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Geoffrey Royer was promoted to manager of Royer’s Flowers & Gifts Lancaster West store in Lancaster, Pa. Royer joined the company in 2002 and had been manager of Royer’s Hershey store. Ashley Deihl Stremme won the NASCAR Better Half Dash at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. This competition, in its third year, is a chance for wives and girlfriends of NASCAR competitors to have their turn on the track and raise money for charity.
2007 Kevin Leavor, Ph.D., joined NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. Leavor graduated with a doctorate in atmospheric science from Hampton University in May of 2013.
2008 Erin Faulk has accepted the position of content manager at W&J. She will oversee all content for the College website and main social media pages. Previously, she worked as local editor of Patch.com. Charvonne Holliday, coordinator of international projects at Windber Research Institute, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, will be published in a book titled “A Public Health Approach to Bullying Prevention.” The book, published by the American Public Health Association, is written as a resource for educators, pediatricians, legislators and community members. Holliday is currently completing her doctorate in public health at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. She was one of 33 graduate students named to the Jonas Salk Fellowship project, which helps bring health care reform to those in need. Holliday was also selected by the Johnstown branch of the NAACP to speak at the annual Freedom Fund Banquet this past October. Matt Miller, M.D., graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine. He will be completing his residency at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., specializing in radiology.
2009 Ryan G. Borchik was sworn into office as a prosecutor for Chester County, Pa. Borchik was hired as an assistant district attorney. Previously, he served as an intern in the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore. Matthew Chapman is attending Hult International Business School for a one year MBA program that will take him to Shanghai, China; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is currently an intern with GE Healthcare in marketing/sales roles. 34
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2010 Shunika S. Hamilton graduated from Navy Officer Candidate School and received a commission as an ensign in the U.S. Navy while assigned at Officer Training Command, Newport, R.I. Kennan Killeen joined the staff at Butler Senior High School as an English teacher. Craig E. Rumbaugh attended Ross University School of Medicine, located in Dominica, West Indies. This world-renowned medical program allowed him to further develop the French and Spanish skills he gained at W&J, while completing his basic science background in medicine. Rumbaugh is currently completing clinical rotations in Miami, Fla. Matthew M. Seefeld currently lives in the Washington D.C. area and works for the United States government. Polly Ziegler has accepted a position as associate predictive modeler for Allstate Insurance in the Menlo Park, Calif., office. She also serves as the girls water polo coach at Palo Alto High School.
2012 Donnelle S. Jageman has a graduate internship in strategic services at Mount Nittany Health based in State College, Pa.
Nathan Michaux received the 2013 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Award. This award is granted to 15 outstanding graduating college seniors across the nation, who have demonstrated academic or extracurricular excellence in American history or American studies. Recipients spend a week in New York attending meetings with leading American historians and taking the behind-the-scenes tours of archives. Michaux was also given the David R. Scarborough/Rotary Academic Achievement Award by the Rotary Club of Washington. Michaux is currently attending the College of William & Mary Law School.
’13 Nathan Michaux received the 2013 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Award and the David R. Scarborough/Rotary Academic Achievement Award. Hannah Shaner accepted the position of receptionist and marketing/human resources coordinator at Burns & Scalo Roofing, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pa. Shaner previously worked as an intern in the marketing department of Burns & Scalo.
Alyssa Moses accepted the position of cadet adviser at Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Va. Ryan G. Verlihay joined the staff at W&J as a first-year baseball assistant. Previously, he served as the head junior varsity coach and assistant varsity coach at Blackhawk High School, creating practice plans and instructing student-athletes on fundamentals. Throughout the years, Verlihay has worked with youth baseball and softball leagues in his hometown of Beaver Falls, Pa., as a head coach and instructor. Verlihay was a member of the Presidents baseball team during his four years at W&J.
2013 Andrew Booth joined the W&J football program as a first-year football assistant. He is a former member of the team for four seasons, claiming a conference title in his final season and an Eastern College Athletic Conference Southwest Bowl championship his junior year. Zachary DeCicco was hired as coordinator of McKechnie Field operations, the spring training ground of the Pittsburgh Pirates, located in Bradenton, Fla. DeCicco was a Florida operations intern for the team during the 2013 season and will assist the manager of the field with all facets of operations.
WEDDINGS
2001 Lindsey Detrick and Brandon Novogradac were married April 14, 2013, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Scenery Hill, Pa. Joining them in celebration were Amanda Manning Buttermore and April Hamilton Waltz ’02.
2007 Eric Taslov and Carley Riggin ’09 were married Sept. 14, 2013, at Holy Trinity Church in Robinson Township, Pa. The wedding party included Taylor Frankovitch, Kerri DiGiovanni Lacock ’09, Frank Rocchio, Natalie Schuler Rocchio ’08 and Michael Sklarsky ’06. More than 30 W&J alumni attended the wedding. The couple resides in Robinson Township.