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Vol. 24, No. 2Summer 2008Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationsMurray State University114 Wilson HallMurray, KY 42071-3311JMC

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Amanda Bates Amanda Morris ZhoungHai ZhengMegan TubbsTodd Plewa

Five students were selected bythe JMC faculty and staff as thetop students in their field ofstudy for 2007-08.

They were Amanda Bates,advertising; Amanda Morris,journalism; Todd Plewa, elec-tronic media; Megan Tubbs,public relations; and ZhoungHaiZheng, graduate program.

Bates was treasurer of theAds Club (AAF chapter), socialchairman for the Hester CollegeRCC, student ambassador forthe College of Business and Pub-lic Affairs and a member ofAlpha Sigma Alpha sorority.

She had a marketing and pro-motion internship with GoodStorm in San Francisco.

Outside of the department she

is a licensed high school soccerreferee and has taught 3- and 4-year olds at the Stepping StonesChildcare in Berea.

She studied in Costa Rica aspart of a four-week StudyAbroad summer program and inRegensburg last semester.

Morris worked for both TheShield yearbook and The Mur-ray State News. An advertisingminor, she was one of the fewstudents in the state to receivethree Kentucky Press Associa-tion internships.

The first, in 2005, was design-ing ads for The Union CountyAdvocate in Morganfield. Thefollowing summer she sold adsfor the special sections for ThePrinceton Times Leader.

Last summer she sold ads,designed ads and took picturesfor Advocate again. During theChristmas break she had amini-internship with the Hen-derson Gleaner. She againdesigned ads for the paper.

She was the president of theKentucky chapter of the Inter-national Order of the Rainbowfor Girls from July 2006 to July2007.

Active with White ResidentialCollege, she served on the coun-cil, was editor of the newsletterand was historian.

Plewa had extensive experi-ence in broadcasting. He workedas the student news and opera-tions director for MSU TV-11.

He was a board operator for

WTRO-AM in Dyersburg, Tenn.,and for the past three years hasbeen a news producer forWPSD-TV Channel 6 in Paduc-ah.

He currently is the newscastdirector for the noon, early andlate evening newscasts.

Tubbs served as vice presidentlast year and president this yearof Public Relations Student Soci-ety of America (PRSSA). Shetraveled with the chapter to Pro-Am Days in Louisville andChicago, where she got to spendthe day with a PR pro.

She had internships with theStudy Abroad Program at Mur-ray State and with Murray MainStreet.

Zheng had a solid resume of

media work and teaching in hisnative China. He was deputyeditor in chief of Career Weeklyin Beijing, manager of the classi-fied ads department for ChinaDaily and a reporter for the sup-plement department of ChinaDaily.

For three years he taughtEnglish at a middle school inHarbin. Since graduating withhis master’s in December, hehas become editor and projectmanager for the English divisionof the People’s Education Pressin Beijing.

The students were recognizedat the annual JMC Honors Ban-quet and at the University Hon-ors Day program in May.

JMC names outstanding graduates

Murray State University’syearbook, The Shield, wasselected as one of the 15 finalistsfor the Associated CollegiatePress Pacemaker Award for2007.

The Associated CollegiatePress is the oldest and largestnational membership organiza-tion for college student journal-ists. It includes more than20,000 students who work oncollegiate media.

The Pacemaker is college jour-nalism’s most prestigious and

oldest prize for general excel-lence by a publication.

Dr. Ann Landini, JMC associ-ate professor, serves as adviserto the publication. Editor inchief was Jessica Jeffress, ajunior from Mayfield.

The Shield also was a Pace-maker finalist in 2000, 2001 and2002 and went on the win thePacemaker Award each year.

Among other schools selectedas finalists for this year’s compe-tition are University ofArkansas, University of Miami,

University of Illinois, IndianaUniversity, Kansas State Univer-sity, Western Kentucky Universi-ty, Wellesley College, Universityof Mississippi, Northwest Mis-souri University, North CarolinaState University, University ofOklahoma, University of Texas,Texas A & M University andJames Madison University.

