2019-2020 annual fund

2019-2020 Anuual Fund

Oakwood parents, Kevin and Jennifer Youngs, served for a second year as our Annual Fund Co-Chairs. They lent their wisdom and creativity to this effort, tirelessly led a team of dedicated parent volunteers through two text-a-thons, and rallied our current parents and faculty and staff to all-time high Annual Fund participation rates! They also introduced the weekly raffle prizes and garnered excitement through our students on the breezeway to put the FUN in Oakwood’s Annual FUNd. Their belief, passion, and love for Oakwood are truly remarkable.

ScARLETT OAk Laura Hanley & Richard davis ($10,000+) with a matching gift from IBM Kimberly & allen Sicley with matching gifts from Novartis Matching Gifts & Pfizer foundation Matching Gifts Program Corporation Matching Grants Program Lauren & andy everett Beth & Randy fry Sarah & Jonathan Helms LIVE OAk ($5,000- $7,499) Robin & Shane Hendon Shannon & david Jennette Tracey & Joey Bowen Veda & dan Moore - fidelity Charitable fund Ogi & Reggie Obi Judy & Chad Wood Jennifer & Kevin Youngs

WyE OAk ($2,500-$4,999)

Jodi & Ira adler Melissa & don duncan eva Marie & Chris dyba Krestin & Jimmy Hite Bhavana Nagulapally & Mohit Kasibhatla Shannon & Jeffrey Longshore Kristel & Robert McLawhorn Hope & Jeff Mewborne Staci & Morris Moye anna & Russell Norris with a matching gift from follett Shirley & Sujan Patel Michelle Broglio & Judge Robinette Marie & Michael Rowe with a matching gift from Wells fargo Kelli & anthony Smith Sangita & andy Tewari Heather & Steve Wright

EVERGREEN OAk ($1,000-$2,499)

Hanan elgendy & Maged abdelaal Julia Black-Bonner & Carl Bonner Stephanie & John Cahill Suzanne & adam Clark Sharon & andy Culpepper

Max Joyner, Sr. Sarah & Kenji Leonard Muna Mian & Bogdan Marcu donna & eric Martin Suzan & Rick Martin with a matching gift from frontstream Cardinal Health foundation, Inc. anne May Laura Crawford & John Meredith Joanne Matthews & allan Mitchell deepti ananthula & Prashant Mudireddy Sravanthi Utpala & Kalyan Muppavarapu Concetta & Robert Oglesby Kim Crickmore Osborne & Brad Osborne Mary Jon & Mark Pabst anna Imhoff & Jeffrey Potter Wendy Price ellyn & dan Quesnel Patricia & artie Rawls Jennifer & Kevin Rawls Heather & Myles Reedy Kim & Ron Sayers Mai Badr & ahmed Shalabi Rachel & Jim Speicher Maxine Speight

Lara & John Surles Mollie & Grant Thaxton anthony Vital Carrie & Benjamin Waller fan Zhou & Xiaoming Zeng

WILLOW OAk ($500-$999)

Monika & Scott Barker Bradley Trabookis & Timothy Barrett Crisianee & Michael Berry Jennifer & Mark Bowler Kimberly & david Boyd Vengamamba Polu & Praveen Chada Meg & Harry Cooke daughtridge Gas & Oil Michelle & Gene Graziosi alicia & Matt Hawk amanda & Jason Higginson Krestin & Jimmy Hite amy & eric Howell amelia & Carlos Insaurralde with a matching gift from Pyxus International Shanna & Roy James Heather & Grant Jones Lorri & Chris Kessler Kimberly Swank & Steve Kiess Jaclyn Beierlein & Loren Limberis Linda & eric Lindbeck through fidelity Charitable Children’s fund Cassie & Paul Mehlhop Susan & Marc Miller Sylvia & Bucky Moore Julie & Ryan Moore delta & ed Reedy angie & Bob Rhodes Linda & Richard Roberson Kim Gray-Saad & George Saad Sabeen abid & Nauman Shahid Kristi & Trey Sloan Judy & Jeff Tant Tamira & Brandon Tate TCfNCe William & aurelia Monk Gift fund Melanie Tedder Jermaine Joefield & Beville Timothy Marcus Waller

