NEWS FROM YOU
Holley Powell DuPre (16C) graduated from Vermont Law School on May 11, 2019.
Allison Moore
Monica Maldonado (16C) has completed an internship with the U.S. Department of Education’s White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. She is pursuing a master’s degree in higher education at the University of Maryland.
Allison Moore (17C) graduated from the University of Washington in June with a Master in Museology. For her thesis, she curated “Hero’s Feast: Finding Community through Dungeons & Dragons,” for the Renton History Museum.
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Monica Maldonado
Jennifer Cortez
Katie O’Rourke Price Katie O’Rourke Price (16C) is head volleyball coach at Rome High School. Graham Johnson (17C) is spending the 2019-20 school year as an English language classroom assistant in Spain after completing his M.A. in Hispanic linguistics at the University of Georgia. He will begin pursuit of his Ph.D. in fall 2020.
Jennifer Cortez (18C) spent five months teaching English classes in the Galapagos Islands after graduating from Berry. She is now working in the Gwinnett (Ga.) County Schools and saving for her next teaching-abroad trip. Nathan Hirsh (18C) married Megan Radosta (19C) on Aug. 17, 2019. Both are working in Woodstock, Ga. Nathan shared: “We are both so thankful for our experiences at Berry and so happy we met each other on the world’s largest campus!”
In praise of Berry WE’RE ALWAYS THRILLED TO SPOTLIGHT ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN NEWS FROM YOU. Sometimes, they
choose to shine the spotlight back on us. Enter Lynda Harris Smith (71C), a Berry home economics major and retired teacher who recently shared: “Berry College helped form me into the person I am today. With a caring faculty, a wonderful oncampus work experience and living in the home economics home management house, I gained world-class knowledge, valuable organizational skills and fabulous leadership qualities. I sincerely loved my college experience and would highly recommend Berry College to everyone!”
Bethany Karnowski Bethany Karnowski (17C) completed a summer internship in New York City as part of her graduate program.
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Rachel Mayo Rachel Mayo (18C) is sharing her love of music with more than 320 students as the chorus teacher at Osborne Middle School in Gwinnett County, Ga.
Thank you, Lynda, for reminding us yet again that alumni are our greatest ambassadors.