Winners of the PacemakerAward will be announced in thefall at the ACP/College MediaAdvisers convention in KansasCity, Mo.

Shield selected Pacemaker finalist

Six JMC students were inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha, honor society in jour-nalism April 17 at the annual JMC Honors Banquet. They were, from left:Teresa Ray, Sherri Anderson, Amanda Bates, Ashley Horn and Amanda Mor-ris. Not pictured: Whitney Bush. Only the top ten percent of the seniormajors are invited to join Kappa Tau Alpha.

Twelve of the 59 seniors select-ed for this year’s “Who’s Who inAmerican Colleges and Universi-ties” were majors in Journalismand Mass Communications.

They were Sherri Anderson,Whitney Bush, Tommy Dillard,Amanda Laszewski, TreoneLewis, Susan Marinoff, AmandaMorris, Tara Roberts, Ben Rush,Susan Shircliff, Ronnie Wallsand Molly Wolfe.

Anderson, who will graduatein August,majored inadvert is -ing with aminor inyouth andnon-profitleadership.

She wasa memberof the AdsClub, theRed CrossClub, PublicRelations Student Society ofAmerica and the InternationalStudent Tutors.

Having served as vice presi-dent and then president of theMSU Rotaract Club, she wasselected as the national co-direc-tor of communications for theinternational Rotary conferencelast year.

She was treasurer of AmericanHumanics and an InternationalAmbassador.

Anderson was selected to sev-eral honor societies, includingOmicron Delta Kappa, GammaBeta Phi, Phi Theta Kappa andSpringer-Franklin College honorsociety.

A public relations major with aminor inyouth andnon-profitl e a d e r -s h i p ,B u s hserved asthe Stu-dent Gov-e r n m e n tA s s o c i a -tion con-cert chair-man and asvice president of program devel-opment for Big Brothers/Big Sis-ters’ “Bowl for Kids’ Sake.”

She had a summer internshipwith Health Delivery, Inc.(Migrant Fluoride Program Coor-dinator) in Saginaw, Mich. and

worked in the accounting depart-ment of Martek BiosciencesCorp. in Winchester.

Bush was a member of AlphaOmicron Pi sorority, GammaSigma Alpha honor society andAmerican Humanics.

Dillard, who majored in printjournalisma n dminored inb u s i n e s sa d m i n i s -tration, isalready onthe job atthe MurrayLedger &Times writ-ing sports.

D i l l a r dworked insports for The Murray StateNews, serving as staff writer,assistant sports editor and sportseditor.

He had a Kentucky Press Asso-ciation internship with theLedger & Times and worked forthe Mayfield Messenger and theAssociated Press.

He studied abroad in Bregenz,Austria, and was the studentmissions director for the MurrayState Wesley Foundation.

Laszewski majored in publicre la t i onswith aminor inyouth andnon-profitleadership.

She hadi n t e r n -ships withthe Nash -ville AreaHabitat forHumanity,C a l l o w a yCounty Relay for Life, Siegen-thaler Public Relations inNashville and the St. HenryCatholic Youth Organization inNashville.

She was a member of AlphaSigma Alpha sorority, PublicRelations Student Society ofAmerica, the Student Govern-ment Association (senator), HartCollege Resident College Counciland the Student Ambassadors.

Lewis had a major in electron-ic media with a minor in adver-tising.

He was technical director anddisk jockey for WKMS-FM forthree years and during the sum-

m e r sworked asa groupleader forthe Jack-son, Tenn.,YMCA.

He waspresidentof Voices ofP r a i s eMinistries,vice presi-dent of the Black Student Coun-cil and a member of EmergingLeaders, Phi Eta Sigma honorsociety, Kappa Tau Alpha honorsociety and the MulticulturalStudent Council.

A non-traditional student,Marinoffmajored inpublic rela-tions andminored inadvert i s -ing.

Marinoffworked asthe admin-i s t r a t i v esecretaryfor theOffice ofSponsored Programs, for theDean of the College of Educationand for office for InstitutionalPlanning and Research.

Her media experience includednational sales manager forWBCS AM/FM in Milwaukeeand traffic coordinator forKDKA-TV in Pittsburgh.