AcORN OAk (UP TO $499)

anonymous (6) alysa & Blane aarup Janice & Jimmy Ray adams amira & eslam ali Beth allen Catherine & William allen Connie & Brad amerson with a matching gift from RJ Reynolds Tobacco alyssa & Kris arnold Jessica & adrin artis Monisha & Christopher atkinson debbie & fred austin

Georgia & Roger Bacon Catherine Walker & George Bailey Liz Bakall Christine & ashley Barker Karen & Michael Barondes Kathy & doug Barthel eddie Benedict Joyce & Carl Bennett Catherine & Ricky Biggs ashley Blackmer Casey Blanton Terrece Blount Tiffany & Brandon Bonafé amy & Jason Boyd Jane & eric Breaux Courtney Buckner Judy & Jeffrey Byers Maria Cabel & Jesse Rector Stephanie Carnevale Betsy Carnighan Wanda Carr Shantell & Udon Cheek Lynda & Locke Clifford elana Kepner & Jason Coale Beth & Michael Coan Patty & Steve Cobb Sandy & Max Coffey Kristy & Parker Conway Meg & Harry Cooke Sara & Miles Cowles Shona & Randy daniels Melinda Kane & Thomas doumaux Uconda & Mark dunn Codi & erik durden Twayla eason Kristy & Justin eastwood elizabeth & Jonathan ellerbe Lexie & adam ellis Trisha & Charles evans Maurice evans Lauren & andy everett Ronda & Juan fernandez Greg funaro amy Gardner Carlos Geigel Mary Beth & John Godbold angela & ernest Gorham Kelly & frank Harper Rebecca & Greg Harris Parmalee Hawk Jane & Richard Hawk Grant Hayes amy Blumenthal & Patrick Heins Lori Smith & Brandon Henry Jennifer Perry-Hidalgo & Guillermo Hidalgo Tiffany & George Hill anita & Larry Hodgkins Salma Syed & Sayeed Hossain emily Houston Renee & Mark Howard Michelle & dave Hunt erica Imbimbo & angus McKellar Treva & John Inzerillo Gayle & Jack Irmen daniel Jahrsdorfer Mark James dania & Sultan Jamileh Peiyi & Chris Jantzen Meridith & Robert Jay anne & Charles Jenkins Regenia & Jeff Jones Lenna Jones & Stefan Vogt Geisse Melissa & andrew Ju Babette & Marwin Jurjus Judith & Michael Kane Linda & Martin Kean Michelle & Greg Kearney Jane Kemp Mary ann & Paul Kershner Reshma devi & Parshotam Lal MK LaMonica Karsin Landis Lu & daniel Leonard Wei Ni & Nu Lin Ying & Jackie Liu Julie & Jay Long Beth Longshore Cherita Lytle annette Marrow Renee & George Martin fabiola Biaggi & emilio Marty Laura & Joseph McClung Joanne & Sean McGowan Melinda & Hunt McKinnon LuCinda McMillan Lauren McTindal ann & Bruce Mewborne anita & Brent Roberson Marty Robinson Stacy & Sterling Ruffin fabienne Roques & Christian Sanches Karin Zipf & Jonathan Sarris Monique Mustafa & Sohail Sarwar Kathryn & dixon Sauls a’me Saverino Christine & Michael Schmidt Laura Lloyd & Timothy Seavers alyssa Sheffield ann & Gene Sherrill Kimberly & Jeffrey Shovelin Trudy & Herbert Simms adrienne Singleton Kate & Charles Smith Jennifer & david Smith Katie & Kenneth Smith Brandyn & Gene Sorie Gray & Tommy Stoughton amanda Strahin Tracy & Wayne Strickland Tanya & Russell Styles Patsy & Charlie Surles Tiffany & TJ Thigpen elatise Thompson Keyla & Bershaun Thompson Leanna & Branin Thorn

