alumni & friends
CRAWFORD BECOMES DASH DIRECTOR Nate Crawford ’14, M’17 has been named executive director of DASH (Dependable, Affordable, Sustainable Housing) for LaGrange Inc., after 10 months as interim director. DASH is a nonprofit focused on neighborhood revitalization and facilitating access to affordable home ownership, rentals or home improvement loans. Crawford received his bachelor’s in Exercise Science in 2014 and master’s in Philanthropy and Development in 2017, both at LaGrange. He and his wife, Allie, also have been involved with Troup County Foster Parents Association and recently celebrated the adoption of a son, Jude, whom they fostered since he was a newborn.
career in U.S. foreign policy. 2019 John Mitchell Benton of Greensboro, North Carolina, has accepted a position as a residential director at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. 2019 Maegan Boyd of Bainbridge is pursuing her Ph.D. in counseling at Florida State University. 2019 Tyler Martin Grant of LaGrange will be attending Auburn in the fall as a master of education student in their school counseling program. 2019 Kelton Hunt of Temple is the audio visual and film teacher at Troup High School.
2019 Jamarcus Watkins of Griffin is the safety supervisor with John Soules Foods in Alabama.
2020 2020 Alan Gage Bailey of LaGrange started a new organization, Civilian Conservationists, to address litter at West Point Lake’s access areas in Troup County.
2020 Rebecca Brown Gonzalez of Pine Mountain is working in the serology lab at Thompson-Bishop Sparks State Diagnostic Lab in Auburn, Alabama. 2020 Laura Ann Kline of Sharpsburg is working at Affordable Dentures and Implants. 2020 Emmie Marcellini McMillian of LaGrange is a registered nurse at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. 2020 Savannah McMillian of LaGrange is a registered nurse for Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center. 2020 Ryan Robinet M’20 of Kalamazoo, Michigan, is the assistant vice president of development operations at Trine University in Angola, Indiana. 2020 Wesley Walker of Carrollton received an award of merit from the Indie FEST awards for his animation, “How the Sausage is Made.” 2020 Abigail Moffett Young of Decatur will join the opening cast of the brand new Universal Beijing Resort in Beijing, China. 2021 Lincoln Anderson of LaGrange is a senior field underwriter/outside sales representative with Equis
Theatre Arts Professor Kim Barber Knoll celebrates with Rachel Cartwright ’21 after Rachel's family surprised her with a named seat in Price Theater as a graduation gift. Limited seats are still available for naming at www.lagrange.edu/takeaseat.
2019 Trinton Prater of LaGrange will attend Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester to obtain his Ph.D. in Composition. 2019 Jamal Shakir of Los Angeles, California, was featured in the article “Police Force Cutting into Family Ties: 23-year-old Targeted by an Order Given by his Uncle.” 2019 Shamar Slappy of LaGrange is the leasing agent at The Yard on Mill, a luxury apartment complex in LaGrange.
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