She was a member of PublicRelations Student Society ofAmerica, Kappa Tau Alpha,Alpha Sigma Alpha and theNational Honor Society for AdultStudents in Higher Education.

Morris, a print journalismmajor witha minor ina d v e r t i s -ing, hadthree Ken-t u c k yPress Asso-c i a t i o ni n t e r n -ships. Sheworked atthe UnionC o u n t yAdvocate inMorganfield, the PrincetonTimes-Leader and the HendersonGleaner.

She worked in sales and design

for the Shield yearbook and as awriter and an advertising salesrepresentative for The MurrayState News.

She was a member of theWhite College Residential Col-lege Council, the White CollegeHonor Society, Sigma AlphaLambda and the National Resi-dential Hall Honorary.

Morris was the KentuckyGrand Worthy Advisor (presi-dent) of the International Orderof Rainbow for Girls.

Roberts majored in publicre lat ionswith aminor inmarketing.

S h es t u d i e dabroad inLondon fora summerand hadp u b l i cre lat ionsinternshipswith theMurray Tourism Commission(Freedom Fest) and with E. B.Lane Advertising, Interactiveand Public Relations in Phoenix.

She served as secretary andvice president of Public RelationsStudent Society of America, wasthe event coordinator for MurrayConvention and Visitors Bureau,and a writer for JMC Journal.

She was a member of AlphaLambda Delta, Hart CollegeHonor Society and the StudentAmbassadors for the College ofBusiness and Public Affairs.

A public relations major with aminor inp o l i t i c a ls c i e n c e ,Rush wasa four-yearlettermanfor the foot-ball team.

He was amember ofthe StudentA t h l e t i cA d v i s o r yCouncil, theNational Pan-Hellenic Counciland vice president of KappaAlpha Psi fraternity.

He had an internship with theDepartment of Public Advocacyin Murray.

Shircliff was an advertisingmajor with minors in marketingand film studies.

She studied advertising inLondon and cinema in Italy dur-ing the summers. She also hadan internship with Allied Adver-tising in Denver where she didpromotions for Fox Searchlightand Columbia Pictures.

She worked in customer ser-vice for Blockbuster and for Min-uteman Press in Louisville andwas editor of the Hart Residen-tial College newsletter.

She was a member of the AdsClub, Kappa Tau Alpha, MSUResidential College Council andthe Hart College Honor Society.

Walls was a public relationsmajor witha minor inb u s i n e s sa d m i n i s -tration.

He stud-ied abroadin London,E n g l a n dand was anintern inmarketingfor Inspira-tional Toursof Marion, Ill.

He was a producer/editor forMSU TV-11 News, the field com-mander of the MSU Racer Bandand a senator in the StudentGovernment Association.

He was vice president of SigmaPhi Epsilon, a Student Ambas-sador and the MSU coordinatorfor the Balanced Man Scholar-ship Program.

Wolfe had a major in advertis-ing and aminor inmarketing.

She wasa customerr e l a t i o n sm a n a g e rintern withP u l t eHomes Inc.in Phoenix.She alsoworked withProfessionalEvent Marketing in Scottsdale,Ariz.

A four-year scholarship athletein soccer, she was a CollegiateAll-American Scholar.

She was twice named to theOhio Valley Commissioner’sHonor Roll and her 2006-07 soc-cer team won the Ohio ValleyConference Academic Award forthe highest GPA in the league.

2 JMC Journal Summer 2008

The JMC Journal is an officialpublication of the Department ofJournalism and Mass Communi-cations, Murray State Universi-ty, produced in support of Mur-ray State journalism and mass

communications graduates. TheJMC Journal is published semi-annually under the supervisionof the JMC department chair,Dr. Bob Lochte.

Opinions expressed in the

JMC Journal are those of colum-nists or signed writers and donot necessarily reflect the opin-ions of the department or theUniversity.

Material for publication

should be submitted to MurrayState University, Department ofJournalism and Mass Communi-cations, Attn: Chair, 114 WilsonHall, Murray, KY 42071-3311;telephone (270) 809-2387.

