Joan Gri\ufb03ng<\/strong>, professor of music, performed in the Berlioz Requiem with the Virginia Symphony and Chorus as part of Braydon Hoover ’11<\/strong>, associate director of development, is the co-sponsor of EMU\u2019s new Rotaract Club, a Rotary International-affiliated club for college students. Braydon is a member of the Harrisonburg Massanutten Rotary Club.<\/p>\n Roxann Allen ’04 Kioko<\/strong>, instructor, business and economics department, successfully defended her dissertation \u201cBeyond Beneficiaries: The Practice of Corporate Social Responsibility in Nonprofit Firms\u201d in the Strategic Leadership PhD program at James Madison University. Roxy teaches courses in the undergraduate business, CJP, and MBA programs.<\/p>\n Roger Mast ’85<\/strong>, professor of physical education and recreation and head men\u2019s soccer coach, is a new member of the board of trustees for Crossroads to Brain Injury Recovery, Inc., which helps those affected by brain injury lead more independent and productive lives.<\/p>\n Kimberly Schmidt<\/strong>, professor of history and director of the Washington Community Scholars\u2019 Center, has been honored by Women Writing the West as one of four finalists in the historical fiction category of the WILLA Literary Awards for her novel Magpie\u2019s Blanket (University of New Mexico Press, 2016).<\/p>\n Timothy Seidel<\/strong>, professor of applied social sciences and director of the Center for Interfaith Engagement, was honored with the best dissertation award from the Peace and Justice Studies Association.<\/p>\n Anna Westfall<\/strong>, professor of visual and communication arts, opened the 2017-18 academic year at the Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery with an installation titled \u201cSearching the Unseen,\u201d featuring organic steel sculptures, light and sound.<\/p>\n Paul Yoder ’07, MA ’11<\/strong> (education), professor of teacher education, and his wife Katrina Martin ’07 Yoder contributed a chapter to Notable Books, Notable Lessons: Putting Social Studies Back into the K-8 Curriculum (ABC-CLIO, 2017). Katrina teaches fourth grade at Waterman Elementary School, where she serves as the instructional team leader. \u201cThis chapter examines the traditional Cinderella story through a cultural lens, and was our first joint scholarly endeavor. We were so pleased with the process that we already have another book chapter in the works,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n Dr. J. Robert Eshleman ’56<\/strong>, Apple Creek, Ohio, was honored with the Lifetime Service Award by Eastern Mennonite School. After graduating from EMHS in 1952, Robert went to dental school at the Medical College of Virginia. There he was chair of the restorative dentistry department from 1983-92 and honored several times by the college. He earned EMU\u2019s Lifetime Service Award in 2009.<\/p>\n Donald Showalter ’62<\/strong>, Broadway, Va., was recognized by Best Lawyers for his work with trusts and estates at Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver.<\/p>\n Mervin Bontrager ’62<\/strong>, Hesston, Kan., retired in June 2017 after 51 years as a clinical social worker. He concluded his career with Prairie View, Inc. Mervin earned an MSW degree from University of Buffalo in 1966 and completed coursework, but not the dissertation, for a doctorate in the field with the Institute of Clinical Social Work from 1996-2000. \u201cOver the years I have come to appreciate my experience at EMC, and look upon it as having had a very positive impact upon my life\u2019s journey,\u201d he wrote in an update. Outside of work, he enjoys woodworking, gardening, and raising hogs and cattle.<\/p>\n Kenneth Eshleman ’64<\/strong>, Mechanicsburg, Pa., has published Harold and Arlene: Ministers to Many, a biography about his parents, EMS graduates and long-time Harrisonburg-area community leaders. Harold Eshleman went on to earn a two-year degree at EMS in 1931 and finished his bachelor\u2019s degree at Bridgewater College. A schoolteacher for 43 years, he was also a pastor at Chicago Avenue and Park View Mennonite churches. Arlene Heatwole EMS ’26<\/strong> was an unpaid church secretary, hostess and caregiver. To purchase the book ($15.95 with sales tax), email kes-hlem@comcast.net<\/p>\n Galen Gro\ufb00 ’71<\/strong>, Dangriga, Belize, retired after 26 years as a missionary with Eastern Mennonite Missions. He and his wife Phyllis, who served with him, remain in Dangriga,\u00a0volunteering in church development and supporting regional missionary work.