Masters of Critical thinking - East Carolina University

class notesAlumni SpotlightDr. Sharon Allison-Ottey, MD ’95 haswritten two booksand authored a lineof greeting cardsthat all have a littlesomething extrainside: sprinkledthroughout arebits of healthinformation,encouragement anduplifting messages.“I believe in a sneakattack,” she says. “Itake big medicalschool words andbreak them down so people can understand them.” Her firstbook, All I Ever Did Was Love Man, released in 2006, is a storyabout a faithful, divorced middle-aged woman, and educatesthe reader about the dangers, risk factors and treatmentoptions for HIV/AIDS. Her second book, Is That a FriedChicken Wing, released this fall, is about weight and lifestylechoices. Ten percent of the proceeds go to the AvonFoundation for Women. A practicing physician in suburbanWashington, D.C., she spends much of her time traveling thecountry speaking on issues like AIDS/HIV, women’s healthand health literacy. She is the executive director of TheCOSHAR Foundation, a nonprofit committed to healthoutreach and education. “I want to provide useful, practical,relevant health messages in simple terms that everyone canunderstand,” she said.Judy Marlowe Stead’70 wrote andillustrated The TwelveDays of Christmas inNorth Carolina, one ina series of such booksby Sterlin Publishingon each state. In each,a cousin from anotherstate visits the in-statecousin over Christmasvacation, and theyvisit as many placesof interest as theypossibly can. In Stead’sbook about NorthCarolina, the kids travel from the mountains to the OuterBanks visiting the zoo in Asheboro, the hot air balloon festivalin Statesville, and other Tar Heel events. The fact that NorthCarolina is such a large state presented some problems forStead: “I had to find a way to cover the distance of our longstate in 12 days, so I have a helicopter-flying mother doingthe driving,” she said.school band. BRIAN T. JONES and Kimberlea Wilsonwere married June 20. He is a project engineer withTA Loving in Goldsboro. AARON PRILLAMANwas selected as a full-time intern at Valley Wesley,the United Methodist Campus Ministry at ArizonaState University in Tempe, Ariz., where he is pursuinga doctorate of musical arts. ERICA WILSON wasnamed assistant director of the Pirate Club. She wasdirector of membership and convention services for theNational Association of Collegiate Women AthleticsAdministrators in Wilmington. KELLY REBECCAWILSON and Brandon Gene Moore were marriedMay 2. She is a recreational therapist at Roanoke-Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie.2007Air Force Airman 1st Class MONICA L. BROWNgraduated from basic training at Lackland Air ForceBase in San Antonio, Tex. CHRISTIE FREDERICK isteaching English in South Korea. Previously, she taughtat St. Andrew Elementary School in Panama City, Fla.SAHUN “SHAWN” A. HULSIZER graduated fromArmy combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia,S.C. BENJAMIN LUSTIG exhibited his classicalpainting and photography at the Community Councilfor the Arts in Kinston, where his works will hang in thePermanent Collection Gallery. He is a faculty memberat Pitt Community College and ECU. LISA MACE,competing as Miss Greater Sandhills, was chosenfourth runner-up in the Miss North Carolina Pageant.She was the talent winner at the pageant. JEREMYMILLS, assistant project manager with PrecisionWalls in Greenville, earned Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design accreditation. GLORETTEODESSA SHANNON of Greenville was appointed byGov. Bev Perdue to the State Board of Barber Examiners.She is a rehabilitation counselor for N.C. VocationalRehabilitation. STEPHEN “ANDY” WILLIS joinedCentury 21 The Realty Group in Greenville as a salesassociate specializing in residential property sales.JENNIFER RENEE WINCHESTER and CharlesJoseph Taylor were married May 2. She is a third-yeardental student at UNC School of Dentistry.2006CHRIS BALANCE ’06 ’08 is an assistant defensivefootball coach at Campbell University. He was anassistant football coach at New Bern High School.AYRORA FAIN BLACKBURN and Derek JoshuaBarker were married May 23. She works for the SERVECenter at UNC Greensboro. SARA MARGARETBOSEMAN and David William Roberts were marriedMay 16. She is in her third year of pharmacy schoolat Campbell University. SARAH B. FOSTER wascertified as a professional in human resources by the HRCertification Institute. She works at Smith Elliott Kearns& Co. in Hagerstown, Md. DRUSILLA HATLEY ofMHAworks in Greenville earned Leadership in Energyand Environmental Design status through the U.S.Green Building Council. She also became a NationalCouncil for Interior Design Qualification certified50