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a son. Randall Weston Pinckard, “Weston,” was born on February 27, 2014, weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces and measuring 19 inches.
Christa Ratcliff ’11 was named secretary of the Tuskegee University Collegiate Chapter of the NAACP, where she is majoring in mechanical engineering.
Whitney Baggett Creel ’04 and husband Todd Creel welcomed their first child, a son. Kolt David Creel was born on September 22, 2013, weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces and measuring 22 inches. Megan Hinshaw Schott ’04 defended her dissertation as a Ph.D. candidate in Medieval Literature at Southern Methodist University this spring. Andrea Severin ’05 married Ryan Goins on November 9, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. Ross Neuenfeldt ’07 recently performed in The Hillbarn Theatre’s production of Lend Me A Tenor, which was recognized as a Theatre Bay Area Awards Recommended Show. Ross has also performed the roles of Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Tommy in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Ethan Girard in The Full Monty, Christopher Wren in The Mousetrap, and Mercutio in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Ross graduated magna cum laude from the Boston University School of Theatre in 2011 and spent a semester in classical training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Rachel Stepp Pinckard ’07 and husband Brooks Pinckard welcomed their first child, SPRING/SUMMER 2014
and unselfish and humble service. It is considered one of the highest honors a woman can receive at Furman University.
Ben Heinzelmann ’07 married Ann Bahner on December 31, 2013, at First Baptist Church in Ardmore, Oklahoma. The couple’s wedding party included FWCD alumni Chip Caraway ’07, Michael Levy ’07, Stephen Lindsey ’07, Robby Reeb ’07, Patton Eagle ’08 and Annie Heinzelmann ’10.
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Brittany Bollinger ’10 is engaged to Karl Lehmann ’10. Courtney Reimer ’11 was selected for membership to Senior Order at Fuhrman University. Senior Order is an elite leadership honor society for Furman women, which was formed in 1937 at the Greenville Women’s College. Membership is limited to 15 rising senior women, all selected by the current Senior Order members. Selection is based on humility in leadership, exceptional character, emotional maturity, outstanding scholarship, dependability, integrity, cooperativeness,
Alex Manson ’11, currently a junior at Chapman University, is participating in a Semester at Sea in Asia. Morgan Pergande ’13 will work this summer for the Amy Biehl Foundation, in partnership with the University of North Carolina, where he will be a sophomore next year. Morgan’s work will supplement academic classes as well as athletics within one of the schools supported by the Foundation near Cape Town, South Africa. The Amy Biehl Foundation is a nonprofit organization that offers programs to develop and empower youth living in the challenged and vulnerable communities within the Western Cape. The programs place a focus on the creative side of the child’s brain and supplement the shortcomings of the educational system in the townships of South Africa. The Alumni Association welcomed the Class of 2013 home for the holidays with a dinner at The Original Mexican Eats Café on December 21. There was a great turnout, with approximately 75 graduates reuniting after their first semester at college. The dinner was funded by the FWCD Parent Faculty Association and will be continued as an annual celebration hosted by the Alumni Association.
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