Publisher . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Bob Lochte

Writer . . . Dr. Robert H. McGaughey

Production/Photography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orville Herndon

Twelve selected for “Who’s Who”

Anderson

Lewis

Roberts

Rush

Walls

Morris

Marinoff

Laszewski

Dillard

Bush

Wolfe

Summer 2008 JMC Journal 3

The late Dr. William RayMofield, JMC professor andMSU administrator, was one ofsix people inducted into the Ken-tucky Journalism Hall of FameApril 1 in Lexington.

Dr. Bob McGaughey, whonominated Mofield, andMofield’s daughter, Ruth AnnTaylor of Louisville, received theplaque on behalf of Dr. Mofield.

A native of Hardin (just northof Murray in Marshall County),Mofield was a 1943 graduate ofMurray State College.

A longtime associate of thelate Pierce Lackey and ShelbyMcCallum, Mofield started thefirst FM station in Kentucky—WPAD-FM, now WDDJ, in Pad-ucah.

He also started the first sta-tion in Mayfield in 1946, WKTM.Other stations he helped put onthe air include WCIF (nowWFMW) in Madisonville, WCBLin Benton and the old WABD inFt. Campbell.

For many years he did all theFCC paperwork for stations inwest Kentucky, west Tennesseeand southeast Missouri.

A manager for 13 years withWPAD AM and FM in Paducah,he was one of the first to broad-cast high school basketballgames in Kentucky. In 1946 hestarted doing the play-by-play ofstate basketball tournamentsand did so until he left to get hismaster’s degree at ColumbiaUniversity in New York in 1958.

He received the CBS Founda-tion Award that paid for hisgraduate work. He was the onlyKentuckian to ever win theaward.

One of the highlights of hisbroadcasting career whichreceived national attention wasa live radio interview on CBSwith Alben Barkley at the“Veep’s” home in Paducah onelection night in 1948.

Barkley was the Democraticvice presidential running mateof Harry Truman. When theTruman-Barkley ticket was theupset winner of the presidentialrace, Mofield was on the air.

His report and interview withBarkley was carried by the CBSradio network and the ArmedForces Network and later pickedup and aired by the BBC.

Mofield received the CBS cita-tion for having the best fieldreport for the election.

After graduate work in NewYork, he returned to the mid-west and developed the radio-television program at SouthernIllinois University at Carbondalewhile working on his doctoratein communication.

He received the Ph.D. inMarch 1964 and came to Murray

State as the assistant to presi-dent Ralph Woods in July 1964.He was also in charge of thecommunications department,which had programs in speechand journalism.

He started the broadcastingcurriculum and in 1970 he start-ed the NPR station, WKMS-FM.He was also responsible fordesigning and securing fundingfor the fine arts building, whichhoused the radio and TV studioson the top floor.

Mofield retired from teachingat Murray State in 1991 after adistinguished education career.He received the distinguishedservice award from the Ken-tucky Broadcasters Associationin 1989 and the DistinguishedProfessor Award from the MSUAlumni Association in 1987.

He also received the Distin-guished Alumnus Award in 1981and the Golden HorseshoeAward for service to the univer-sity in 1991.

He was the Kentucky Commu-nications Teacher of the Year in1977 and the first recipient ofthe MSU Regents TeachingExcellence Award for the Collegeof Fine Arts and Communica-tions in 1985.

Mofield was selected seventimes to attend the InternationalRadio-Television Society’s facul-ty-industry seminar in New York.

He was named to many bio-graphical publications, includingWho’s Who in American Educa-tion, Directory of AmericanScholars, Outstanding Educa-tors of America and CommunityLeaders of America.

He served as president of theMurray State Alumni Associa-tion, the Southern Illinois Uni-versity Alumni Association, theMurray Rotary Club, the Jack-son Purchase Historical Societyand the Society of Preservationof Southern Harmony.

Known for his great knowl-edge of history, geography, liter-ature and the Bible, he wouldgive out pennies and nickels tostudents who could answer ques-tions in his classes on journalismhistory, media management, edi-torial writing, advertising orintroduction to the mass media.

