has moved from California to Charleston, South Carolina. Dana taught kindergarten for three years and is now teaching first grade. Her husband, Thomas Bohrnstedt, is from Lewisburg, West Virginia and is an account manager for Aerotek, a recruiting firm in Charleston. Dana and her husband now live in their new home in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, which is "just five minutes from the beach." They also have a black pug "which we adore." Dana is the grade level chairperson for first grade at her school -- which has 17 first grade classrooms. She completed a master's degree in elementary administration at the Citadel last summer. Tackling National Board Certification is her next goal.

Brandy Ferrebbee Boehke ('02) was married in July, 2002. She and her husband live in Nutter Fort, WV, where she is substitute teaching in Harrison County.

Cynthia Cangley Shaffer ('02) lives in Thomas, WV but is teaching fourth and fifth grade mathematics at Yough Glades Elementary School in Garrett County, Maryland. Her school is in a rural area and she writes that she "absolutely loves teaching" and really likes the working environment of her school district. Cynthia was married in October to Michael Shaffer.

Tongshan Chang ('00, '02, '04) has recently received a $3,000 award from the University of California Office of the President for the 2006-2007 Staff Recognition and Development Program. The program recognizes outstanding individual and team performance. Tongshan is enjoying working at the University of California and hopes that a green card will permit the work there to continue.

Allison Carney ('02) is attending the University of Pittsburgh and is working on her master's degree in Early Intervention. She was engaged in February and is planning a wedding for August 2, 2008.

Tracy Cottingham ('02) is a special education teacher at University High School in Morgantown. Tracy, who says that she teaches a "little bit of everything – geometry, biology, history, English and learning strategies," teaches learning disability classes in the morning and a behavioral disorders group in the afternoon. The summer will be busy for Tracy because she's be back at WVU taking classes in order to obtain permanent certification in LD and BD.

Megan Crow ('02) is teaching kindergarten at nearby St. Francis School here in Morgantown and says, "I LOVE IT!"

Lori Hott Davis ('02) was married on August 3, 2002 to Zachary Davis. She is currently staying at home with her son Logan who was born on September 28, 2004. Lori plans to return to Old Dominion University to finish graduate school in Speech-Language Pathology. She currently resides in Yorktown, Virginia.

Rebecca Dayton ('02) is living in Ridgeley, WV and teaching fifth grade at South Penn Elementary School in Allegheny.

Holly Detts-Dranzo ('02), who lives in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania, was married in July of 2004.

Emily Doll ('02) is a second grade teacher at Blythe Elementary School in Huntersville, North Carolina. Her school is located just a few miles north of downtown Charlotte. Emily says that all is going well but notes that the everyday demands of being a first year teacher can be exhausting. She really likes her school, her co-workers, and her students and has found that "every day is a learning experience." Emily also shared that her younger sister has just switched into the five-year teacher education program.

Tami Echard Davis ('02) is teaching tenth through twelfth grade English at a K-12 school in Baggs, Wyoming and really likes it. Baggs is a small town ("one stop-light") near the Colorado border. Tami's husband is Robbie Davis and he works in the oilfield and on the family ranch. She and Robbie have two children and, Tami reports, a third one is on the way.

Carrie Edwards Marcum ('02) is teaching seventh grade math, pre-algebra, and algebra at Hedgesville Middle School in Berkeley County, WV. Carrie married Jeff Marcum in August and now lives in Martinsburg, WV.

Sandra Fader ('02) lives about 20 miles east of Washington, DC in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. She is teaching second grade at Baden Elementary "located in the back roads of Brandywine, Maryland." Sandy says that she "loves the area and couldn't be happier in my first year of teaching."

Brian Fairall ('02) has married and moved to Ellicott City, Maryland and commutes to his position as a math teacher at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda (Montgomery County). He is also the JV Boys Basketball coach at Walter Johnson.

Tammy Garlow ('02) is a third grade teacher in Culpepper, Virginia where she lives right across the street from her school. Tammy has a class of 18 students and works with a lot of other new young teachers.

Kraig Gass ('02, '04, '06) is teaching at an elementary school in Woodbridge, Virginia.

Jennifer Wiles Geletko ('02 '04, '06) has been appointed as an educational psychologist research fellow working with Human Factors in the Occupational Field at NIOSH's Research Laboratory.

Rebecca H. Goodwin ('02) has received the Edgar L Morphett Award award for her dissertation from the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA). The national award was given for the “most distinguished dissertation in the field of educational administration” for the year 2002. Dr. Goodwin's topic, “On the Edge of Chaos: A Delphi Study of the Changing Role of the Secondary School Principal,” examined the contemporary high school principalship and described changes in the principalship, the role of the contemporary principal, and the preferred future for the principalship. Dr. Goodwin has spent 36 years in education as a teacher, principal, and district administrator. She is currently a part-time faculty member in leadership studies at Marshall University.

Jennifer Groome ('02) teaches fifth grade at P. B. Smith Elementary School in Warrenton, Virginia, which is about 45 minutes outside of Washington, DC. Jennifer is living in nearby Manassas.

Brad Gunnell ('02), ) lives in Orlando, Florida where he is a an editor in reading for Harcourt School Publishers on their kindergarten team. In this new role he has been involved with deciding what would make good Kindergarten Big Books and creating literacy centers and is looking forward to working on the Art and ESL programs. He writes, "It is very challenging at times, but that's what keeps me going."

Lee Ellen Hewitt ('02) moved to Richmond, Virginia shortly after graduation and taught summer school. While she was teaching summer school there she got an interview for a full-time position and is now teaching 21 kindergarten children at a K-5 school in Midlothian, Virginia. Her school has over a thousand students and she works with a team of 9 other kindergarten teachers, which, she notes, is very different from her experience at Suncrest Primary, but she loves it. She also says that the county offers lots of support for new teachers. Emily, her daughter is in first grade and flourishing, and Lee Ellen is engaged and planning to be married in June.

Teri Hinkle ('02) is teaching seventh grade math, pre-algebra, and algebra at a school of approximately 1800 students which is located outside of Baltimore, Maryland. Teri says the classes are “enormous” (32-38 students) and the open classrooms have taken some getting used to, but also says “I love everything about my job.” Recently Teri was named Teacher of the Month for Anne Arundel County. Teri, who has been living in Annopolis and commuting to her work, hopes to move into the Baltimore area in the fall.

Adriane Hogue ('02) is married and has moved to Beckley, West Virginia, where she is teaching.

Stacey Hostutler ('02) married Sean Morgan and is now teaching at South Harrison High School.

Lisa Hriblan Gibson ('00, '02) and her husband Jim have a new baby girl, Jenna Rae, who was born November 9, 2004 at Uniontown Hospital. Lisa is employed as a Speech Language Suport Teacher and Local Assistive Technology Consultant for Intermediate Unit 1 of Pennsylvania. She and Jim live in McClellandtown, Pennsylvania.

Dan Irwin ('02), who has been teaching teaching ninth and tenth grade civics, economics and world history at Charlotte, North Carolina's newest high school, Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology, is now the social studies department chairperson/liaison. He is also is the sponsor for Junior Achievement, World Quest, Junior Moot Court, and the Berry Cardinal Television Club, which runs the morning announcements on air every day during homeroom. Recently Dan, who has had previous so

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