CLASS NOTES
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Class of 2012: At the wedding of Samantha and Zachary Henke were, from left, Tatitana Wabrek ’15, Mackenzie Perkins ’15, Tessa Smith ’15, Raquel Sanchez, Samantha Henke, Bridget Conley, Alexis Wissinger ’15, Elisha Clark ’15 and Tiffany Haines ’15.
Class of 2012: From left, Justin Topping ’11, Karter Rivera, Matt Elliott and John Garrett ’13. Trey Copenhaver lives in Moscow, Russia. He is teaching English and is doing well. Best of luck, Trey. Thank you to everyone who sent in your notes. I look forward to hearing from more of you in the next few months. Please feel free to
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send me updates anytime. I want to make sure everyone sees what great things our class is doing. Also, if you move, please update your new address. For those of you who have been sending me their new addresses, I appreciate it. Thanks again and until next time.
Charles P. Jones
2013, As each edition of the Alumni Review rolls around, I enjoy getting updates from everyone about what they’re up to. This particular edition’s notes for our class may be short, but I wanted to pass along information sent to me about what some of us are doing. If you have a career change, major life event such as a wedding or birth of a child, or anything else you’d like to update the class on, please send it my way so I can include it in the class notes. Jeff Sexton recently finished airborne training as well as Special Forces selection at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He is beginning his Q-Course training as an 18B (special forces weapons sergeant). A number of our BRs are progressing with their military training in all branches and all specialties. Benton Roe will soon be finishing Basic Combat Training with the U.S. Army at Fort Benning, Georgia, and will start Officer Candidate School afterward. A number of our classmates are pursuing degrees from various graduate programs. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: Phil Wulfken is pursuing a doctorate degree in astronomy at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Kacey Hall is working on a doctorate degree in chemistry at Duke University. Blaine Groat is pursuing a doctorate degree in chemistry at Florida State University. Iain McPherson is earning his doctorate degree in organic chemistry at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Sam Cain is pursuing a master’s degree in criminal justice. Kayla Johnson is working on her Juris Doctor degree at Liberty University School of Law. Taylor Jenkins is pursuing a Master of Science degree in commerce at the University of Virginia. As I mentioned above, those are only a few of our classmates who are further pursuing education. A good number of our classmates have recently gotten engaged or married. If you have gotten or are getting married and would like it announced here, send me an email or call me. I’ll be sure to put it in the next edition of our class notes. Fred Vilushis and Jenna Moye recently got engaged and will be getting married in May 2014. AnnieMarie Ngotho and Rob Incontro also got engaged this past November. Be sure to congratulate all of them if you speak to them. The last career update I have is that Sean Rogers is a police officer in Arlington, Virginia. Don’t worry; he hasn’t changed that much. As always, feel free to contact me if you’d like anything published here in the class notes. I hope everyone is doing well!
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