<\/p>\n Ken Stoltzfus ’72<\/strong>, Dalton, Ohio, writes that he is \u201csort of\u201d retired: working full-time on his website www.john2031.com, developing church-related study resources, and supporting Bible translation. He served as a pastor in Mennonite and non-denominational settings for 13 years; invested several years in Kenya teaching in churches; and worked as a commercial pilot, flight instructor and aircraft mechanic, and as an entrepreneur in aircraft parts businesses. He has \u201cone incredible wife, Elaine; three married sons (one now with Jesus); nine grandchildren; and six great grandsons.\u201d<\/p>\n Sara Wenger Shenk ’75<\/strong>, Goshen, Ind., has been appointed to a third four-year term as president of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. She became president in 2010 after 15 years on the faculty of Eastern Mennonite Seminary.<\/p>\n R. Sharon Yoder ’75<\/strong>, Cumberland, Md., received Allegany College of Maryland\u2019s Sanner Award for Outstanding Teaching. She is an associate professor of English.<\/p>\n Conley K. McMullen ’78<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., received the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society\u2019s 2017 Elizabeth Ann Bartholomew Award, presented in recognition and appreciation of distinguished service to botany and the public.<\/p>\n Rich Swartentruber<\/strong>, class of ’78, Salem, Ore., retired as a science teacher at North Salem High School after the 2015-16 school year, but continues in his 25th year as North Salem boys soccer coach, and 31st year as a high school coach.<\/p>\n John Swartzendruber ’79<\/strong>, Indianapolis, Ind., presented a Suter Science Seminar over Homecoming and Family Weekend with Eric Moyer ’03. Both are members of the Engineering Advisory Board that has supported EMU\u2019s new four-year engineering degree. John retired in 2015 from Apparatus and Lilly Global Infrastructure. After graduating from EMU, he\u00a0joined Eli Lilly and Company as an organic chemist in pharmaceutical research, developed software for the x-ray crystallography group and, in 1989, earned his master\u2019s degree in computer science from Purdue University. John led the effort to build ELVIS, Lilly\u2019s worldwide intranet, one of the first corporate intranets constructed.<\/p>\n Anne Yoder ’81<\/strong>, Swarthmore, Pa., is the archivist for Swarthmore College\u2019s Peace Collection. Anne developed a new website cosandgreatwar.swarthmore.edu featuring the personal writings of World War I conscientious objectors, both those objecting on religious grounds and non-religious grounds alike.<\/p>\n Rose Miller ’82 Lehman<\/strong>, Beach City, Ohio, is a receptionist at Community Hospice. She is married to Joel Lehman ’83.<\/p>\n Glen Kau\ufb00man ’82<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., a financial advisor at Everence, was present at the launch of EMU\u2019s Rotaract Club, Rotary International\u2019s college affiliate, in September. A 30-year Rotarian, Glen sponsored Braydon Hoover ’11<\/strong> to a membership in the Harrison-burg Massanutten Rotary Club some years ago. Braydon is the new Rotaract Club\u2019s advisor.<\/p>\n Rose Miller ’82<\/strong> Lehman, Beach City, Ohio, is a receptionist at Community Hospice. She is married to Joel Lehman ’83.<\/p>\n Beryl Jantzi ’82<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., is Eastern Mennonite School\u2019s Alumnus of the Year. He is director of stewardship education at Everence.<\/p>\n Timothy Johnson ’82<\/strong>, Philadelphia, Pa., is a financial administrator with the law office of Keelin S. Barry, a firm which specializes in court-appointed guardianships for elderly and incapacitated people who can no longer manage their own affairs. He is married to Carol Martin ’82 Johnson, now in private practice as an art psychotherapist specializing in trauma therapy. They have two children.<\/p>\n Mark L. Sensabaugh ’82<\/strong>, Bridgewater, Va., is a marriage and family therapist at Journey Counseling Ministries, located in Harrisonburg.<\/p>\n Carol Weaver ’82<\/strong> Good, Reading, Pa., is a school librarian with Reading School District .She and her husband Stephen J. Good ’81<\/strong> attend South 7th St. Christian Fellowship.<\/p>\n Joy Wenger Martin ’83, MA ’13<\/strong> (counsel-ing), Harrisonburg, Va., former coordinator of academic access in the EMU Academic Success Center, now works at James Madison University as assistant director in the Office of Disability Services.