andrea Whitfield & Robert Michaud Louis Moore Jeanette & Michael Morris Leigh & Matthew Murchison Natalie & Matthew Noble Julia & Nicholas Noel Ivett Romero Talamas & alejandro Oliva Rawson Jeannette & Tom Painter amanda & Nick Pantelidis amanda Patterson Leslie & Philip Peedin Tammy & Philip Perdue Rita Gillis & Jeffrey Pierce Patsy Pierce amanda & Nathaniel Poulin Robert Prati erika & William Price amy Taylor & enrico Procaccini emily & Gerald Prokopowicz Linda & John Quesnel Kelly & Chris Robbins

daphne & Wayne Trent Noelle & Charles Tucker Crystal & Linwood Tyndall Jamie & allen Vick danielle & Stephen Walsh allison Moran-Wasklewicz & Thad Wasklewicz Reita & Joe Watson Paula & Monte Weathington Susan Parlow & andrew Weil Lillian & John Whichard through fidelity Charitable Kelley & Gary Whitehurst Pricilla & Harry Whitfield LaKeisha & andre Williams emily & Jeffrey Wilson Nancy & Richard Winn dianne & Barry Youngs

IN HONOR & IN MEMORy

Catherine Walker & George Bailey, In Honor of Louis Bailey (’14) Liz Bakall, In Honor of Nathan Barondes (‘20) Christine & ashley Barker, In Memory of Lida Crisp Joyce & Carl Bennett, In Honor of Kaitlyn Hodgin (‘25) Jane & eric Breaux, In Honor of the Oakwood fine arts department Judy & Jeffrey Byers, In Honor of davis Youngs (‘25) & the Youngs family Lauren & andy everett, In Honor of Madison & Mackenzie (‘26) Mirra alicia & Matt Hawk, In Memory of John david Lafever alicia & Matt Hawk, In Honor of Jennifer & Kevin Youngs Jane & Richard Hawk, In Honor of alicia, Matt, alexis (’15) & Coley (’17) Hawk Shanna & Roy James, In Honor of Shields & Bella James Lu & daniel Leonard, in Honor of Josie (‘29) & Benjamin (‘32) Leonard Beth Longshore, In Honor of Harper (‘27) & Hank (‘31) Longshore anne May, In Honor of Samantha Pabst (‘20) Kristel & Robert McLawhorn, In Honor of Caroline McLawhorn (‘31) Cassie & Paul Mehlhop, In Honor of emma (’17) & david (’19) Mehlhop ann & Bruce Mewborne, In Honor of Luke (‘21) & andrea Mewborne (‘24) Hope & Jeff Mewborne, In Memory of John david Lafever Sylvia & Bucky Moore, In Honor of Olivia Moore (‘29) deepti ananthula & Prashant Mudireddy, In Honor of eeshan (‘27) & dhiren (‘31) Mudireddy Rita Gillis & Jeffrey Pierce, In Honor of Sharon & andy Culpepper Patsy Pierce, In Honor of Sharon & andy Culpepper delta & ed Reedy, In Honor of adelaide Reedy (‘23) a’me Saverino, In Memory of Martie Nikkel Timothy Seavers & Laura Lloyd, In Honor of alex & Zelma Lloyd Rahal ann & Gene Sherrill, In Honor of Noah Noble (‘31) Mollie & Grant Thaxton, In Memory of John david Lafever Carrie & Benjamin Waller, In Honor of Kathryn Sauls Marcus Waller, In Honor of abigail Waller (‘25) Pricilla & Harry Whitfield, In Honor of ella Whitfield (‘31) dianne & Barry Youngs, In Honor of davis (‘25), Jacks (‘27) & Cy (‘30) Youngs

oh, the places they’ll go...

