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Class of 2012 Reunion

The Alumni Association’s annual events such as Homecoming, Alumni Courtney Bruckner Weekend and Class Reunion activities work to bring our twenty-one College Attended: State University graduating classes (1997-2017) of 1,626 alumni together. Degree: Parks and Recreation Mgt. Employment: Stay at Home Mom Where you live: Aiken, SC NRCA plans and organizes five and ten year reunions for each of Married: Yes our graduating classes. This allows our alumni the opportunity to Children: Lilly 8, Nora 4 and twins Luke and reconnect and fellowship with one another. The reunions are held at Miles 18 months the Angus Barn. See where they are now! 1999 Robert Borka College Attended: NC State and Central Michigan 1997 University Degree: BS Aerospace Engineering and MS in Christopher Flythe Business Management College Attended: NC State Employment: Department of the Navy at the Degree: BS Civil Engineering Pentagon Employment: Criterium-Giles Engineers Where you live: Spotsylvania Where you live: Cary Married: Yes Married: Yes Children: 3 girls, 10,6,4 Children: Andrew (12), Cole (9), Addison (8) Interesting Fact: I am the Navy’s Director for Naval Acquisition Governance, Interesting Fact: I currently serve on the Cary Christian School Board. overseeing 153 Navy and Marine Corps program buying everything from Ships, to Submarines, Aircraft, to Missiles and Small Arms. Outside of work I 1998 am a leader in the county 4H program and community. Evie Beam Kendra Fuller College Attended: Southeastern University College Attended: UNC Chapel Hill Degree: BS in Middle School Mathematics Degree: BA Management Employment: Forrest W. Hunt Elementary School Employment: Wells Fargo Business Banking Where you live: Forest City Where you live: Wake Forest Married: Yes Children: Everett, 5 Children: Nathan 7, Josiah 4, & Matthew 2 Interesting Fact: After 11 years, I am no longer teaching middle school math. This summer, the Lord opened up a position for me to teach Physical Education at an amazing Elementary School in Rutherford County, NC. I was able to use my coaching experience at NRCA and work.

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Katherine Lynn College Attended: UNC Chapel Hill 2002 Degree: Dental Hygiene Brandon Oursler Employment: Children’s Dentistry College Attended: Randolph Community College in Where you live: Wake Forest 2005 Married: Yes Degree: Photojournalism and Portrait Studio Mgmt Children: Hailey (11) Carrington (6) Employment: Freelance Photographer Where you live: Nashville, TN Amber Medlin Married: Yes Employment: Majestic Kitchen & Bath Creations Children: Caleb (7) and Claire (3) Where you live: Youngsville Interesting Fact: After graduating college, Brandon moved to Nashville, TN Married: Yes and has been working as a full time photographer. Brandon has worked for Children: Bailey - 8 years old clients such as the Army National Guard, Warner Brothers, RCA Records, Word Records, ESPN, Nascar, Spotify, etc. Brandon has also photographed Nick Schwane many celebrities and models for advertising campaigns. Brandon’s College Attended: Georgia Tech photography work has traveled him to many fascinating countries and cities Degree: Master of Computer Science which has spawned a traveling obsession. Brandon is married to his wife Employment: Hachette Book Group Erin and they have been married for 9 years. His wife is an early education Where you live: Williamsburg, VA teacher. Brandon and Erin have two children, Caleb and Claire. Married: Yes Children: Paxton (3) Lauren Reeves College Attended: 2000 North Carolina State University 2005; School of Law 2009 David Easter Degree: BS Business Administration; College Attended: North Carolina State University Degree: BS in Food Science Employment: Employment: Dept of Agriculture Food Safety Partner at Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP Where you live: Springfield Where you live: Raleigh Married: Yes 2001 Children: Jude Atticus Frisbie, 4 months Interesting Fact: Our most recent and first family trip was to experience the Joshua Cooper Great American Total Eclipse and it was worth every second of anticipation! College Attended: UNC-Chapel Hill Degree: Bachelors of economics and Bachelors of International Affairs Employment: Sandoz, a division of Novartis 2003 Where you live: Sydney Jim Letterman George Flythe College Attended: College Attended: North Carolina State university Degree: Business Degree: Bachelor’s Degree Employment: LKQ Corp Employment: Flythe Construction/NC Army National Guard Where you live: Youngsville Where you live: Raleigh Married: Yes Married: Yes Children: Levi. 7 Children: 3: 2, 4, 6 Interesting Fact: Currently assigned as the Operations Officer for the NC Becca Oursler Lee Military Academy. College Attended: Belmont University Degree: Alison Hunt BBA in Entertainment and Music Business College Attended: Georgetown University Employment: Freelancing - currently with Cirque Degree: MSN, CRNA Productions Employment: Anesthesia Associates Where you live: Nashville, TN Where you live: Sycamore, IL Married: Yes Married: Yes Children: Our 1st child is due February 2018 Children: Christopher (age 17 months)