According to Dr. McGaughey,students would recall years laterwhen they won a coin with aright answer and some still keptthe coin for memory.

Dr. Mofield died March 23,1995 at the age of 73 in Benton.

Mofield inducted into Journalism Hall of Fame

Department assists in DECA, FBLAStudents, faculty and staff participated in the annual Distributive

Education Clubs of America (DECA) and Future Business Leadersof America (FBLA) conferences conducted by the College of Businessand Public Affairs this spring.

Gill Welsch, head of the advertising major, participated in bothconferences while JMC secretary Marion Hale and Robin Orvinoand her Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) stu-dents worked the DECA conference.

They served as judges and/or presenters in the one-day events.

Erwin named finalist in Hearst broadcast news competition

Nicole Erwin, a December journalism (electronic) graduate, haswon fifth place in the annual Hearst Radio Broadcast News competi-tion.

She is now a finalist for the National Broadcast News Champi-onships in San Francisco. There she will have to produce a newsstory under a deadline.

There were 26 students from 16 colleges and universities enteredin the broadcast news competition.

Erwin receives a $600 scholarship and the JMC Departmentreceives $600 for its scholarship fund.

Five nominated to ADS honoraryFive upperclassmen have been nominated to be in Alpha Delta

Sigma, the honorary advertising society, according to sequencehead, Gill Welsch.

The five are Sherri Anderson, Amanda Bates, Sarah Beane, Kim-berly Conklin and Molly Wolfe.

To be eligible for membership, a student must be an active mem-ber of a collegiate AAF chapter, be a senior, have at least an overallGPA of 3.25 and at least a 3.25 GPA in the major.

Johns selected multicultural internAshley Johns, president of the MSU Ads Club, has been selected

by the American Association of Advertising Agencies to be a part ofits Multicultural Advertising Internship Program. She is the firstJMC student to win this honor.

She will be working for Starcom USA (a multi-national advertis-ing agency) in Los Angeles, Calif.

She was also one of 15 students nationwide to be selected for theAmerican Advertising Federation’s Vance and Betty Stickell Memo-rial Internship. She is only the fourth JMC student be selected forthe Stickell internship.

Owens receives University awardfor distinguished service

Dr. Debbie Owens, associate professor in JMC, received a Distin-guished Service Award from the MSU African American StudentService and Ethnic Programs this spring.

Dr. Owens, associate professor in JMC, received the award at theAnnual Diversity Achievements Awards Reception April 11.

The award is given to faculty, staff or community members fortheir contributions to the success of student programs and activities.

Smith wins young Republican awardJordan Smith, a senior public relations and political science dou-

ble major from Senath, Mo., received the Dr. Winfield Rose YoungRepublican Award at the spring Republican Dinner at the CurrisCenter.

Presenting the award was Dr. Rose, U. S. Senator MitchMcConnell and U. S. Rep. Ed Whitfield.

Smith has served as vice president and president of the MurrayState College Republicans and as the secretary of the Kentucky Fed-eration of College Republicans.

NEWS IN BRIEFNEWS IN BRIEF

Dr. Ray Mofield was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame inrecognition of his pioneering work in broadcasting and education.


1965Dr. Robert H. McGaughey III (65,

MA 69) retired at the end of May after38 years in the department, including23 as chairman.

1967Dr. Gaylon “Gene” Murray (67)

was recognized for distinguished teach-ing in journalism by the Society forProfessional Journalists. He is a pro-fessor at Grambling State University.

1969Russ DiBello (69) is the retired

chief fiscal officer for the state of NewYork correctional services in Albany.

Karl Harrison (69; MS 77) is theretired executive editor of The PaducahSun.

Keith Lawrence (69, MS 70) is thesenior reporter for the Owensboro Mes-senger-Inquirer.

Jim Love (69) is the retired newsdirector of WHOP in Hopkinsville andworks part time as a reporter.

Gerald Lush (69) is the editor andpublisher of the Hardin County Inde-pendent in Elizabethtown.

Tom Mathews Jr. (69) is theowner/publisher of the Wayne CountyPress in Fairfield, Ill.

