ALUMNI NEWS
2001
Wendy Lofton Sneed (’01, ’06) celebrated 10 years with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture last June. In September, she was promoted to agribusiness development consultant. She and her husband, Davy, have one daughter. Jennifer Crouch Wenz (’01, ’03) and her husband, Michael Wenz, have established the Anna Kate Wenz Fight Foundation in honor of their daughter, Anna Kate, who lost her life to cancer.
2002
Kimberly Engle Boleyn (’02) has been promoted to special agent in charge for the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission in the Chattanooga District. Lori Greene McClain (’02, ‘16) earned a master’s degree in education in 2016, also from UT Martin.
2003
Rick Fisher (’03) is vice president and registered principal of Nancy Barron & Associates Inc., a consulting and investment firm in Kentucky. He is also owner of a corporate tourism business and a commercial real estate company. He and his wife, Holly, have two daughters. Dr. Karoline Pershell (’03) was named the new executive director for the Association for Women in Mathematics, effective Jan. 15, 2018. She came to the AWM from her position as director of strategy and evaluation at Service Robotics & Technologies, a robotics and IoT software company currently prototyping multi-robot control systems through a National Science Foundation utmforever.com
Small Business Innovation Research grant. Pershell received her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from UT Martin and was a member of the rodeo team. She also holds both master’s and doctoral degrees in theoretical mathematics from Rice University in Houston, Texas. After graduating, Pershell became an assistant professor of mathematics at UT Martin and has taught overseas at Qingdao University in China and the University of Hyderabad in India. She received the university’s 2016 Outstanding Young Alumni Award.
2004
Bryan Sandor (’04, ’06) graduated from the University of Alabama with a doctoral degree in mathematics in spring 2017 before accepting a position as assistant professor of mathematics at Bethel University. He also has a coauthored paper accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of “The Journal of Algebra.”
2005
Richard Rushing (’05) is director of operations at Fort Smith Regional Airport in Arkansas.
2006
Erik Fuqua (’06) is a JAG officer with the United States Air Force and serves as the medical law consultant at Keesler Medical Center in Mississippi. His wife, Jessica (’08), received her Master of Science in Nursing degree from Tennessee State University in 2014.
Natalie Carroll Tyree (’07) is an assistant professor of art at Western Kentucky University after spending three years working with Delta State University. She also serves on the board of Number Inc., a regional arts magazine.
2009
Christopher Inman (’09) was named the West Tennessee Association of Agricultural Educators Outstanding Teacher. He recently completed a term as alumni state president for the Tennessee Future Farmers of America and was selected to serve on the organization’s board of directors. Nathaniel Walters (’09) became an assistant United States attorney for the District of Arizona in September 2017. Regina VanCleave (’09) was appointed Weakley County clerk and Master Chancery Court clerk in February 2015. She is currently president of the West Tennessee Court Clerks Association and is a board member of the State Court Clerks Association of Tennessee.
2010
Samba Diop (’10, ’12) welcomed twins Ousseynou and Astou in July 2017.
2011
Raven King Macon (’11) married Terry Macon Jr. in October 2016.
2007
Kimberly Rinks (’07) and her husband, Tim Rinks (’09), married in January 2010 and are expecting their first child in July 2018.
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