Cities are in North Carolina except where indicated
General Announcements
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Peggy
Purnell Bowen 1944, Goode, VA, is still up and enjoying life at age 90!
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Margaret
Sharpe Younger 1944, Sierra Vista, AZ, will be celebrating her 90th birthday
on December 9th of this year.
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Jean
Penny Yount 1953, Hendersonville, retired from directing "Cherub
Choir" after 8 years and is still singing in the Hendersonville Chorale.
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Judy
Peterson Mendenhall 1960, High Point, former mayor and council member, made a
successful bid to re-enter local politics by unseating Councilman Mike Pugh.
Mendenhall garnered 2,833 votes to Pugh's 2,127. To read more click
here.
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Pell
Rouse Foster 1969, Rocky Mount, lives across from Benvenue Country Club, site
of the 2013 USA South Spring Sports Festival Golf Tournament. She is a certified children and teen
etiquette Instructor, teaches 6th grade Ballroom Dance, and during the summer
runs etiquette classes for BCC Day Camp for ages 4-12. She loves to travel to
Mexico with her husband, Sonny, who is the Vice President for Smithson
Construction Company.
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Dr.
Trudy L. Wade 1975, Jamestown, is heading to Raleigh to serve in the state
Senate, leaving her District 5 City Council seat vacant. To read more click
here.
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Karen
Williams Vellucci 1977, Winston Salem, is teaching 1st grade at Jefferson
Elementary and was named teacher of the year in 2011. Richard A. Vellucci
1978, retired from Wells Fargo after 33 years and is now a VP Private Banker
for Bank of NC.
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Janet
Hawks Spoon 1983, Lenoir, is serving as the Secretary/Treasurer of Patterson
School Foundation, Inc. in Patterson, NC.
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Kimberly
Thomas Branch 1986, McLean, VA, a principal information systems engineer with
The MITRE Corporation's Center for Connected Government, which works to more
effectively address critical national priorities and integrate across the
company's portfolio of civilian agency programs, received a Technology
All-Star award for her technical and leadership accomplishments presented at
the 17th annual Women of Color STEM Award Conference held in Dallas October
11-13.
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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.
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Jason
R. Cialone 1996, Copiague, NY, is a Recruitment Coordinator for Dowling
College on Long Island, NY.
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Patricia
C. Burgoon 1997, Virginia Beach, VA, is currently working at Christopher
Newport University in Newport News, VA as a Conference and Event
Coordinator. On Saturday, November
3rd, they celebrated their Homecoming Weekend with a football game against
Greensboro College. She was elated to
have GC visit the campus and was rooting for her home team. She had a quick moment to catch the team
just before they hit the field and grabbed a quick picture with them, letting
them know she would be cheering them on!
The picture and the brief visit with the team made her day, and she
wanted to share her moment with the alumni association.
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Jason
L. Frady 1997, Hull, MA, was named
Senior Manager in Performance Measurement at Columbia Management. He has worked at Columbia Management in
Boston since 2008 and been in the Performance Measurement team since
2010. His team calculates investment
performance, characteristics data, and risk statistics for institutional
clients and retail marketing materials.
He lives in Hull, MA with his wife Amy, and children James, 7, and
Leah, 5. He also currently serves as
Vice Chairman of the Board of Deacons at Second Congregational Church in
Cohasset, MA.
Rebecca
E. Palsha-Hopkins 2000, Anchorage, AK, was on the online cover of the New
York Times's website Nov. 22 with photos of her family. The photos accompanied an article about how social
media are changing the way American families are observing Thanksgiving. Read more
here.
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Jennifer
L. Morton 2007, Ramseur, was recently awarded the Certified Financial
Marketing Professional (CFMP) designation from the Institute of Certified
Bankers (ICB), a subsidiary of the American Bankers Association, in
Washington, DC.
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Nicholas
A. Scarpola 2008, Fallston, MD, helped with the women's basketball team when he
was a student at GC. He is continuing his athletic work in Bel Air, MD, as an
assistant coach with the women's basketball team at Harford Community
College.
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Tara
J. Titcombe 2008, Tempe, AZ, accepted a position with US Airways marketing
department as the copywriter.
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Michelle
Lemmons O'Neill 2010, Durham. While pursuing a master's in physical therapy
at UNC Chapel Hill, Michelle will be taking part in the UNC PT Outreach
initiative to work with patients at Obras Sociales del Hermano Pedro in
Antigua, Guatemala this spring. They
will be working to facilitate a collaborative learning model between
Guatemalan physical therapists and UNC students and faculty. They will also be volunteering with De
Casas A Hogares (From Houses to Homes) who work to improve the lives and
health among highland Guatemalans. A
blog will be updated daily during their trip April 23 - May 1, 2013;
Click here.
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Jacobo
I. Luna Cruz 2011, Dallas, TX, had an article published in the MEXTESOL
Journal. The article is based on his Greensboro College thesis. To read the
article, click
here.
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Deaths
Margaret
Smathers Austin 1934, Wilmington, died November 10, 2012. (Obituary)
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Elaine
Causey Trauger 1942, Oak Ridge, TN, died November 12, 2012.
(Obituary)
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Saralee
Griffeth Abbitt 1946, Wilmington, died November 3, 2012.
(Obituary)
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Dr.
Sue Perkins Griffin 1952, Philadelphia, PA, died December 1, 2012.
(Obituary)
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Gary
L. Allran 1960, Charlotte, died November 17, 2012.
(Obituary)
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Yvonne
Kincaid Hogland 1964, Greensboro, died November 9, 2012.
(Obituary)
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Craig
O. Vander Vennet 1985, Waynesboro, died October 23, 2012.
(Obituary)
Marriages
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Paula
Webster Moore 1982, Tobaccoville, married Douglas Alan Graham on August 21,
2012 in Honolulu, Hawii.
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Betsy
Ross-Miale 1952, Santa Ana, CA, in the death of her husband, Lewis E. Miale
on August 30, 2012.
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