Dr. Laurel Hartley, Fort Collins, Colo., is assistant professor of biology at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research experience and interests are in the fields of science education and ecology.
Madeline Rhodes '96 Thursday, June 26, 2008
Dr. Madeline Rhodes, Westminster, Md., accepted a tenure-track position in the Psychology Department at McDaniel College.
Marcy McGrath Plourde Thursday, June 19, 2008
Marcy McGrath Plourde, Humble, works as a senior recruiter for Perot Systems, where she focuses on Healthcare IT Consulting. She and her husband, Gregory Plourde ’96, have a son, Owen.
Jennifer Suchland Monday, May 12, 2008
Jennifer Suchland, Austin, accepted a tenure-track position at Ohio State University. It is a joint position between Slavic and Women’s Studies.
Amy McKee was always intrigued by the interplay of theory and practice. Eric Selbin recalls, “Amy could have done anything…but she wanted to make sure she didn’t end up in an ivory tower. She wanted to affect people’s lives.” In the twelve years since graduation, McKee worked as a social worker and researcher with Worldwide Ministries in Nicaragua, earned a master’s degree in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University, promoted human rights policy issues as a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. State Department, volunteered as a patient advocate at George Washington University Hospital and served on the Darfur Atrocities Investigation Team in Chad, all the time seeking to learn how the threads of culture and political policy run through the everyday lives of individuals.
Dr. Misty R. Karin-D'Arcy Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Dr. Misty R. Karin-D’Arcy, Lafayette, La., earned a doctorate in cognitive science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, with completion of the dissertation, “An Investigation of the Reproduction of Object-based Spatial Relations by Chimpanzees and Children”.
Though out of town when it hit,
New Orleans residents Molly Moran Bryant ’96 and Dr. Dave Bryant ’95 experienced the severe personal impact of Hurricane Katrina.
A uniquely Tejano version of the old-fashioned political barbeque, the traditional South Texas pachanga allowed politicians to connect with voters in a relaxed setting where all could enjoy live music and abundant food and drink along with political speeches and dealmaking. Today's pachanga still combines politics, music, and votes-along with a powerful new element. Corporate sponsorships have transformed the pachanga into a major marketing event, replete with celebrity performers and product giveaways, which can be recorded and broadcast on TV or radio to vastly increase the reach of both the political-and the commercial-messages. This book explores the growing convergence of politics, transnational marketing, and borderlands music in the South Texas pachanga.
When the Titans came within one yard of sending last year's Super Bowl into overtime, Southwestern University alumnus Jimmy Stanton '96 was hard at work on the sidelines serving as an on-the-field contact for members of the media.
"Last year was definitely interesting," he says. "It was the team's first year as the Titans. They had been the Oilers for 38 years. Our team was not thought of that highly.
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