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Friday, December 30, 2011

Greensboro College Alumni PrideNotes, December 2011

Cities are in North Carolina except where indicated.


General Announcements

Anne Parris Ogilvy 1994, Cumming, Ga, was named as the 2011 School Counselor of the Year for the state of Georgia. Ogilvy was also one of the six finalists in the running for the title of 2012 National School Counselor of the Year.

Shannon F. Brown 1997, Greensboro, is currently a Lateral Entry Specialist for Guilford County Schools. In Oct, the school district was awarded an almost 2 million dollar grant to recruit STEM teachers for the school system. Brown will serve as program director over this new venture within Guilford County Schools.

Patricia Raube Keller 1998, Mandan, Nd, completed her doctorate in Education Leadership from Rowan University on Dec. 16, 2011.

Steven P. Ashley 2002, Greensboro, was a featured speaker at the 2011 Internet Summit held in Raleigh on Nov 15-16, 2011. Ashley is the vice president of internet marketing for Market America/Shop.com.

John M. McIntosh 2005, A.J. Schraeder 2005, Al-don P. Schraeder 2009, Tom F. McCoy 2007, Matthew Schantz, and Bob Beshere are making audiences laugh in the sketch comedy troupe, Mon Frere. They perform regularly at the Idiot Box in downtown Greensboro. Besides their stage performances, this troupe is busy creating a television pilot for an upcoming Comedy Central contest. To read more about the Mon Frere troupe, click here!

Benjamin A. Strickland 2007, Snow Camp, is currently performing with the Navy Jazz Band of the Mid-South all over the southern region. Hear his performance of "Here Comes Santa Claus" here!

Deanne A. Gerson 2008, Atlanta, Ga, has recently accepted the position of Health Educator with HealthMPowers in Norcross, Ga. Gerson will be helping to provide information, resources, skills and motivation to school staff, students and families so that they may take responsibility for their own health.

Erica R. Bledsoe 2009, Atlanta, Ga, works with The Aspire Group, selling tickets for NCAA Championship Events.


Deaths

Eleanor Fitzgerald Chappell 1941, Candor, died Dec. 3, 2011. (obituary)

Margaret Ward Mendenhall 1943, Greensboro, died Dec. 6, 2011. (obituary)

Elaine Sherrill Trombetta 1963, Tallahassee, Fl, died Aug. 13, 2009. (obituary)

Ralph Monger Jr., former Greensboro College Board of Trustees member, died Dec. 7, 2011 (obituary)


Sympathy Extended To

Nancy Ward Pritchett 1944, Burlington, in the death of her sister, Margaret Mendenhall 1943, on Dec. 6, 2011.

Vivian Oliver Monger 1945, Sanford, in the death of her husband, Ralph Monger Jr., on Dec. 7, 2011.

Gaynelle Chappell Trotter 1969 and Rev. J. Albert Trotter 1970, Burlington, in the death of Gaynelle's mother, Eleanor Fitzgerald Chappell 1941, on Dec. 3, 2011.

Colleen Murray Barnhill 1986, Harrison, Nj, in the death of her husband, Bobby R. Barnhill, on Dec. 17, 2011.

Nickolay N. Bochilo 2003, Alexandria, Va, in the death of his father in Dec. 2011.

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