Class of 2020

Simon Tadeusz Barker ~ Nathan Samuel Barondes ~ Caroline

Keith albert Graziosi ~ Madeline Rose Heins ~ Sarah Marie Howard ~ Gonzalo Matias Insaurralde Zhenqi “Nancy” Li ~ Tiffany Lin ~ emilio José Marty Biaggi ~ Julia Natalie eileen Potter ~ Robert Stephen Prati, Jr. ~ Mason Cella Robinette ~ Logan Gray Saad aalivia Thailia Smith ~ avery Grace Sorie ~ Jordyn Jane Styles ~ Kennedy david Monroe Tate ~ alec Chandler Tedder ~ Wang “

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The University of alabama* - appalachian State University* - The University of arizona - Baldwin Wallace University - Ball State University - Baton Rouge Community College* Boston Conservatory at Berklee - Boston University* - Bryn Mawr College - Bucknell University - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo University of California-davis - University of California-Irvine - University of California, San Converse College - University of delaware - east Carolina University* - eastern Michigan University - University of Houston - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Indiana University-Bloomington - James Madison University - Kenyon College - Louisiana State University University of Maryland-College Park* - Marymount Manhattan College - University of MassachusettsCities - University of Mississippi - Missouri University of Science and Technology - Montclair State University - University of New Hampshire-Main Campus - New York University North Carolina a & T State University - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - University of North Carolina at Charlotte - University of North Carolina at Greensboro* University of North Carolina Wilmington - North Carolina Central University - North Carolina State University at Raleigh*- Ohio University, Main Campus - University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus - Old dominion University - Otterbein University - Oxford College of emory University* - Pace University-New York - Pennsylvania State University - Point Park University - Purdue University-Main Campus - Queens University of Charlotte* - Radford University - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Roanoke College - Rochester Institute of Technology - University of Rochester*- Savannah College of art and design* - Shenandoah University* - University of South Carolina-Columbia - Texas State University - Texas Woman’s University - The Ohio State University - University of Tulsa - University of Virginia - Wake William and Mary - Winston-Salem State University - University of Wisconsin-Madison - Worcester Polytechnic Institute * indicates matriculation $2,020,300 awarded in Merit Scholarships!

Class of 2020

Simon Tadeusz Barker ~ Nathan Samuel Barondes ~ Caroline audrey Brown ~ Jack Stephen dyba lbert Graziosi ~ Madeline Rose Heins ~ Sarah Marie Howard ~ Gonzalo Matias Insaurralde milio José Marty Biaggi ~ Julia alana Moore ~ Samantha Susan Pabst ileen Potter ~ Robert Stephen Prati, Jr. ~ Mason Cella Robinette ~ Logan Gray Saad very Grace Sorie ~ Jordyn Jane Styles ~ emily Caroline Surles lec Chandler Tedder ~ Wang “eddie” feiyu ~ Chen Zhang

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rizona - Baldwin Wallace University - Ball State University - Baton Rouge Community College* Boston Conservatory at Berklee - Boston University* - Bryn Mawr College - Bucknell University - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo avis - University of California-Irvine - University of California, San diego* - University of California-Santa Barbara - Catawba College - Clemson University astern Michigan University - elon University - emory University - University of florida - Hillsdale College* University of Houston - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Indiana University-Bloomington - James Madison University - Kenyon College - Louisiana State University University of Maryland-College Park* - Marymount Manhattan College - University of Massachusetts-amherst - University of Michigan-ann arbor* - University of Minnesota-Twin Cities - University of Mississippi - Missouri University of Science and Technology - Montclair State University - University of New Hampshire-Main Campus - New York University & T State University - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - University of North Carolina at Charlotte - University of North Carolina at Greensboro* University of North Carolina Wilmington - North Carolina Central University - North Carolina State University at Raleigh*- Ohio University, Main Campus - University of Oklahoma, mory University* - Pace University-New York - Pennsylvania State University - Point Park University - Purdue University-Main Campus - Queens University of Charlotte* - Radford University - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Roanoke College - Rochester Institute of esign* - Shenandoah University* - University of South Carolina-Columbia - Texas State University - Texas Woman’s University - The Ohio State University - University of Tulsa - University of Virginia - Wake forest University - West Texas a & M University - Western Carolina University William and Mary - Winston-Salem State University - University of Wisconsin-Madison - Worcester Polytechnic Institute

ONcE AN EAGLE... Oakwood Alumni Notes

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT ZaRION SHaRPe ‘16 MAjOR LEAGUE DREAMS

Zarion Sharpe has signed to play baseball for the Minnesota Twins! Zarion will graduate from UNCWilmington this fall with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and minor in Public Health and start his Major League Baseball career in January 2021 as a pitcher. Zarion was previously drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals but turned down the contract so he could complete his degree.

