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completing an undergraduate degree in his native Istanbul, Turkey, he came to the U.S. in 1990 to earn his MBA from UCM.
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Gary Liguori ’93 is the inaugural dean of the newly formed College of Health Sciences at the University of Rhode Island. It is the first new college established at URI since the mid-1970s. Liguori previously was head of the Department of Health and Human Performance at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga and was founding director of the Healthy Living Center. His research on such topics as physical activity, nutrition, obesity, physical assessment and cardiac rehabilitation has been published widely in academic journals during the past 16 years. Scott Hayes ’94 has been named vice president of sales for McCormick Armstrong, a commercial printer with web, sheet-fed and digital capabilities, direct mail, catalog, fulfillment, distribution and other specialty branding in Wichita, KS. He previously lived in Kansas City, where he held similar sales management positions with several of the region’s largest full service printing and fulfillment firms, including the Richardson Group and Lehigh Direct. Jeremiah Morgan ’95 offers legal advice to Missouri Supreme Court justices after being appointed counsel to the court. He joined the attorney general’s office in 2009 as deputy solicitor general. Previously he spent 10 years as a litigation and appellate counsel at Bryan Cave LLP in Kansas City. Jeremy Johnson ’96 has co-founded Body Rebuilders, a business that focuses on corporate health specifically nutrition, diet and exercise. He also works at the Four Rivers
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for high school students about healthy food and lifestyle choices. He has been a trainer for the past 15 years and a bodybuilder for more than a decade. In addition to his degree from UCM, he competed graduate work in exercise physiology at Southern Illinois University Cardondale. Jeff Hoskisson ’98 has joined Bethel College in North Newton, KS, as head track and field coach and head cross country coach. Jenny Mueller ’98 ’07 is the new head volleyball coach of the Pratt (KS) Community College Beavers. Previously she was at Pittsburg State where she served three seasons as assistant before being named head coach. While she was there, the Gorillas had 18 All-MIAA players including the 2013 MIAA Freshman of the Year. She was head coach at William Woods University from
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2008-2010 where she mentored two NAIA All-Americans and 10 All-Conference players. She also has served as head coach at Coffeyville Community College and served on the staffs at UCM and Washburn.
2000–2009 Amanda (Boyle) Johnson ’04 completed her Ph.D. in theatre at the University of Kansas in May. She married Ryan Johnson May 28 on Tybee Island, GA. They recently moved to Owensboro, KY, where Amanda accepted a position as assistant professor of theatre and speech at Brescia University.
2010–2019 Lucas Morgan ’12 was named athletic director at Louisiana State University Shreveport. Previously he was at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO, first as assistant athletic director for
compliance and student services and next as associate athletic director. His responsibilities included managing coaches of the baseball, swimming and golf teams; the NCAA compliance department; the athletics financial aid budget for 20 programs; and corporate partnership program. He also has worked as a health fitness specialist at MediFit Corporate Services in Kansas City. There, Morgan increased overall fitness center membership and attendance numbers within group exercise programs and developed and implemented marketing and promotional items for the center. Shelby Johnson ’15 joined Marion C. Early R-5 School District as a business teacher for grades nine through 12. She also was named coach for the Marion C. Early High School girls’ basketball team.