Billy Keown College Attended: NCSU 2004 Degree: PRTM Rachel Bell Employment: SECU Life Insurance Company College Attended: Elon University Where you live: Knightdale Degree: BA in Dance and BS in Business Marketing Married: Yes Employment: Children: Will-6, Anna- 4, Jackson-2 The International Rescue Committee Where you live: Nairobi, Kenya Married: Yes

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Mont Creamer Zachary Freeman College Attended: College Attended: The University Of North Carolina Appalachian State University At Chapel Hill Degree: Communications - Public Relations Degree: Double Major - B.A. History/B.A. Romance Employment: Languages - Spanish Executive Director of a 501c3 NonProfit Employment: DHL Supply Chain Where you live: New Orleans, LA Where you live: Houston, TX Interesting Fact: I’m the only employee of an all Married: Yes male Mardi Gras dance Krewe based in New Orleans. We perform locally Children: Yes, William (2), Juliana (Born 10/9/17) during Mardi Gras and at other events all over the country including NBA/ NFL Games, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Washington DC Mardi Lauren Jolly Gras, and the Kentucky Derby Pegasus Parade. We also throw great parties College Attended: UNC-Wilmington benefiting other local non-profits and to date we have given away over Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art $250k. Employment: Self-Employed: Lauren Jolly Photography Jennifer Hensley Where you live: Winston-Salem, NC College Attended: UNCP and UNC Married: Yes Degree: BS Dental hygiene Children: Finn, 2 years old and Baby #2 arriving in March, 2018. Employment: Interesting Fact: While being a photographer is not necessarily a “unique” Robbie Smith DDS in Wake Forest career path these days, I think mine is unique in that I focus on birth Where you live: Youngsville photography. I get to capture the very first moments of a new baby’s life, the Married: Yes moment a family of two becomes a family of three, and when new parents Interesting Fact: My husband and I are becoming licensed foster care understand the depth of God’s love just a bit more. It’s an amazing job and parents! I’m honored to be invited to capture these moments!

David Omer Abby Lancaster Gardner College Attended: Appalachian State University, BA 2009 College Attended: Wake Forest University (undergraduate), East Carolina Campbell Law School, JD 2014 University (graduate and medical school) Degree: BA in Piano Performance and Sacred Music, JD Degree: MD, MPH Employment: Felton Banks, PLLC Employment: Moses Cone Hospital Where you live: Raleigh, NC Where you live: Greensboro Married: Yes Married: Yes

Brittany Lynn College Attended: ECU 2005 Degree: Doctorate in Physical Therapy Employment: Wake Forest Physical Therapy Katy Biggie Where you live: Raleigh College Attended: Married: Yes North Carolina State University Children: Due Feb 2018 with first child! Degree: BS in Mathematics, BS in Economics, Interesting Fact: We’re having a girl! Married to my high school sweetheart! MS in Analytics Employment: Citrix Chris Reinhard Where you live: Raleigh, NC College Attended: North Carolina state university Married: Yes Degree: JD/MBA Children: Ben 2 years, Joanna 3 months Employment: Cisco Systems, inc Where you live: Raleigh Amanda Hadley College Attended: UNC-Chapel Hill Nathan Sparrow Degree: Master of Accounting, BS- Business College Attended: NCSU Administration Degree: Sport Management and Business Employment: Manager- Chesson Hadley Golf Employment: Where you live: Raleigh, NC Century 21 Real Estate - Norris Team Married: Yes Children: Hughes-4, Hollins-2 Interesting Fact: We travel more than 50,000 miles a year as a family on the PGA Tour. Alison Wilson College Attended: UNC and ECU Degree: Doctor of PT 2006 Employment: Elite Ortho PT Heather Archambault Where you live: Raleigh College Attended: UNCW - undergraduate. UNC-CH MPH Married: Yes Degree: BS in mathematics. MPH in Biostatistics Employment: SynteractHCR Where you live: Raleigh, NC