“Oakwood taught Zarion and my family that education is very important. Zarion turned down a ton of money to come back to school at Wilmington and graduate. I’d like to thank Oakwood for instilling in him that education is the most important thing and then baseball comes next.” axel Smith, alumni Parent & Oakwood Head Baseball Coach

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT SUe aNN fORReST ‘11

MAkING A DIFFERENcE “Challenges make us more resilient in life, and better prepared to handle whatever life throws at you moving forward. It might not feel this way in this current moment, but I promise you when you reflect back in 10 years, like me, you’ll know this time made you stronger. Here is my wisdom for you: Listen to understand, not to respond.

Always believe in yourself. No matter what, always be kind and try to “out nice” ; Remember that you’ll never regret showing kindness in a time that others would not expect it. Practice gratitude and remember to celebrate each victory or step, no matter how small.” Sue Ann Forrest gave the commencement address at Oakwood’s intimate, outside graduation ceremony for seniors and their families on May 31st. She spoke of resiliency, listening for understanding, and kindness— all traits that align with the Oakwood mission statement. Sue ann was accepted into Campbell University's doctor of Health Sciences Program and works as the assistant director of Legislative Relations for the NC Medical Society. Sue ann is also beginning a term serving on Oakwood’s Board of Trustees.

erin ‘09

Lexie ‘11

Caroline ‘12 Peter ‘09

Carolyn ‘09

John ‘13

Morgan ‘13

2009

Erin Tracy graduated from Michigan State with a Masters in aquatic ecology in august of 2019 and now works as a research specialist at the University of arizona, monitoring water quality and endangered fish species.

Peter clark returned to campus to shoot film for a marketing video which he gifted to Oakwood. Peter beautifully captured what makes Oakwood such a special place in the final product, which you can view on our website.

carolyn Van Houten, a staff photographer for The Washington Post, worked on three stories for the publication’s 2°C: Beyond the Limit series, which won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory Reporting. She stated, “awards are not why we do this, but I do hope that the Pulitzer Prize will help get more eyes on the stories that the people in this series, who are at the forefront of the effects of climate change, so kindly and bravely shared with us.” earlier in the year, Carolyn was on the road with The Washington Post, covering Joe Biden during the Iowa caucus.

2011 Lexie Ellis (née Arsenault)

completed her first year as a member of the Oakwood faculty, teaching Middle School Math and Science. Check out her photo to see her modeling Oakwood’s new alumni t-shirt.

2012

caroline collier joined the NC Office of Rural Health as a Rural Operations Specialist. She acts as a team lead and liaison between ORH and rural healthcare safety net organizations such as rural health clinics, hospitals, and federally qualified health centers. Much of her role helps to improve access to and quality of care in underserved communities, which will include providing resources from ORH, administering funding and collaborating with communities to develop new state-designated rural health centers. Caroline was also named to the Board of directors for Horizons at The Oakwood School.

TeAmber Burke has returned to the US after being stationed in Qatar with the United States air force. She is now stationed at Shaw air force Base in Sumter, SC and is ranked Senior airman Below the Zone in the 1st expeditionary Civil engineer Group. In her spare time, Tee serves as a youth basketball coach and mentor for elementary school children. She says, “I learned how to reach for the stars as a student at Oakwood, having excellence in all I do, and pushing myself to be better than yesterday.”

2013

Adam Oglesby earned 2019 Recovery Guide of the Year at Red Oak Recovery, a treatment center offering traumainformed addiction and mental health programs for young adults.

Lauren Moore, who is enrolled at eCU’s Brody School of Medicine, is helping to develop Oakwood’s student-athletes and supporting the school’s softball program.

john Inzerillo earned a BS in Business administration from elon Univerisity and turned his passion into his career, launching the Carsandcameras YouTube channel. With 847k followers and growing, John describes his channel as, ‘building go-karts, mini bikes, drift trikes, and occasionally work on cars using sketchy but entertaining ingenuity.’

Morgan Boyd who graduated from nursing school and works as an OR nurse at Vidant became engaged to Zach allman.