<\/p>\n Sharon L\u00f3pez ’83<\/strong>, Landisville, Pa., is president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and a partner in Lancaster\u2019s Triquetra Law. She is the first Latina president since the association was founded in 1895. As president-elect, L\u00f3pez created an appointed group of members who identify new approaches to increase membership through outreach, marketing and mentorship.<\/p>\n Sonya Stau\ufb00er ’85 Kurtz<\/strong>, Souderton, Pa., is lead pastor at Zion Mennonite Church. Husband Roger Kurtz ’85<\/strong> is now department head of English and philosophy at Drexel University.<\/p>\n Sue Blauch ’86<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., was among nine referees assigned to the 2017 WNBA Final.<\/p>\n Andrea Schrock Wenger ’86<\/strong>, Linville, Va., will complete 14 years of service with EMU in mid-January, nearly 12 of those as director of marketing and communications. She plans to launch a life coaching practice (andreawengercoaching.com), which will build on her EMU communications, management and personnel experience; 14 years with Mennonite Central Committee; a master\u2019s degree in community psychology; and life coach training.<\/p>\n Karen Delano-Johnson ’87<\/strong>, Fredericksburg, Va., has worked for 28 years as a child protective services investigator with Stafford Department of Social Services. She and husband Han-son Johnson attend Salem Fields Community Church and have two adult children.<\/p>\n Krista King ’87 Powell<\/strong>, Waynesboro, Va., is a self-employed CPA. She is married to David L. Powell and the couple has two children.<\/p>\n Elizabeth Witmer ’87<\/strong> Dunmore, Queen, Pa., is vice president of medical affairs at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, a 300-bed hospital in Johnstown, Pa.<\/p>\n Rose Shenk ’90<\/strong> and Bruce Buckwalter ’91<\/strong>, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, are country representatives for Mennonite Central Committee,\u00a0Ethiopia. The couple has four sons, three of whom are in school in Africa, while the oldest is at Goshen College. Read their adventures at buckshefusethiopia.wordpress.com.<\/p>\n Steve ’91<\/strong> and Charlotte Gascho ’91<\/strong> Hunsberger<\/strong>, Telford, Pa., and their children were honored with the Adventures in Excellence Award by the Penn Foundation. Steven is Indian Valley Chamber of Commerce\u2019s executive director; Charlotte is a partner in the Landis, Hunsberger, Gingrich and Weik law firm in Souderton; Colin is a high school junior; Ian is in eighth grade; and Lily is in fifth grade. Steven is a member of the Souderton-Telford Rotary Club and currently on the board of directors for the local Mennonite Economic Development Associates chapter, Indian Creek Foundation, and North Penn United Way. Charlotte is on the board of directors at EMU, Clemens Family Corporation, and Harleysville Savings Bank. She also serves on Blooming Glen Mennonite Church\u2019s leadership board.<\/p>\n E. Dean Mast ’91<\/strong> and Jan Ste\ufb00y Mast, class of ’91<\/strong>, Lancaster, Pa., own The Old Country Store in nearby Intercourse. The store was recently selected by Better Homes & Gardens Quilt Sampler (spring\/summer 2017) as one of the top ten quilt shops in the nation for its \u201cexceptional customer service, outstanding crafts and handmade quilts, and extensive fabric department.\u201d<\/p>\n Rita Ruebke ’92<\/strong> Wainwright, Richmond, Va., has taught for 21 years as a K-5 exceptional education teacher with Henrico County Schools.<\/p>\n Phillip Thompson ’93<\/strong>, Rockbridge County, Va., was appointed superintendent of Rockbridge County Schools. He was previously assistant superintendent and has spent 22 years in education. He has a master\u2019s degree and doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies from Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n Gilberto Perez Jr. ’94<\/strong>, GC ’99, Goshen, Ind., was named dean of students at Goshen College. In this role, he provides institutional leadership for residence life, campus ministries, counseling and health, campus safety, intercultural student support, and retention.<\/p>\n Jen Schlabach ’95 Litwiller<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., joined CT Assist as director of business development in October 2017. CT Assist, a healthcare staffing company, is owned by EMU alumni Scott Yoder ’96, CEO, and Jair Drooger ’97, COO. Minnette Burkholder ’95 Hostetler is director of human resources.