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class notesKey: ADVPR—Advertising & Public Relations CCI—College of Communication & InformationCS—Communication Studies JEM—Journalism & Electronic Media SIS—School of Information SciencesReceived by January 1, 20081960GEORGE NELSON (BS/JEM) is enjoying both hisretirement from the army in 1981 and his retirementfrom the Texas A&M University System in 2006.1962KEN BOMAR (BS/JEM) is the editor of Net News, thebimonthly magazine of the 80,000-member AtlantaLawn Tennis Association.1964LINDA JENNINGS HIGGINS (BS/JEM) was recentlyelected Madison County Historian by the MadisonCounty (Tennessee) Commission. Higgins, who isretired from freelance work and grant writing, isonly the third Madison County resident to hold thishonorary position.1965FRED JONES (BS/JEM) is currently serving asadvertising director for DisciplesWorld magazine, theofficial journal of news, opinion, and mission for theChristian Church (Disciples of Christ).1976R.A. “Tony” Stephens (BS/CCI) is president andgeneral manager of Professional CommunicationsSystems, a broadcast and audiovisual systemsintegration firm based in Tampa. He and his wife,Nicki Piot Stephens (BS/CCI ’76), reside in Tampa.1978KAREN WEYHER GAVIGAN (MS/SIS) is thedirector of the Teaching Resources Center at theUniversity of North Carolina—Greensboro. She isworking toward a PhD in curriculum and instructionwith a literacy concentration.JANET CALONGE LAMB (BS/JEM) is a staffattorney for the Tennessee Commission on Aging andDisability.1981MARK BANKS (PhD/CCI) serves as professor andassistant chair of the Communication Departmentat Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.In 2006 he completed a sabbatical as a visitingprofessor at Victoria University in Australia and hassince presented research coauthored with his VUcolleagues, both in Australia and the United States.MICHAEL CAMPBEL (BS/ADVPR) is the searchbusiness lead for Scripps Networks Interactive, wherehe leads a team in the development of innovativesearch functionality for the organization’s websites(HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living,HGTV Pro, and GACTV).MARTHA WHITE (MS/SIS) is the assistant directorof the Lexington Public Library in Lexington,Kentucky. White also earned a master’s degree insocial science education from UT Knoxville in 1979.1983ED COOK (MS/CCI) is the director of fieldcommunications at Medco Health Solutions, apharmacy-benefit management firm. As partof the company’s public affairs and corporatecommunications team, he is responsible for allcommunications to Medco’s account managementand sales organizations.CAROL RAY WETMORE (BS/JEM) is the owner ofFinicky Kitty Care pet-sitting services, which servesthe Washington-state cities of Kingston, Hansville,Indianola, Poulsbo, and Port Gamble.1985HOLLY PLANELLS MCKENNA (BS/JEM) recentlyjoined the faculty of the University at Albany in NewYork as an adjunct journalism professor. She continuesto do freelance writing for Reuters and other mediaoutlets.VEON SUSSEWELL (BS/JEM) is the director ofresearch for WTBS/Atlanta, where he reports tothe senior vice-president of Turner EntertainmentResearch. WTBS is the local Atlanta broadcastplatform for TBS.LYNN YOFFEE (BS/JEM) is the owner of EditorialMatters LLC, a full-service communications firm thatspecializes in developing custom content for a varietyof clients.1988STEVEN B. MORRELL (BS/JEM) is the graphicsdirector for Grace Baptist Church in Knoxville,Tennessee. He also holds a master’s degree from OhioUniversity.DAVID W. RICHARDS SR. (BS/ADVPR) is themanager of retail marketing at Memphis–basedFedEx.JOE YOUNGS (BS/ADVPR) is vice-president ofstrategic branding for Equifax Inc. in Atlanta.SHA LI ZHANG (MS/SIS) is the assistant director forcollections and technical services at the University ofNorth Carolina—Greensboro Libraries.1990JILL BREWER STERLING (BS/JEM) is the directorof scholarship programs for the Ronald McDonaldHouse Charities of Chicagoland and northwestIndiana.DEBBIE DERDA WILLIAMS (BS/JEM) has workedfor Federated Media, an independent radio grouplocated in northern Indiana, including SouthBend and Ft. Wayne, since 1996. Her latest