Becca Rodriguez graduated from Harvard Law School and accepted a position at White and Case LLP in Miami.

Hannah clark was accepted into the Master of Healthcare administration program at UNCW.

Miranda Daniels was accepted into eCU’s Nurse anesthetist program pursuing her doctorate of Nursing Practice in Nurse anesthesia. She also works as a Cardiac Intensive Care Nurse at Vidant Medical Center.

Nichlas Engels moved to Tuscon, arizona, and joined the arizona Biomedical and Biological Sciences program at the University of arizona to begin working on his Ph.d. in Molecular and Cell Biology.

2014

Michael Schroeder accepted a position at Citadel Securities in New York City, which is a leading global market maker across a broad array of fixed income and equity securities.

jennifer Pabst successfully defended her thesis —The Patterning of Sexual Violence Against Women in US Cities and Counties. She was the first in her department to defend online. Jennifer spent the year in an assistantship in the domestic

Violence Homicide Prevention demonstration Initiative at the Pitt County Court House.

Dwight Rish earned his wings! He received the wings from his grandfather, Naval Captain retired Buck Rish. His next assignment will be flying a UN-IN Huey in North dakota.

Alastair cook is working in atlanta as a video editor for a marketing company and editing independent films on the side.

connor Meyers and his wife were married in May 2019.

Louis Bailey has moved to London, england, to work in television as an art department assistant.

Gabe Tippett is working for Travelmation, an authorized disney vacation planner travel agency.

2015

Angelica Reed traveled to alaska where she participated in an internship, presented her senior thesis work, and found mentors for Ph.d. work in evolutionary Biology. She also worked with the NatGeoWild film crew for a show they’re hoping to air next year as she helped with the Sleeper Shark Project.

angelica ran into classmate Bethany Garrison at the food Bank of eastern and Central NC where they packed food together to help those in need during the pandemic.

Elise karriker graduated in december 2019 from Campbell University and completed a 4-month internship at Walt disney World. Then, elise earned her real estate license before joining the team at the Rob Hall Real estate Team with Re/ MaX Preferred Realty here in Greenville as a buyer’s agent. In May, her team (of two!) was recognized as the top producing team for the month for Re/MaX in Pitt County.

elise ran into classmate julia Bauer before she graduated from the disney College Program, at disney World.

Mackenzie Urquhart, a graduate of NC State University, became licensed to trade securities in december of last year and a licensed Investment advisor in January. She currently serves as a financial Consultant for a boutique financial firm in Winston-Salem, Goodson and Nichols financial Group. While in college, Mackenzie completed an internship with Tandem Investment advisors as an equity Research analyst in Charleston, SC. after completing six different licenses to be able to trade securities, sell insurance, 13 and give investment advice, Mackenzie estimates that she has traded over $78 million dollars worth of stocks.

courtney jones started a job/adventure at CRee | Wolfspeed as a Supplier Quality engineer.

Alexis Hawk joined Teach for america and is teaching at Believe Memphis academy.

Ben Lang accepted a master’s position at NYU’s School of Public Health studying Bioethics.

Elizabeth Needham was accepted into the Ph.d. program in Classics at UNCChapel Hill.

2016

Ellie cahill was awarded the Ginger Simms Leadership fund scholarship to attend a 72-day Outward Bound course. She said, “It’s been incredible -- I woke up the day before yesterday on a glacier in argentina and summited a volcano in Chile a few days before that! It’s an adventure!” following this experience, ellie accepted a full-time job as a Technical Solutions engineer for the healthcare software company epic in Madison, WI.

Devon Shusterman accepted a job offer with Google, as a software engineer in austin, Texas, following her graduation from duke University. during her time at duke, devon was a member of the duke University Quidditch team, which earned a bid to the US Quidditch national championship this year for the 3rd year in a row.

caroline corey is one of 220 divison III nominees for the 2020 NCaa Woman of the Year award. a Meredith College fouryear volleyball award winner, Caroline has earned numerous accolades for her achievements on the court and in the classroom.