Pat Moynahan (69, MS 81) is thevice provost for Northern KentuckyUniversity in Highland Heights.

Steve Story (69) is an associate andconsultant for First Southern NationalBank in Wickliffe. He lives in Murray.

1970Ron Clark (70) is the city editor of

The Paducah Sun.Martin J. Kady (70) is general

manager for community advertising forThe Washington Post.

Lee Stein (70, MS 71) is the manag-er of the Charlotte Symphony Orches-tra in Port Charlotte, Fla.

Lynn Rennirt Tanner (70) is aretired counselor in the Louisvilleschool system.

Robert Paul Westphelling III (70)is a correspondent for Voice of Americain Washington and completing his mas-ter’s degree at American University.

Cathy Shook Zion (70, MS 72) isthe president and publisher of Today’sWoman , Today’s Transitions andToday’s Family magazines inLouisville.

1971Jim Abernathy (71) is the editor of

the Mayfield Messenger.Darryl Armstrong (71) is the

owner and principal of Armstrong andAssociates in Eddyville.

Bill Bartleman (71) is seniorreporter/political writer for The Paduc-ah Sun.

Jerry Bayne (71) is the retireddirector of journalism for Wabash Val-ley College in Mount Carmel, Ill. Heteaches part time in journalism andcommunity services.

Thomas (Tony) Dename (71) is themanager of vocational rehabilitation forthe state of Kentucky in Frankfort.

Glen Exum (71, MS 80) is the com-puter program advisor for the U. S.Army Research Institute at Ft. Knox.

Dr. Don Fisher (71) is the execu-tive director of the Mid-South QualityProduction Center in Memphis.

Curtis Hart (71) is an adjunct pro-fessor for the University of Memphis’extended campus program.

Vickie Russell Hunkler (71, MS72) is a realtor with Prudential FloridaWCI Realty in Jupiter Branch, Fla.

Ned Mitchell (71) owns The PrintShop in Sesser, Ill., where he serves asmayor.

Dr. Celia Wall (71, MA 79) is anassociate professor in JMC and servesas the graduate coordinator.

Edwin Walston (71, MS 76) is thechairman of the English department atForest Park High School in Ferdinand,Ind., where he advises the yearbookand the newspaper.

1972Faun Schleifer Fishback (72) is

the editor of Kentucky Teacher for theKentucky Department of Education inFrankfort.

Jimmie Largo (72) is a retirednewspaper reporter/editor and is a con-tributing writer for Indian CountryToday.

Jann Washer Mayes (MS, 72) issite coordinator of the Carrier Centerfor the University of Memphis in Col-lierville, Tenn.

Dwain McIntosh (72, MS 74) is theretired director of MSU InformationServices and JMC adjunct professor.

William Mitchell (72) is the man-aging editor of the Marshall Co.Gazette in Shelbyville, Tenn.

Johanna Comisak Rhodes (72) isthe owner/operator of the Etcetera Cof-feehouse and Gallery in Paducah.

1973Ray Bowman (73) is the executive

director of Kentucky Sheep and GoatDevelopment Office in Frankfort.

Timothy Buckley (73) is theowner/operator of Buckley MarketingLLC in Louisville.

Mike Chadwell (73) is generalmanager of WHOP radio in Hop-kinsville.

Tom Chady (73) is the chief finan-cial officer for Cappaert ManufacturedHousing in Vicksburg, Miss.

Christine Johnson (73) is presi-dent of the Leadership Louisville Cen-ter. She was selected as one of the 15Most Powerful Women in Louisville.

Clark Dennis McNatt (73) is exec-utive director for Bashford East HealthCare in Louisville.

Myra Sachleben Perkinson (73) isthe retired vice president for humanresources/communications for Quan-tum Chemical Co. in Franklin, Tenn.

Alan Raidt (73) is the owner/opera-tor of C. C. Cohen Restaurant & Bar inPaducah.

Dr. J. D. Rayburn (MS, 73) is anassociate professor at Florida State Uni-versity in Tallahassee and has receiveda lifetime achievement in public rela-tions award from the University of Ken-tucky’s College of Communication.