project,Federated Media Engaged, helps charities byproviding air time to tell compelling success stories.1991ZOE HOYLE (MS/SIS) is an editor and sciencewriter for the U.S. Forest Service Southern ResearchStation in Asheville, North Carolina. Hoyleedits and writes articles for the station’s researchmagazine, Compass.RACHEL TIGHE SHORTT (BA/CS) is an associateprofessor of communication studies at the Universityof Virginia’s College at Wise. She is the chair ofthe college’s new Department of CommunicationStudies.1993CHRIS WILMORE (BS/JEM) has joined the corporatepublic relations team at CarMax after spending 8years in public relations at CNN in Atlanta. Wilmoreis involved in the development and implementation ofCarMax’s social media strategy.1994JANET RICKS MCCONNELL (BS/JEM) is strategicbrand manager at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennesseein Chattanooga.ALLISON MILLER (BS/JEM) is the assistant directorof public relations for the Fee/Hedrick FamilyEntertainment Group in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.MARY LYNNE “MOLLY” PROCTOR (BS/JEM) is aproduction accountant for Country Music Television(CMT) in Nashville. She married UT alumnus JonZirkle (Engineering, ’95) in August 2007.ELIZABETH SCOTT (MS/CCI) has been appointedthe associate vice-president of marketing andeBusiness for Norton Healthcare, where she isresponsible for team and strategic management ofmarketing initiatives, the marketing contact center,and eBusiness programs.1995JEANIE COSTA TORCHIO (BS/JEM) plans eventsthroughout several states and Washington, D.C., as asenior regional event specialist for the Washington,D.C., regional staff of ALSAC/St. Jude.ED SULLIVAN (MS/SIS) has published his thirdbook, The Ultimate Weapon: The Race to Develop theAtomic Bomb (Holiday House, 2007), a history of theManhattan Project aimed at middle- and high-schoolreaders.1996STEPHANI BROOKS (BA/CS) is a corporate travelconsultant with World Travel Services in Knoxville,Tennessee. She has been with the company since 2003.JOHN PALMER (MS/SIS) is a senior referencelibrarian at the Bryan+College Station Public LibrarySystem in Texas. He married Cynthia Alford inAugust 2004.KEVIN RYAN (BS/JEM) is the managing editor atRivals.com, a website known for team-specific college22 UT College of Communication and Information Full circle Spring 2008
sports coverage and college football and basketballrecruiting news.ROBERT F. “ROBBY” TINDELL (BS/JEM) is a realtorwith Signature Homes. He is also an organist at CityView Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee.1997MARK MURDOCK (BS/JEM) has been promoted todirector of marketing for Broadway Across America—Kansas City. Mark and his wife, Nicole, reside inLouisville, Kentucky.ADRIENNE ROBERSON (BS/JEM) is the BowieBaysox in-house announcer. She also works as aninstructor and personal trainer at the Severn TennisFitness Center.1998MURRAY BROWNE (MS/SIS) is a media contentanalyst for Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta.HUNTER QUILLEN GRESHAM (BS/JEM) isemployed as the director of special events at VirginiaTech. She and her husband, Aaron, welcomed theirfirst child, Peyton Abigail, in October 2006.1999SHERRON LUX (MS/SIS) is a part-time librarian,tutor, and Upward Bound instructor at San JacintoCollege’s North Campus in Houston, Texas. Lux alsoholds a master’s degree in English from UT Knoxville.2000AIMEE COTA (MS/CCI) has been promoted toassistant materials manger at Johnson Controls,Madison, Mississippi, Nissan Seating Plant. Cotaearned a bachelor’s degree in arts and sciences fromUT Knoxville in 1998.STACY GRAY (MS/CCI) has been promotedto assistant vice-president in the marketingcommunications organization of Chattanooga–basedUnum, an employee benefits provider. Gray earneda bachelor’s degree in arts and sciences from UTChattanooga in 1996.JOHN CHADWICK LONG (BS/ADVPR) is anattorney with Forsythe Title and Escrow out ofHendersonville, Tennessee. He is the head attorneyfor the Nashville office.Professionals of Knoxville.LEE FREEMAN (BS/ADVPR) has been promotedto account executive for the Staffing SolutionsCorporation, a division of the EmployBridgeCorporation in Knoxville, Tennessee.KIMBERLY