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Lauren Correll 2007 College Attended: UNC-Greensboro Degree: Music Education Andrew Blackburn Employment: Wake County Public Schools College Attended: NCSU Where you live: Cary Degree: Political Science and History Married: Yes Employment: Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors Where you live: Raleigh Daniel deCourt Interesting Fact: I’m Government Affairs Director for the Realtor association College Attended: covering Wake and Harnett Counties Western / Grad 2013 Degree: Business Management / Computer Info Christen Fox Systems College Attended: Lenoir Rhyne University and Employment: Harrahs Cherokee Degree: Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Where you live: Sylva Employment: Burke Integrated Health Interesting Fact: I Work full time in the operations department at Harrah’s Where you live: Hickory, NC Cherokee Casino, and serve as the Cheif of the Jackson County Rescue Married: Yes Squad. I also serve my community as the Amateur Radio Emergency Service Children: Hatley Jordan- 1 year old County Co-ordinator as well as site trustee for several Radio Repeaters in the area to maintain equipment for local radio operators. Tiffany Gay College Attended: UNC Chapel Hill Allicia Hughes Degree: Journalism & Mass Communication College Attended: Appalachian State Employment: Norfolk Festevents Degree: Child and Family Studies Where you live: Norfolk, VA Employment: Cru campus staff at Appalachian State Married: Yes Where you live: Boone, NC Married: Yes Paige Hollis Interesting Fact: Now that I’m working at a state school in North Carolina, I College Attended: NC State would love to know ways that I can connect with NRCA alum as freshman at Degree: Masters in Teaching App State or even before they leave for college. Please let me know how we Employment: NC State Women’s can connect with and bless the ministry of NRCA. Where you live: Raleigh Married: Yes Hannah Lindsey College Attended: UNC Wilmington, New York Brittny Jones University, Brigham Young University College Attended: UNC Charlotte Degree: BA, MA, PhD Degree: BS Business Administration BA Finance Employment: TA at BYU Employment: Liberty Mutual Where you live: Salt Lake City, Utah Where you live: Charlotte Interesting Fact: 3rd year PhD student in Cognitive Neuroscience. Sheena Neil College Attended: University of North Carolina - Stephen M. Eckert Chapel Hill; East Carolina University College Attended: I graduated from Tulane University in 2012, currently Degree: BS Biology; Doctorate of Dental Medicine attending Carnegie Mellon University. Employment: Village Family Dental Degree: I earned a BFA in Theatre-Performance as well as a BA with a Where you live: Whispering Pines double major in Theatre-Design and Political Science. I am currently finishing Interesting Fact: My fiancée and I are both dentists my MFA in Directing. working for the same company and plan on getting married in April 2018! Employment: I am a freelance theatre director and student currently interning with theatre companies in New York. Rachael Pusateri Riddle Where you live: Pittsburgh and New York College Attended: Degree: BS in Fashion Merchandising, Certificate in Andrew Poucher Digital Media Employment: Marine Corps Employment: The Local Squirrel Where you live: New Windsor NY Where you live: Raleigh Married: Yes Married: Yes Children: 3 kids ages 5, 3, and 1 Interesting Fact: I opened a Lifestyle Boutique in Cameron Village in 2016. Interesting Fact: I am a flight engineer on Marine Corps C130T. There are We focus on local and small business makers, highlighting what Raleigh, only 12 of us in the entire Marine Corps. North Carolina, and the South are doing. We feature home decor, jewelry, party supplies, baby gits, local art, and a few gifties for guys too! Stop in and see us! 2009 Brandon Clay College Attended: NC State 2008 Degree: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineer Employment: Extreme Networks Caitlin Baldwin (Crouthamel) Where you live: Raleigh College Attended: UNCW Degree: Bachelors of Business Administration Employment: Journey Church Where you live: Raleigh Married: Yes Children: Yes, Haven is 2 months old — Page 33 — Alumni

Bill Doster Collin Scott, CPA College Attended: College Attended: East Carolina University Degree: Bachors in History/Polysci Degree: Masters of Accounting Employment: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Employment: Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP Married: Yes Where you live: Raleigh Interesting Fact: I may have majored in History/ Polysci but I now work for HPE for their data center division, focusing on data storage. The skills I developed at NRCA were essential to my success and I still use them to this day. Mandy Wilson College Attended: Elon University Chandler Everett Degree: B.S. Exercise Sport Science College Attended: UNC Chapel Hill Employment: North India Degree: Exercise and Sports Science Where you live: Lucknow Employment: Fitness World (personal training) Where you live: Durham 2011

Matt Blaise Justin Sulser College Attended: East Carolina University College Attended: Arizona State University Degree: Political Science Degree: Computer Science Employment: LiveGreen Inc Employment: Where you live: Clayton Where you live: Lawrenceville, GA Married: Yes Married: Yes Interesting Fact: I have the most glorious receding hairline you have ever seen.