<\/p>\n Tom Eshleman ’96, SEM ’05<\/strong>, Akron, Pa., is lead pastor of Groffdale Mennonite Church and works one day a week as the global delegate to the international church bodies with which Lancaster Mennonite Conference maintains relationships. These include groups in Asia, East Africa, and Central and South America.<\/p>\n Jessica King ’96<\/strong>, Lancaster, Pa., is running as a Democrat in 2018 for a seat representing the 16th Congressional District. She took a leave of absence from her role as executive director of ASSETS, a business training and lending nonprofit in Lancaster.<\/p>\n John Jackson ’97<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., is counseling manager with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services.<\/p>\n Karin Shank ’97<\/strong>, Raleigh, N.C., is a senior research analyst at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. She enjoys working with pharmaceutical, agricultural and medical device entrepreneurs to inform their innovations and business decisions.<\/p>\n Darrel J. Reinford ’98<\/strong>, Mechanicsburg, Pa., graduated from the Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Development Institute of Greater Harrisburg. He is the executive director of Christian Churches United of the Tri-County Area, a partnership of churches in Dauphin, Cumberland and Perry counties. He previously worked for Paxton Ministries in Harrisburg and volunteers with the Capital Area Coalition on Homelessness.<\/p>\n Alan Schroeder ’98<\/strong>, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, is director of global advancement at the British Columbia Ministry of Education where he leads the development of the ministry\u2019s international education programs.<\/p>\n Moniqua Acosta ’98<\/strong>, Lititz, Pa., is director of volunteer services as Landis Homes in Lititz. She previously spent nine years at Mennonite Health Services as program and member services manager.<\/p>\n Lisa White Cameron ’99<\/strong>, Lancaster, Pa., has been promoted by YWCA Lancaster to director of empowerment services, which includes leadership of racial justice programming. Cameron also leads the parent education center and the county\u2019s designated rape crisis center.<\/p>\n Tina Campbell ’99<\/strong>, Lancaster, Pa., has been named interim executive director of ASSETS, a business training and lending nonprofit in Lancaster. (See Jessica King ’96<\/strong>). She joined ASSETS in 2015 as director of development.<\/p>\n Mark ’00<\/strong> and Sarah Hawkins ’02 Schoenhals<\/strong>, Thailand, and daughters Heidi and Hannah were reappointed for a 3.5-year term in Thailand through Eastern Mennonite Missions. They serve the local church in leadership development.<\/p>\n Tamara Greaser ’00 Kratz, MA ’06<\/strong> (counseling), Harrisonburg, Va., was named Teacher of the Year for Cub Run Elementary School.<\/p>\n Mike Martin ’00<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., owns Next Level Athletic Development, a company he started in 2012 after teaching physical education. He works with 50-60 clients, many of them high school and college athletes, to improve performance.<\/p>\n Matthew Lowen ’01<\/strong>, Brooklyn, N.Y., is a senior program associate for the Safe Alternatives to Segregation Initiative with the Vera Institute of Justice\u2019s Center on Sentencing and Corrections. Through partnerships with state correctional agencies and alongside data-driven research and analysis, he works as part of a team to reduce the use and reliance on solitary confinement across the country.<\/p>\n Brad Miller ’02<\/strong>, Denver, Colo., is director of student affairs at the University of Colorado College of Medicine.<\/p>\n Carrie Dengler Wenger ’02<\/strong>, Linville, Va., is director of the week-long Interfaith Peace Camp, a program of EMU\u2019s Center for Interfaith Engagement. She plans and implements programming about the three Abrahamic faiths. In summer 2017, the camp hosted 33 campers ages 8-12 and 15 junior counselors ages 13-18. The camp is staffed by an interfaith, intergenerational team of community members.<\/p>\n Douglas H. Wrenn ’02,<\/strong> State College, Pa., was the featured speaker at October\u2019s Longacre Business and Economics Lecture Series at EMU. The assistant professor of environ-mental and resource economics at Penn State University spoke on \u201cLearning by Viewing? Social Learning, Regulatory Disclosure, and Firm Productivity in Shale Gas.