MALONE DAVIS (BS/JEM) is the publicrelations and marketing coordinator for the TennesseeValley Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee.MARY CHRISTINE “CHRISTY” WHITE (BS/JEM)is a human-resources supervisor with Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Birmingham.2003JENNIFER PIPER FERN (BS/JEM) handles mediarelations for the Knoxville Utilities Board inKnoxville, Tennessee.LAUREN JONES LONG (BS/JEM) is the marketingdirector for Wallace Enterprises, a surgical supplycompany, in Nashville.LEO JEFFREY WEDDLE (PhD/CCI) is a facultymember in the School of Library and InformationStudies at the University of Alabama. His book,Bohemian New Orleans: The Story of the Outsider andLoujon Press (University Press of Mississippi), won the2007 Eudora Welty Prize for interpretive scholarshipin the humanities. His wife, JILL GROGG, (MS/SIS ’02) works as electronic resources librarian at theUniversity of Alabama and was named a 2007 Moverand Shaker by Library Journal. The couple has one sonand is expecting their second child in early 2008.2004TASNEEM YUSUF BERG (BS/JEM) serves as a videoproducer for Power-Systems in Knoxville, Tennessee.She married UT College of Law alumnus Darren V.Berg in August 2007.SAMUEL R. CASAD (MS/CCI) serves as aninvestment consultant with Fidelity Investmentsin Brea, California (Orange County). He previouslyworked as a marketing coordinator for the Bank ofIreland in Dublin.STEPHANIE BEALE FOST (BS/ADVPR) returnedto her home state of Pennsylvania, where she is anassociate director in the Department of Developmentand Alumni Relations at Penn State. She is married toUT Knoxville alumnus Brooks Fost (CASNR ’04, ’06).LAURA PACK (BS/JEM) is an editorial assistant atGlamour magazine, a CondeNast publication based inNew York City.REBECCA THEWS (BS/JEM) is a publicist in thecorporate communications department at CMT inNashville.AMY SELF WHEATLEY (MS/SIS) serves as thelibrary media specialist at the K-8 White Pine Schoolin White Pine, Tennessee. She earned a bachelor’sdegree in arts and sciences from UT Knoxville in2003.2006JOY BLOCKSMA (BS/ADVPR) is performing marketresearch for the U30 Group, a national researchcompany located in Knoxville, Tennessee.DAVID HAJDIK (MS/SIS) is an assistant professorand distance-learning reference librarian in theAngelo and Jennette Volpe Library at TennesseeTechnological University in Cookeville, Tennessee.MEGHAN KERR-TISINGER (BS/ADVPR) is thedirector of communication for U.S. RepresentativeJohn “Randy” Kuhl (R–NY). She is working towarda master’s degree in political communications fromJohns Hopkins University.2007ELIZABETH CRISP CRAWFORD (PhD/CCI)is an assistant professor at the University ofWisconsin—Oshkosh.ROGER HAGY (MS/CCI) serves as the directorof college relations at the University of Virginia’sCollege at Wise. He is also the editor of the UVa-WiseMagazine.ERIN HAUCK (BS/ADVPR) works for PrometheusMedia Services in its New York City office.MILDRED “MIBBIE” WRIGHT MAJORS (BS/ADVPR) is an assistant media planner at Carat inAtlanta.CASSIE STOFFER (BS/JEM) is a sales associate withESPN Radio in Los Angeles.class notes2001JENNIFER ALEXANDER (BS/JEM) is the middayhost on WJXB-FM B97.5 in Knoxville, Tennessee.ERIN REICH (BS/JEM) is working as a contractpsychotherapist.2002ERIN BURNS FREEMAN (BS/JEM) has beenpromoted to director of communications forthe Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation.Freeman is a member of the inaugural class of Young2005ARICA BAKER (BS/JEM) is a client servicerepresentative for the Eastern Radio Division ofArbitron Inc. in the company’s Atlanta office. Shewas previously an account executive with WBAL–Hearst Corporation in Baltimore.HEATHER HALEY (BS/JEM) is the morning newsanchor and daily reporter at WYMT–TV in Hazard,Kentucky.JILL ECKERT MCPHERSON (BS/ADVPR) isthe chapter coordinator for Trinity Habitat forHumanity in Fort Worth, Texas.Have a new job? Another degree?Just have news you want to share?Let us know! Visit cci.utk.edu andclick on Alumni and Friends.Complete the “Keep in Touch” formand we’ll add your information tothe next edition of Full Circle.23
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