Andrew Hill 2010 College Attended: UNC-Chapel Hill Tiffany Benson Degree: BS Business Administration College Attended: Liberty University Employment: Duke Energy Degree: Religion: Youth Ministry Where you live: Charlotte Employment: Married: Yes North Raleigh Christian Academy Where you live: Raleigh Kersey Manning (Begany) Interesting Fact: I am currently working at NRCA as College Attended: UNC Chapel Hill the Assistant to Athletics/Operations. I am so blessed to work at the school Degree: M.ED. School Counseling and B.A. Psychology that taught me so much growing up! Employment: Gray Stone Day School Where you live: Charlotte, NC Alex Givens Married: Yes College Attended: and Wake Forest University Degree: BA in Economics, MS in Accountancy Laura Myrick (Garmany) Employment: EY College Attended: Where you live: Charlotte University of North Carolina Wilmington Degree: James Lawson B.A. in Organizational Communication College Attended: Employment: Dimension Data Americas Degree: Bachelor’s Degree in English Where you live: Raleigh, NC Employment: University of Alabama Married: Yes Where you live: Birmingham Interesting Fact: I am working on my PhD in Accounting at the University of Alabama. My wife Amber is a CPA for a large public accounting firm. Marilia Pereira dos Santos College Attended: Meredith College Victoria Radford (Jones) Degree: College Attended: North Carolina State University Interior Design and Family Consumer Science Degree: Program Management: Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Employment: Employment: Raleigh Convention Center JDavis Architects in Raleigh, NC Where you live: Wendell, NC Where you live: Greenville, NC Married: Yes Married: Yes Interesting Fact: I am currently an Event Coordinator at Raleigh Convention Interesting Fact: My husband goes to Med School at ECU and I commute Center in Downtown Raleigh. I am very thankful for the time spent and values everyday to Raleigh for work. We just adopted a cat (Kyle) from the Pitt learned at NRCA, and hope that my children will someday attend as well! County animal shelter and HE IS THE BEST CAT!

Tommy Saieed Josh Stott College Attended: University of Mississippi College Attended: UNCW Degree: Managerial Finance and Bank Finance Degree: Masters in Physical Education Employment: Mikels & Jones Properties, Inc Employment: UNCW Baseball Where you live: Raleigh, NC Where you live: Wilmington, NC Married: Yes Interesting Fact: Married NRCA alumni, Kelsey Middleton. Currently the Director of Baseball Operations and Player Development for UNCW Baseball. — Page 34 — Alumni

Grant Zechman Chase Shermer College Attended: NC State College Attending: Degree: Textile Technology Degree: Physical Education and a Minor in Coaching Employment: Adidas Golf Employment: Current getting my Masters Degree in Elementary Education Where you live: Carlsbad, California Where you live: Mars Hill Interesting Fact: I ran four years collegiately for Mars Hill University.