Mike Turley (73) is the retired edi-tor of The Mayfield Messenger.

J. D. Williams (73) is the presidentof the CarMel Medical Inc. company inCharlotte, N.C.

1974Loyd Ford (74) is the owner/pub-

lisher of The Lake News in CalvertCity.

Gil Gilbert (74) is a realtor for Pru-dential in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Glenn Gilbert (74) is a State FarmInsurance agent in Louisville.

Nanci Peterson Gregg (74) is co-owner of Publishing and MarketingSolutions in Spring Hill, Tenn.

Michael Jones (74) is a communi-cations consultant for Humana inLouisville.

Stanley McKinney (74, MS 87) isthe head of the journalism program atCampbellsville University.

Tom Peterson (74) is the owner ofPride Inc. Public Relations inLouisville.

Carol Rogers (74, MS 76) is theretired owner of Carol Rogers andAssociates in Mayfield.

Joe Walker (74) is the business edi-tor for The Paducah Sun.

1975Ann Cretaro Adams (75) is the

campaign manager for the Leukemiaand Lymphoma Society in Harrisburg,Penn.

Jeff Curtsinger (75) is an antiquedealer and is in the food concessionbusiness in Murray.

Michael Finch (75, MS 80) is theowner/operator of Quality Web Print-ing in Elkton.

Steve Gatens (75) is regional salesmanager for Alto-shaam in Dallas.

John C. Green (75) is vice presi-dent for marketing/advertising for theGannett Co. in West Harrison, N.Y.

Steve Hale (75) is an evangelist inWoodstock, Ga.

Grey Hurt Jr. (75) is an AllstateInsurance agent in Owensboro.

Sally Hoback Jump (75) is theFranklin Circuit Clerk in Frankfort.

Deborah Cathey McClain (75) isthe officer manager for McClainOrthodontics in Murray and Paris,Tenn.

Susan McMichael-Guerra (75) is afreelance advertising copywriter inBallwin, Mo.

Katie Paschall (75) is professor ofspeech at Edison Community Collegein Naples, Fla.

Sarah Trousdale Sandich (75) isthe call director for KEMI Insurance inLexington.

Scott Simpson (75) is the presidentof CT Enterprises in Lexington.

Sheila Jones Tepe (75) is presi-dent of Sheila Tepe and Associates inFort Mitchell.

Marsha Roberts Tucker (75) isthe office manager of the MarshallCounty Medical Center and the Mur-ray Surgery Center.

Steve Vied (75) is the editorial pageeditor for the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer.

Robin Wyatt Walston (75) is a loanofficer for the Dubois Pike FederalCredit Union in Jasper, Ind.

1976Angela Ballard Cox (76) is the

manager of corporate community rela-tions for Centerpoint Energy in SugarLand, Texas.

Karen Burkeen Guthrie (76) isthe coordinator of the Youth ServicesCenter for Calloway County MiddleSchool.

Brad Holbrook (76) is the anchorfor the nationally syndicated show,“Business Week Weekend,” from NewYork City.

David Jernigan (76) is a realtor forColdwell Banker in Franklin.

Rachel Flora Koeniger (76) is theon-line librarian at the Washington &Lee University School of Law library inLexington, Va.

Deborah Nance Lee (76, MS 77) isthe owner of Nance Lee Consulting inMurray.

Janet Lomax-Smith (76) is thenews anchor for WHEC-TV inRochester, N.Y.

Tim Marler (76) is the TulsaRegion exploration manager for TheWilliams Co. in Tulsa, Okla.

Rita Underwood Mitchell (76) isthe university editor for the Universityof Tennessee-Martin.

Mike Omar (76) is the Forane Utili-ty Operator for Arkemia Chemicals inCalvert City.

Cathy Crecelius Parrott (76) isthe director of promotions and publicaffairs for WPSD-TV in Paducah.

Dr. H. Allen White, Jr. (76, MA 85)is completing a year’s leave from JMC,where he has been doing research as adata analyst for the Air Force at thePentagon in Washington, D.C.