\u201d<\/p>\n Ariana Kau\ufb00man ’03<\/strong>, Hesston, Kan., is Bluestem Communities\u2019 new vice president of marketing. For the past seven years, she has been Bluestem\u2019s director of fund advancement for Schowalter Villa in Hesston. Kauffman earned her MBA from Friends University and an AA at Hesston College.<\/p>\n Eric Moyer ’03<\/strong>, Seattle, Wash., is a lead project engineer at Boeing\u2019s new 777X Composite Wing Center facility in Everett. A member of EMU’s Engineering Advisory Board that has supported the new four-year engineering degree, he presented a Suter Science Seminar with fellow board member John Swartzendruber ’79 over Homecoming and Family Weekend.<\/p>\n Angela Swartzendruber ’03 Hackman<\/strong>, Harleysville, Pa., is a behavioral health specialist at Tandigm Health, a healthcare company supporting primary care physicians in the Philadelphia area.<\/p>\n Sara Unruh ’03 Hiebert<\/strong>, Hutchinson, Kan., was promoted to chief executive of Bethesda Home in Goessel. She has worked at Bethesda since 2010 and was the assistant administrator since 2013.<\/p>\n Rosa Bare ’04<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., is director of business development at the NPR affiliate radio station WMRA.<\/p>\n Kendra Forry ’04<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., was named Teacher of the Year at J. Frank Hillyard Middle School in Broadway.<\/p>\n Travis Kisamore \u201805<\/strong>, Chambersburg, Pa., his wife Bekii, and children Esperanza and Theodore completed a 10-year service assignment with Eastern Mennonite Missions on an island in Chile.<\/p>\n Andrea Skyrm ’05 King<\/strong>, Goshen, Ind., is a senior staff accountant at Lawton (Elkhart), with a focus on tax-related services for businesses and individuals.<\/p>\n Clinton Miller ’06<\/strong>, Canton, Ohio, is a practice manager at Pleasant Wealth, LLC, in Berlin, Ohio. His wife, Aubrey Helmuth Miller, owns a soap company called Redbudsuds, based in Canton.<\/p>\n Kimberly Slee ’06, MSN ’12<\/strong>, Orrstown, Pa., was appointed co-interim chief executive officer of the Fulton County Medical Center Cynthia Kilhe\ufb00er Hudson ’06<\/strong>, Columbia, Pa., manages the Cardiac Rehab Department at Lancaster General\/Penn Medicine. She has taught at EMU Lancaster and at PA College of Health Sciences. She is an American Nurses Credentialing Center-certified nurse executive.<\/p>\n Kara Bender ’07<\/strong>, St. Louis, Mo., is a national organizer\/trainer for Crossroads Antiracism Organizing and Training, which seeks to dismantle systemic racism and build antiracist multicultural diversity within institutions and communities.<\/p>\n Mark Risser ’07<\/strong>, Berkeley, Calif., a postdoctoral research fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, discussed his research into statistical methods for characterizing changes in extreme precipitation during an October Suter Science Seminar.<\/p>\n Eric Trinka ’07<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., is a doctoral student at Catholic University and collaborator with EMS\u2019s Biblical Lands Educational Seminars and Service program. BLESS offers a graduate-level, missional education program combining cross-cultural learning in or from the biblical lands with academic inquiry.<\/p>\n Isabel Castillo ’07, MA ’17<\/strong> (con\ufb02ict transformation), Harrisonburg, Va., was recognized as a \u201cMovement Honoree\u201d by Sojourners at its June 2017 Healing and Resistance Summit in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n Angela Dietzel ’08<\/strong>, Strasburg, Pa., is a third-grade teacher at Locust Grove Mennonite School.<\/p>\n Maria Bowman ’09<\/strong>, Washington D.C., began studies in the Master\u2019s of Public Health program in Behavioral and Community Health at the University of Maryland. She and husband Abraham Weiner celebrated their first wedding anniversary Sept. 24, 2017. They were married in Salem, Ohio on the farm of grandparents Doris and Ralph Witmer.