2012 Benjamin Sledge College Attended: Amanda Blom East Carolina University, 2016 College Attended: Charleston Southern University Degree: Bachelors of Music in Music Theory/ Degree: Early Childhood Education Composition, Bachelors of Music in Music Employment: Sires Elementary, 1st Grade Teacher Performance with a focus in Instrumental Education Where you live: Charleston, SC Employment: Kidznotes Raleigh Where you live: Raleigh Sydney Ferrell Interesting Fact: I am currently a Department Chair and Teaching Artist for College Attended: Meredith College Kidznotes Raleigh, a program that provides after school music instruction, Degree: B.A. in Vocal Performance and a B.A. in in private and group settings, to at-risk youth in socioeconomically Theatre disadvantaged families. This program changes the life trajectory of these Employment: Music Academy South in Wake Forest, children through the amazing power of music, community engagement, and teaching Voice and Piano and Palmer Voice Studios a safe, loving environment. in Apex. In addition to teaching, I perform locally and in Nashville, TN. Gracie Smith Where you live: Wake Forest, NC College Attended: Interesting Fact: I was accepted into Belmont University’s Master of Music Degree: BA in Communications program in Vocal Pedagogy and will be pursuing my Masters degree and Employment: freelance writer moving to Nashville in August 2018. I am currently teaching Voice and Where you live: Raleigh, NC Piano and enjoying the gift of sharing my love of music with my students. I Married: Yes also enjoy performing locally and in Nashville, TN where I collaborate with Interesting Fact: I am a freelance writer and I have different artists. In my free time, I am working to create a demo! Updates on my own cooking blog. what I am doing can be found at www.sydneyferrell.com! Elizabeth Taylor (Wenhart) Marissa Kronk College Attended: North Carolina State University College Attended: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Where you live: Memphis, TN of Public Health Married: Yes Degree: Master of Health Administration Employment: Baltimore, Maryland Where you live: Baltimore, Maryland Married: Yes McKinley Watson Steve Myrick College Attended: Greenville University College Attended: UNCW Degree: Music Business/Graphic Design Degree: Computer Science Employment: Live Nation Entertainment Employment: Fidelity Investments Where you live: Chicago Where you live: Raleigh Interesting Fact: I am pictured here with my co- Married: Yes worker and friend Sarah aboard our “End of Concert Children: No Season Yacht Party”. I am currently working my dream job in Chicago, IL as Interesting Fact: My wife Laura and I met in Broadcast Production in 10th/9th a Sales Coordinator with Live Nation Entertainment. I never thought I would grade respectively and celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary this May. live this far away from Raleigh, but I am loving every minute of it. Long- boarding, cooking, working concerts - I love the life that the Lord has led me Anna Puryear to. As I let Him lead, He clearly orchestrates my every day and blesses me in College Attended: North Greenville University ways I am still discovering. I pray the same for all students at NRCA as well! Degree: Elementary Education Employment: NRCA Allison Yeager Where you live: Wake Forest College Attended: I graduated with my bachelors Married: Yes and currently working towards my masters at East Children: Yes, but still in the womb Carolina University Degree: B. S. in speech and hearing Elly Reimer and working towards a M. S. In speech language College Attended: pathology Appalachian State University Where you live: Greenville, NC Degree: Communications, Advertising with a minor Interesting Fact: Getting married May 19, 2018 in Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology Employment: Crossroads Fellowship as Communications Coordinator Where you live: Raleigh

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Meredith Lee 2013 College Attending: University of North Carolina at Wilmington Paul Burke Degree: Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing College Attended: Employment: Always Best Care in Raleigh North Carolina State University Where you live: Currently, Wilmington Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering & B.S. Textile Interesting Fact: I will be graduating from UNCW in Engineering December 2017 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. I currently work for Employment: Cisco Systems a home healthcare agency and privately with a couple in Durham. My goal is Where you live: Raleigh, NC to graduate with a position lined up at a local Raleigh/Durham hospital. I am Interesting Fact: I still live and work with one of my living my dreams of being a nurse! I also am dating a Godly man who I see a fellow alums, Corey Freeman. We also spent six weeks in Europe together lifelong future with. With graduation upon me, I am ecstatic about what God this summer, traveling to eight different countries. has in store for me!

John Cook Kenan Michaels College Attended: Davidson College College Attended: UNC Chapel Hill Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biology with a Minor in Chemistry Degree: BA in Chemistry Employment: Emory University Winship Cancer Institute Employment: INC Research Where you live: Atlanta Where you live: Raleigh, NC

Aaron Davis Cecelia “Michelle” Powers College Attended: North Carolina State University College Attended: (Graduated May 2017), Union Presbyterian Western Carolina University Seminary (Anticipated graduation of June 2020) Degree: Masters in Sports Management and 2nd Masters in Higher Degree: BA in Religious Studies (Received), Master Education Administration of Divinity (In Progress) Employment: Highland Falls Country Club Employment: Grace & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Where you live: Cullowhee, NC Where you live: Richmond, VA Interesting Fact: I graduated in May of this year From Western Carolina Married: Yes University with 2 degrees... 1st in Sociology and the 2nd in Criminal Justice. Interesting Fact: It has been a busy year! I graduated with my BA in May, got Currently working on 2 Masters Degrees at Western Carolina University. married at the end of June, moved to Richmond at the end of July, started my current position as Coordinator of Children, Youth, and Family Ministries Addie Rush at Grace & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church on the first of August, and began College Attended: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate school at Union Presbyterian Seminary in September. My hope Degree: BS in Psychology is to one day be an Episcopal priest and to make disciples of Christ as He Employment: Graduate Student at UT Austin commanded in the Great Commission (Mt. 28:16-20). Where you live: Austin, Texas

