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Niche Found! Niche Found! After graduating Appointee, Campus Bible Fellowship with a Bible Virginia Tech degree in 1999, Blacksburg, Virginia Andy completed his Master of Divinity at Central Seminary in Virginia Beach. While seeking the Lord’s will for ministry direction, he learned of Baptist Mid-Missions’ outreach on secular campuses – Campus Bible Fellowship. Andy and his wife Davina are now appointees to the CBF ministry at Virginia Tech, where he says the on-campus shootings of April, 2007 “have created opportunities to talk with students about what happens in eternity.” The campus ministry includes small group Bible studies, one-to-one evangelism, and distribution of tracts and Bibles. In addition, Andy will organize outreach events such as whitewater rafting, hiking, and home hospitality. “Virginia Tech has a huge student center and unlimited opportunities to talk with students,” Andy says. “We can also use an information booth and classroom space. Most important, Campus Bible Fellowship puts a strong emphasis on the local church.” Andy and Davina are the proud parents of two small boys. 10 Andy Davies During her senior year, Joanna completed a business internship at a local financial office. She was asked to remain on full-time after graduation and soon became office manager. Currently she works for Raymond James Financial Services, reviewing all communications and advertising to ensure the accuracy of disclosures and promotional statements. “As a compliance specialist, I educate financial advisors and help them stay on top of the rules and regulations, especially in this economic climate,” Joanna says. “There’s a lot of liability out there.” Joanna feels she received a well-rounded business education from CCC. “I never realized how important some of my classes were until I joined the workforce. Also, CCC taught me the importance of maintaining a good testimony. You only have to take a stand once, and people you work with notice.” A member of Bible Baptist Church in Bradenton, Joanna enjoys playing piano and singing in the choir. Joanna Barch Compliance Specialist Raymond James Financial Services St. Petersburg, Florida Kamden Kuhn Public Relations Coordinator The ALS Association Tampa, Florida A few days after graduation in May, 2007, Kamden began work in Bristol, Tennessee, as a broadcast reporter for an NBC affiliate television station. A year later, she parlayed that experience into a public relations position with the ALS Association in Florida. Kamden is a natural fit for this job, since she had been a volunteer with ALS for many years. In addition, her grandfather died of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) when she was a teenager. Kamden’s wide-ranging responsibilities span marketing, PR, media relations, and advertising. “I love this job because it incorporates everything I love about journalism. I get to write, interact with people, and do something different every day. While maintaining professional boundaries, I am definitely able to be salt and light and a testimony to ALS patients in their last days.” Kamden says she has a “second full-time job as the wife of a youth pastor” – CCC graduate Mitch Kuhn.
“I always wanted to become a pilot,” Clay says. After joining junior ROTC in high school, he realized that “the military is the best way to go.” He then enrolled at CCC because it’s the only <strong>Christian</strong> college with Navy ROTC on the east coast. Since graduating with his Navy commission in 2007, he’s been stationed at the Navy Air Crew Training School in Pensacola. “I just finished a block of flights where we did aerobatics,” he says. “Everything you see at air shows – that’s what we’re doing right now.” Once training is complete, Clay will receive his wings and base assignment. “I come across a lot of people up here looking for answers about their eternal destiny. Pilots are a very analytical breed, and it takes a lot more discussion than witnessing on the street,” he says. Off duty, Clay enjoys spending time with his wife Melanie. He also likes to hunt and fish, and occasionally cooks food at a local homeless shelter. Nathan Burggraff Nathan completed a double degree in piano and composition before entering Eastman School of Music in 2005. He then earned a Masters degree in piano accompanying and is now working on a Ph.D. in music theory. He also takes classes at Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. “I want to have a voice in both fields,” he says. “In the future I want to teach music theory, write on music from a theological perspective, and write sacred music.” Over the past few years he has accompanied musical mission teams to Peru and South Africa. In the summer of 2009 he plans to lead a team back to South Africa, once again assisting a church planting ministry on the coast. In addition, Nathan has played many piano concerts in churches, projecting the Ph.D. Student Eastman School of Music Rochester, New York Clay Martin US Naval Officer Navy Air Crew Training School Pensacola, Florida Leah Santisteban Adoptive Parent Coordinator Gift of Life Adoptions Pinellas Park, Florida During her senior year, Leah completed a psychology practicum at Gift of Life Adoptions. “CCC really encouraged students to go out into the world and look for opportunities like my practicum – to reach out into the community,” Leah says. Gift of Life Adoptions hired her full-time after graduation as an Adoption Coordinator, advising birth parents about their decision to place children for adoption. Recently she was promoted into a position where she helps approve adoptive families and prepares them for upcoming changes in their lives. “Adopting a child into a good family breaks the cycle of broken families. A lot of these girls come from very difficult life circumstances, but they believe that abortion is wrong. I try to be their friend and show them that I care.” Although she is on call 24/7, Leah also gives of her time to teach young children at Keystone Bible Church. words of the songs on a screen as he plays. “I want people to know the texts of these great hymns,” he says. Nathan has also recorded CDs of his music. 11
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