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Annamarie Akins Photography
Katie (Barber) Poling (’09) married Johnny Poling in Richmond on May 25, 2014. The ceremony was held at Redeemer Lutheran Church with a reception at the Sheraton Park South. Fellow 2009 graduates Lauren (Lupfer) Collins and Grace Bonsall were bridesmaids. The couple lives in Midlothian. She is assistant director and 4's lead teacher at Redeemer Lutheran Preschool and Child Care; he is an assistant manager at Walgreen’s.
Katie Harden (’10) joined the WNCT news team in Greenville, North Carolina, in 2014 as a general assignment reporter and digital journalist. She previously was a reporter and anchor for WWAY NewsChannel 3 in Wilmington.
Kara Lusk (’10) was promoted to assistant director of alumni and parent giving at CNU, where she has worked in the Office of University Advancement for over five years. Lusk previously served as manager of the University’s first comprehensive campaign.
Jesse Hutcheson (’10) and Ashley Figg (’13) were married at Lower United Methodist Church in Hartfield on June 27, 2015.
Lucian Mirra (’10) earned his master’s degree in higher education administration from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia (UVA). He is the public safety program coordinator in UVA’s Office of Emergency Preparedness in Charlottesville. Shelbie Morgan (’10) earned her master’s degree in special education from the College of Education and Human Development of George Mason University this year. She teaches high school special education (English curriculum) for Loudoun County Public Schools. Mark Newton (’10) and Arla Shult were married February 21, 2015, at Olivet Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville. He earned a master’s degree in multimedia journalism and is the copy desk chief at The Daily Progress; she is a member of the Charlottesville Police Department.
John Saylor (’09) is a senior associate at Dixon Hughes Goodman in the firm's Newport News office. He was elected to the Christopher Newport Peninsula Alumni Chapter Board and has more than three years’ experience in public accounting.
Jessica Pugh (’10) resides in Charleston, South Carolina, and was happily wed on October 5, 2013, in Savannah, Georgia.
Stephen Short (’09) is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.
2010 Jessica Bunting (’10), a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, was promoted in January to director of performance excellence for Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County. Billy Fellin (’10) accepted a position at Richmond International Raceway as the new multimedia communications manager. Previously he worked at the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Katelyn James Photography www.katelynjames.com
Lisa (Lazzari) Kaurich (’10) and John Kaurich (’08) were married September 27, 2014, at the Church of St. James the Apostle in Carmel, New York, with a reception held at Ethan Allen Hotel in Danbury, Connecticut. The couple resides in White Plains, New York. He works at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection as the laboratory microbiologist II; she is an annual giving officer at New York Medical College in Valhalla.
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