Meredith Gay Jane Seidel College Attended: Wake Forest University College Attended: Elon University Degree: BS in Accounting, working on Masters in the Science of Degree: Media Analytics and Business Accountancy Employment: Employment: PwC in Charlotte Where you live: New York, NY Where you live: Winston-Salem Matthew Yeager Hannah Hassert College Attended: I graduated from Wake Forest College Attended: Cedarville University University in May 2017 and started at UNC School of Degree: Bachelors of Science in Nursing Medicine in August 2017. Employment: WakeMed Degree: I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Where you live: Raleigh Biology from Wake Forest and am working toward my at UNC. Haley Lamm Where you live: Chapel Hill, NC College Attended: East Carolina University Degree: Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management Employment: for myself, Stormees 2014 Where you live: Raleigh Interesting Fact: I started a business during my sophomore year in college Traemani Hawkins and have expanded into an online boutique called Stormees. I also have College Attending: NC State multiple boutiques throughout the United States that carry my products! Degree: Communications Media Employment: Interactive Playgrounds Where you live: Raleigh Interesting Fact: I’m in a music group called Symplicity, check out It’s Symple on iTunes or Spotify

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Austin Miller College Attending: Northwestern University 2016 Degree: Journalism Where you live: Chicago Madeline Coleman Interesting Fact: Member of student run radio station College Attending: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (WNUR Sports) broadcasting Northwestern athletics. Degree: Business Journalism and Public Policy Employment: The Daily Tar Heel Where you live: Raleigh Lindsay Winkler Interesting Fact: Because of my journalism work and academics, I was College Attending: Liberty University accepted into the UNC Business Journalism Major, which is one of the Degree: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) nation’s top programs. I am also one of five girls on the sports desk at the Employment: Lynchburg General Hospital DTH. The desk itself is 26 people total. Where you live: Lynchburg, VA Interesting Fact: I will graduate in May and become Jackson Hawthorne a nurse! I am engaged and getting married in College Attending: University of Kentucky December! In my free time, I go foxhunting which is a horse back sport. Degree: Business Employment: Student athlete Where you live: Lexington Interesting Fact: Student athlete at the 2015 University of Kentucky Mecca Hatchell College Attending: University of North Carolina Charlotte Parker Mayo Degree: Psychology College Attending: North Carolina State University Employment: Platinum Babysitters Degree: Business Where you live: Charlotte Where you live: Raleigh Interesting Fact: I am in 3 organizations. 1) 100. Black women. 2) Black Interesting Fact: Active member of CRU at NCSU Peer Leader for the NCSU student Union 3) Driven Intelligent Virtuous Ambitious Sisters Poole College of Business Management

Staton Michaels Kendell Mayo College Attending: North Carolina State University College Attending: Degree: Mechanical Engineering Degree: Engineering Interesting Fact: This will be my second year working on a school-sponsored Where you live: Buies Creek motor sports development team. We design and build a formula-style race- car to compete in international automotive engineering competitions. Jack Pyritz College Attending: The Citadel Lindsay Scott Degree: Mechanical Engineering College Attended: University of North Carolina Employment: Squad Corporal at the Citadel Wilmington Where you live: Charleston, SC Degree: English - Professional Writing, Digital Arts Interesting Fact: Still playing College Tennis, played Employment: Writing Services on campus some professional matches this past summer. Where you live: Wilmington, NC Interesting Fact: I’m taking part in the new Digital Leah Schweibinz Arts program at UNCW this year and plan on coming back to Raleigh to work College Attending: NCSU Degree: Poole College of Management, Economics as an intern in that field or a Professional Writing field this upcoming summer! Employment: University Tees, NCSU Campus Mgr Kayla Shelton Where you live: Raleigh College Attending: UNCW Degree: Bachelors of Science in Nursing BSN Employment: New Hanover Hospital Where you live: Wilmington Robbie Shelton College Attending: Wake Tech-planning on attending UNCW Degree: Morgan Werner Associates Degree in Business - Bachelors of Arts College Attending: UNCW in Business Degree: Major - Business /Minor - Exercise/Health Employment: Finish Pros-refinishing furniture Employment: UBS Financial Services & UNCW Fitness Instructor Where you live: Raleigh Where you live: Wrightsville Beach NC Ally Williams College Attending: East Carolina University Degree: BS Engineering 2017

Spencer Caster College Attending: Southeastern + Wake Tech

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