<\/p>\n Seth Crissman ’09, SEM ’15<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., and other members of the Walking Roots Band, who first started playing music together while students at EMU \u2013 Jackson Maust ’09, Rachel Yoder ’15<\/strong>, Greg and Kristina Landis Yoder ’09<\/strong>, and Michael Yoder \u2013 are donating a portion of the proceeds from their first Christmas album to Mennonite Central\u00a0Committee. View the details at Ben Moyer ’09<\/strong>, Sellersville, Pa., a customer service representative at Franconia Insurance & Financial Services, was named 2017 Customer Service Representative of the Year for the state of Pennsylvania by the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research. He was one of 37 finalists to compete for the national title. Ben joined Franconia Insurance & Financial Services in December 2011.<\/p>\n Samantha \u201cSam\u201d Gangwer ’10 Larson<\/strong>, St. Louis Park, Minn., is chaplain resident at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital. She will serve there until August 2018. She finished an MDiv at Wesley Theological Seminary in May. Sam is married to Alexander Larson.<\/p>\n Sarah Roth Shank ’10, MA ’14 (con\ufb02ict transformation)<\/strong>, Wellington, New Zealand, is pursuing a PhD in restorative justice and public policy at Victoria University of Wellington.<\/p>\n Sondra R. Siegfried ’10<\/strong>, Rome, Pa., was awarded an $8,000 National Board for Certified Counselors Foundation Rural Scholarship. Sondra is a master\u2019s student in the school counseling program at Messiah College. The award is for counseling students who are from rural communities and committed to practicing in rural areas upon graduation. Sondra has volunteered with at-risk and Native American youth in the upper peninsula of Michigan, and she would eventually like to obtain her counseling licensure in Michigan to provide short-term intensive wilderness and adventure therapy services in that area.<\/p>\n Charlotte Wenger ’11<\/strong>, Somerville, Mass., is an editor with Page Street Kids\/Page Street Publishing. Budding authors and illustrators may be interested that Charlotte is looking for narrative picture books of all genres for ages 4-8; occasionally board books for ages 0-3; and visually driven concept books. \u201cI\u2019m always on the lookout for what hasn\u2019t been done yet \u2013 stories that haven\u2019t been told and voices that haven\u2019t been heard,\u201d she writes on www.manuscriptwishlist.com.<\/p>\n Gabriel Brunk ’12, MAOL ’17<\/strong>, Dayton, Va., is communications and outreach coordinator at the Fairfield Center.<\/p>\n Katrina Goering ’12<\/strong>, Seattle, Wash., is a student in the Master\u2019s of Public Health program at University of Washington.<\/p>\n Rebekah Maldonado-Nofziger ’12<\/strong>, Seattle, Wash., is a public health nurse with Public Health-Seattle and King County, working with child care centers and preschools. She is earning a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in community health nursing from the University of Washington, with an expected graduation date of 2019.<\/p>\n Andy ’12 and Hannah Wenger ’12 Richter<\/strong>, Souderton, Pa., have a new son (see births). Andy is sales manager at Richter Drafting and Office Supply Co. Inc. Hannah is executive assistant for Family Food, LLC, a company that provides evidence-based nutrition counseling to clients in convenient locations.<\/p>\n Francis Sims ’12<\/strong>, Kigali, Rwanda, is a primary school physical education teacher and athletics coordinator at Kigali International Community School. He is married to Audrey Wolcott ’12 Sims.<\/p>\n Jennifer Blankenship ’13 Hitt<\/strong>, Mount Craw-ford, Va., is a health and physical education teacher with United Methodist Family Services. She was awarded Direct Care Employee of the Year in 2016.<\/p>\n Jon Leaman ’13<\/strong>, New Paris, Ind., recently joined Kruggel Lawton CPAs as a senior staff accountant. He earned an MS in accounting at James Madison University and is married to Kate Steury ’14 Leaman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Corben Boshart ’13<\/strong>, Elkhart, Ind., earned an MA in theological studies at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary.<\/p>\n Olivia Mast ’15 Dimmig<\/strong>, Phoenixville, Pa., is a nurse with the Nurse-Family Partnership Program, Chester County Health Department, which supports first-time mothers. She is also working on a master\u2019s degree from Immaculata University.<\/p>\n R.J. Sims ’15, Bowie<\/strong>, Md., was featured in the Daily News-Record for his tenacity in paving the way to a professional basketball career. After graduating with a degree in computer science from EMU, Sims worked for the law firm Oblon and sought a roster spot in Europe. He has since played two seasons, in Lithuania for Palanga and in France for Union Tarbes Lourdes.