Anna Hoj accepted a job in Beaufort, NC, as an Investigative assessment and Treatment Social Worker for Carteret County Child Protective Services.

anna joined classmate Olivia Green, in the Greenville Heart Walk in honor of Olivia’s father, Scott Green, who passed away last summer.

carly conway accepted an opportunity to attend Georgetown University of Continuing Studies to earn her Masters of Professional Studies in Public Relations & Corporate Communications.

dwight ‘14

ellie ‘16

angelica ‘15

angelica ‘15 & Bethany ‘15 devon ‘16

Caroline ‘16

anna ‘16 & Olivia ‘16

Julia ‘15 & elise ‘15

Travis ‘18

Sarah ‘17

ed ‘18

elizabeth ‘18 & ainsley ‘18

Mrs. Sauls with Hayley ‘18

Lauren ‘18 in arkansas designing and creating beautiful desserts. Makenzy also became engaged to Cooper Barshinger this year.

Tiffany kessler lent her artistic talents to the face painting booth at Oakwood’s PSa Back to School Kick-Off. Tiffany is studying Creative Writing at eCU.

2017

jordan cox studied abroad at Ie Business School in Madrid, Spain, focusing on finance and sustainable development. Then, he was a financial analyst Intern with Nike, working virtually.

Nick Proctor is now working as a lineman for Greenville Utilities Company and has bought a house here in Greenville.

Sarah kleckley continued her modeling career, appearing in print, editorial, online, and advertising campaigns, including a shoot for Ruffled, a wedding blog (photo credit: danielle flake).

Emma Mehlhop studied abroad in Vietnam focusing on comparative health care systems.

jack Heins joined the Oakwood Cross Country team for their annual preseason relay scrimmage! Jack attends Wesleyan University.

2018

Hayley Allen, who is majoring in Choral Conducting at Washington & Lee University, helped Oakwood chorus teacher Kathryn Sauls during Oakwood’s virtual learning.

Lauren Bordeaux worked as the Neighborhood Tutor Intern at for Love of Children in Washington, dC. This non-profit serves low-income families in the dC area and provides educational services outside the classroom. In addition to tutoring, Lauren started the Healthy Snack Initiative as her capstone project there. Lauren just completed her sophomore year at George Washington University. CLaSS NOTeS CONT. Travis Mewborne and his team placed first at the VelocityTX HealthTech Hackathon, winning a $1000 prize. VelocityTX a non-profit business incubator for the bio and life science sector in San antonio. at the Hackathon, participants competed in teams to solve technical innovation challenges presented by local healthcare industry professionals and pitched their solutions. Travis’ team was the only student team in the competition.

Ainsley Whichard has been installed as Secretary for High Point University’s Big Brothers/Big Sisters Club. They partner with the High Point Big Brothers/Big Sister program.

ainsley and classmate Elizabeth Whitehurst made their debut in Raleigh last fall. elizabeth served on the Wake forest University Honor Council, where she just finished her Sophomore year.

Briscoe Robinette, who completed her sophomore year at UNC-Chapel Hill, studied international relations/ international business and Spanish at the University of deusto in Bilbao, Spain.

Ed Hardy-Braz is the assistant Captain of the Northeastern University’s Triathlete Team. The collegiate national championships have been rescheduled for October 2020 in arizona. ed has been competing in triathlons since he was 6 years old.

Lara Hardy-Braz was accepted into an internship with Interpol in Washington dC.

Sara Nimmo was accepted into the Community and Business engagement Institute (CoBe Institute) at Coastal Carolina University’s business school. This prestigious organization that does consulting for local businesses accepts only about 15% of its applicants.

George Martin joined the staff of eCU’s student publication, the east Carolinian as a reporter. George is a rising junior at eCU.

kaitlyn kostrzebski was accepted into Wayne Community College’s dental Hygiene Program.

2019 Oakwood Alumni Holiday Shindig On a cold night in december 2019, more than 60 of our 225 alumni joined us for our annual alumni gathering at Pitt Street Brewing Company. We celebrated the 10th anniversary of Oakwood first graduating class in 2009, caught up and reconnected with fellow Oakwoodians, and all attendees received an Oakwood alumni t-shirt.