Four New Members Join HU’s Alumni Board

STORY BY JANELLE TAYLOR ’97

Huntington University’s Alumni Board started a new year on October 1 and has added four new members.

“We believe they will bring insight to critical areas where we have a growing number of constituents who need representation,” said Alumni Board President Roger Cooley (1984).

Dr. Luke Brenneman (2012) is the first Huntington University Arizona representative on the Alumni Board.

“Within weeks of graduating from HU, I moved to Arizona for my PhD. I went from being completely immersed in everything HU to a literal and figurative desert, separated from the community and group identity that had shaped me for four years. I’ve stayed in touch with HU friends and happenings but want to re-engage the community that played such an important role in my young adult life.”

Dr. Ethan Fahrney (OTD 2019) lives in New Mexico and works as an occupational therapist at Indian Health Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

“I would like to be able to give back to HU OTD for providing me with wonderful opportunities to grow professionally while I was in school. I look forward to providing a voice for OTD alumni on the board to express their concerns and wishes.”

Erin (Mohr, 2020) Kline recently graduated from HU’s OTA program.

“I wanted to be on Huntington University’s Alumni Board because I wanted to have the opportunity to give back to HU. I have a unique position of being both a main campus graduate while also being in the OTD program in Fort Wayne. I am open to helping in any way that I can.”

“Being on the Alumni Board will give me the opportunity to serve my fellow alumni and to give back to the HU community. I can be an ambassador for the school and help people connect or re-connect to the institution.”

Nominations for Alumni Board members and 2022 Alumni Awards are currently open through December 31, 2021, at huntington.edu/Alumni