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Tameka L. SalisMarried: Jonathan Montgomery, aMorehouse College alumnus, onFebruary 21, 2002.Professional Achievement: Director,Small Business Growth Center,Inner-City Community DevelopmentCorp., Denver, Colorado.Maricia Bennekin WoodhamBirth: Daughter, Elycia MonaeWoodham, born March 29, 2002weighing 5 lbs., 13 oz.1994Keisha Davis BerkleyBirth: Daughter, Avery Brielle onOctober 18, 2001.Sonya M. BuchananProfessional Achievement: Assumedthe position of worldwide communicationsmanager at the Coca-ColaCompany, supporting the senior vicepresident of human resources andthe vice president of corporate diversityat the company’s corporate headquartersin Atlanta, Georgia. She wasformerly global public relationsmanager for IBM.Mona Greene McCoyBirth: Son, Myles Stevenson McCoy,born May 25, 2001, weighing 7 lbs.,11 oz.Arneida McFarlandProfessional Achievement: R&DRecruiting Assistant for the KimberlyClark Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia.Kenya M. StarksMarried: Lionel H. Gentle at ApostolicChurch of God in Chicago. Thecouple’s wedding photo appeared inthe “Society World” pages of the January28, 2002 issue of JET magazine.Joyandrae StrakerPersonal Achievement: AuthoredEwe Anew: The Attempted Murderof a Young Soul, under the penname Gabriella Cloci. “Ewe Anew isthe inspiring, true story of onewoman’s determination to face life’sobstacles head on and conquerthem…with a smile.”1995Stacey AbramsProfessional Achievement: Her secondnovel, The Art of Desire, wasreleased. Written under the penname Selena Montgomery, the bookis a sequel to her first work, Rules ofEngagement. You may contact herat P.O. Box 77771, Atlanta, GA30357-1771 for information or tocomment on the books.Detria L. AustinProfessional Achievement: Selectedas special assistant to the President/CEOof Medical College of Georgia,Health, Inc.Personal Achievement: Elected presidentof the Augusta Chapter of theNational Alumnae Association ofSpelman College (NAASC).Kianga EllisPersonal Achievement: RepresentedSpelman College at the EnnisWilliam Cosby Foundation HelloFriend Foundation Benefit on Tuesday,March 26, 2002 at Milk Studiosin New York.Nicole Martin FranksBirth: Son, John Martin Franks, onFebruary 5, 2002Professional Achievement: ChiefResident 2001–02 & 2002 and residentgraduate in the Department ofEmergency Medicine at Emory. InJuly, she assumed the position ofassistant professor of EmergencyMedicine at Emory, working primarilyat Crawford Long and Grady Hospitalsin Atlanta, Georgia.Eva V. GastonMarried: Tyrone Allen on May 18,2002.Professional Achievement: Completedher residency training in pediatricsat Baylor College of Medicineon June 28, 2002. She will join a privatepractice in Birmingham,AlabamaMaria L. JenkinsProfessional Achievement: Promotedto manager of finance for MiramaxFilms in New York, N.Y.Teri McMurtry-ChubbProfessional Achievement: Appointedassistant professor of legal writing atthe Drake University School of Law.She is the first African Americanwoman professor at the law school.Teion L. WellsEducation: Received a Ph.D. in ClinicalPsychology from Purdue Universityon August 5, 2000.Professional Achievement: Employedby Florida State University as anadjunct faculty member and as staffpsychologist for the SpecializedTreatment Program at the Arthur G.Dozier School for Boys.1996Cynthia A. AllenProfessional Achievement: Her bookof poetry, The Revolution of Eve,was published in April 2002 throughXlibris books, a strategic partner ofRandom House Ventures. Her secondbook, The Tenth Planet, is scheduledfor release in 2003.LaLisa Alita AndersonPersonal Achievement: Authored thebook, On the Other Side: AfricanAmericans Tell of Healing, a collectionof oral narratives and originalartwork that offer profound stories ofindividual experiences with thepower of healing (Westminster JohnKnox Press, 0-664-22357-5,www.wjkbooks.com).Kristina N. BrownMarried: Michael Lamar Bridgeman,a Howard University graduate,on June 30, 2001 at Our Lady of SorrowsCatholic Church in Birmingham,Alabama.Tammy Y. Clemmons(deceased)Education: Posthumously award theDoctorate of Podiatric Medicinefrom Temple University School ofPodiatric Medicine on May 17, 2001in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Ashaki Sloan MeansPersonal Achievement: She and herhusband, Lionel, are the subject ofthe article, “Wedding Bells on Hold:More Alabamians Are Staying SingleLonger,” which appeared in theThursday, February 14, 2002 editionof the Montgomery Advertiser. Thearticle tells of the couple’s meeting,dating and engagement during a 10-year period prior to their marriage.Takiyah RobertsProfessional Achievement: Employedas a corporate trainer.Personal Achievement: Elected presidentof the Houston Chapter of theNational Alumnae Association ofSpelman College (NAASC).Celeste WatkinsEducation: Completing a doctoralprogram at Harvard University andcurrently writing her dissertation atthe Brookings Institute.Professional Achievement: Appointedassistant professor in Sociology andAfrican American Studies at NorthwesternUniversity for fall 2002.20S P E L M A N M E S S E N G E R