<\/p>\n Rebekah York ’15<\/strong>, Elkhart, Ind., is a graduate student at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary.<\/p>\n Rachel Bowman ’16<\/strong>, Washington D.C., is beginning a doctorate in justice, law and criminology at American University. She had previously served with PULSE in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n Ryan Gehman ’16<\/strong>, Lancaster, Pa., is head men\u2019s and women\u2019s cross-country coach at Lancaster Bible College. Previously, he had been head distance coach at Lancaster Mennonite School.<\/p>\n Rebekah Johnsen ’16<\/strong>, Lititz, Pa., is director of residential living at Landis Homes. She joined the company in 2014 as a substitute campus supervisor and on-call emergency nurse.<\/p>\n Jolee Paden ’16<\/strong>, Washington D.C., is joining the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) staff to launch a ministry at George Washington University in January. She will become the first woman staffer with FCA in the D.C. area. For the last year, Jolee has been working at Back On My Feet, a national nonprofit organization that helps homeless people gain independence, living skills, housing and employment through the power of running.<\/p>\n Robert Cook ’17<\/strong>, Washington D.C., is working on a master\u2019s degree in history at American University. Robert, who also earned a teacher licensure at EMU, shared a poster at the Virginia Council for the Social Studies Educators conference in Richmond. The featured work, a curricular unit for high school government classes, was based on his honors capstone project and his senior history thesis in which he analyzed the consolidation of high schools of Rockbridge County. Robert was a Cords of Distinction honoree, as well as winner of the Outstanding History Student award.<\/p>\n Jordan Leaman ’17<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., has joined information systems at EMU after cycling across the United States with friends in summer 2017.<\/p>\n Hannah Mack-Boll ’17,<\/strong> Lancaster, Pa., took second place in the C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest for her speech \u201cWhat is Your Intention?\u201d She received $225 in cash and a $200 scholarship to a peace-related conference or seminar of her choice. Her home congregation is Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster.<\/p>\n Ashley Bowman MA ’08<\/strong> (education), Bridgewater, Va., was named Teacher of the Year at John Wayland Elementary School in Bridgewater.<\/p>\n Margo McIntire ’98, MBA ’08<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., and her husband Ron have started Paella Perfecta, serving the national dish of Spain at special events and festivals. They also provide catering.<\/p>\n Cheryl Woelk MA ’11 (education)<\/strong>, Seoul, South Korea, is an educational consultant who facilitates courses, workshops and teacher training on integrating peacebuilding in language education. She enjoys collaborating with teachers at Connexus Language Institute and promoting Language for Peace, a project hosted by Mennonite Partners in China, which provides a network for language educators engaged in peacebuilding.<\/p>\n Lisa Knick MA ’12 (education),<\/strong> Stephens City, Va., is an English Language Learners teacher and reading specialist with Clarke County Public Schools. Lisa has taught in Frederick County, Waynesboro City and Winchester public schools.<\/p>\n Lois Olney MS ’12 (nursing)<\/strong>, Lancaster, Pa., lives part-time in Chiang Rai, Thailand, where she enjoys retired life and the active expatriate community with her husband, as well as bicycling, reading, writing and traveling. She works as a seasonal RN supervisor at a small continuing care retirement community, Countryside Christian Community, in Annville, Pa.<\/p>\n Paul Smeltzer MA ’16 (education)<\/strong>, Lancaster, Pa., is principal of the Locust Grove Campus of Lancaster Mennonite School. Previously, he spent six years with the Coalition of Christian Outreach doing college ministry at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and received the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for efforts made in ministering to diverse populations.<\/p>\n Emmanuel Bombande MA ’02<\/strong>, Bangui, Central African Republic, is senior mediation advisor for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA).<\/p>\n Lam Oryem Cosmas MA ’04<\/strong>, Kuron, South Sudan, works for Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, near the Ethiopian border. Founded in 2005 by a Catholic bishop emeritus, the community provides integrated intervention for area pastoralist communities through education, agriculture and conflict transformation.<\/p>\n Kirstin MA ’05<\/strong> and Merwyn MA ’05 De Mello<\/strong>, Bangladesh, completed a three-year contract with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in Afghanistan and are now MCC Peace Advisors in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n Michael Shank MA ’05<\/strong>, Peeksill, N.Y., joined New York University\u2019s Center for Global Affairs as an adjunct assistant professor.<\/p>\n Lehmah Gbowee MA ’07<\/strong>, Monrovia, Liberia, has been invited to serve as a council member for the World Refugee Council. She is executive director of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa. She was also among three women peacebuilders honored during a special Daughters for Life Foundation Gala Dinner in Washington D.C. The Sept. 16 event raised money for scholarships for Middle Eastern female peacebuilders to attend the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding.<\/p>\n Nadia Bazzy MA ’08<\/strong>, Canton, Mich., is the interim director of the University of Michigan\u00a0Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center. She holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science from the University of Michigan and earned her marriage and family therapist license from Oakland University. She will represent the victim-advocate community.<\/p>\n Brett Burnham MA ’09<\/strong>, Carbondale, Ill., completed his EdD at Columbia University.<\/p>\n Paulette Moore MA ’09<\/strong>, Ashland, Wis., presented a documentary on indigenized film-making and conservation to a conservation photography class at EMU. Moore is an independent filmmaker, artist and Kanien\u2019kehaka (Mohawk) educator of mixed native and British heritage and an enrolled member of Six Nations of the Grand Reserve in Ontario, Canada. She is also associate professor of indigenous media and philosophy at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n Jeannine Cinco MA ’10 Cole<\/strong>, St. Louis, Mo., is a project manager with Bilingual International Assistant Services. She has been working for four years with immigrants and refugees who have survived torture, helping them to find and maintain employment. She uses \u201cmany of the tenets of peacebuilding in her work, including trauma awareness and conflict resolution.\u201d In November 2016, she married Steve Cole.<\/p>\n P. Marshall Yoder MA ’10<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., was recognized by \u201cBest Lawyers\u201d for his work in collaborative and family law with Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver.<\/p>\n Daria White MA ’11<\/strong>, Harrisonburg, Va., successfully defended her dissertation \u201cBeing and Beholding: Comparative Analysis of Joy and Awe in Four Cultures\u201d to earn a PhD in psychology from James Madison University.<\/p>\n Veronica Laveta MA ’11<\/strong>, based out of St. Paul, Minn., has been an international clinical advisor for mental health at The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) since 2014. Her role includes supervising field expatriate psychotherapists and providing clinical oversight to CVT\u2019s direct service program in Jordan as well as capacity building with partner organizations in South Africa, Iraq and Turkey.<\/p>\n Maiwa\u2019azi Dandaura Samu MA ’12<\/strong>, Jos, Nigeria, earned a PhD from NOVA South Eastern University in 2015 and works for Justice & Human Security Initiatives. As a consultant, he carries out projects on restorative justice practice in Nigeria and West Africa, and is involved in management of the Southern Kaduna Fulani\/Southern Kaduna indigenous peoples and Boko Haram psychosocial trauma support systems.<\/p>\n Patrick Campbell MA ’14<\/strong>, Charlottesville, Va., is senior planning manager for mass care operations, focusing on large displacements and emergency response, for the state\u2019s Department of Health and Human Services. He was previously disaster program manager for the Red Cross in Virginia.<\/p>\n Marilyn Raatz MA ’14<\/strong>, Cape Town, South Africa, is a lecturer teaching conflict transformation at Cape Town Baptist Seminary.<\/p>\n
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