1977Lowell Atchley (77) is a legislative

analyst for the Kentucky LegislativeResearch Commission in Frankfort.

Donald J. Belisle (77) is HR com-munications manager for Aflac World-wide Headquarters in Columbus, Geor-gia.

Mona Milam Casteel (MA, 77) is areporter/editor for The Free Press inWoodstock, Va.

Berry Craig (MS, 77) is professor ofhistory at the West Kentucky Commu-nity and Technical College in Paducah.

Robert Crosno (77) is the regionalsales manager for WPSD-TV 6 in Pad-ucah.

Leo Green (MS 77) is a retiredsales rep for WPSD-TV in Paducah andis an adjunct professor for JMC.

Rick Harrington (77) is an accountexecutive for KMOX in St. Louis. Hiswife, Julie, is a second-grade teacher inHazelwood, Mo.

John High (MS 77) is the retireddirector of broadcasting for MiddleTennessee State University inMurfreesboro.

Dennis Hill (77) is the publicaffairs specialist for the Bechtel Groupin Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Jayne Clark Hill (77) is a customersales rep for The Sourcing Departmentin Brentwood, Tenn.

Cynthia Klose Hull (77) is thenews anchor for KWCH-TV in Wichita,Kansas.

Nathalie Bolton McKay (77) ishomemaker and an advocacy volunteerfor autism in Peewee Valley.

Myrle Partridge (77) is the newsdirector for three Regent Communica-tions radio stations in Henderson. Hisown-air name is Gene Stewart.

Marsha Duncan Routon (77) isthe Title I teacher in the Henry CountyBoard of Education in Paris, Tenn.

Mike Sanders (77) is the teammanager for State Farm Insurance inColumbia, Mo.

Ruth Ann Mofield Taylor (MS,77) is a homemaker in Louisville.

Debbie West Williams (77) is thepresident of the Professional Consul-tant Group, Inc., in Charlotte, N.C.

1978Daniel Beavers (MS, 78) is a

retired teacher at Caldwell CountyHigh School and retired mayor ofPrinceton.

Johnny Bramel (78) is theowner/operator of Photosource inLebanon.

Ann McCutcheon Broach (78) isthe copy and lifestyles editor for theParis Post Intelligencer in Paris, Tenn.

Ray Daley (78) is the vice presidentand advertising director for the FortLauderdale, Fla., Sun-Sentinel.

Deborah Dukes DeWeese (78; MS82) is the director of curriculum andinstruction for Paducah Tilghman HighSchool.

Donna Simmons Hickman (78) isa feature writer for The Dailey Journalin Park Hills, Mo.

Gabe Hobbs (78) is the senior vice-president for programming,news/talk/sports for Clear ChannelRadio in Tampa, Fla.

Terra (Terri) Barnett Marquette(78) is patron service technician at theDouglas County, Colo., Library.

Darlene McPherson Mazzone(78) is the owner/operator of MazzoneCommunications and the publisher ofPaducah Life Magazine.

Sherry Nolin McClain (78,96) isthe news bureau manager for MurrayState.

Cathy Hancock Phillips (78, MS79) is the information officer and editorfor the Kentucky Association of Coun-ties in Frankfort.

Pat Slattery (78) is the broadcastand technical production manager forVanderbilt University in Nashville.

Alan Stout (78) is the county attor-ney in Marion. He also is a bankruptcytrustee and chairman of the MSUBoard of Regents.

Mark Welch (78, MS 86) is the pro-gram director for WKMS-FM and alsothe co-pastor of the New Life Christianchurch in Murray.

Tony Wilson (78) is project manag-er for Lexmark International Inc. inLexington.

1979Jennifer Kaler Abernathy (79) is

an insurance rep for AFLAC in May-field.

Ron Beaton (79) is a certifiedfinancial planner and owns Ron Beat-on’s Money Matters in Paducah.

Jackie Hays Bickel (79) is newsanchor for WAVE-TV 3 in Louisville.

Corrine Sheppard Borton (79;MS, 81) is the publisher of Today’sHorse and The Way to Go NationalSnaffle Association.

Julie Butler Brazell (79) is ahomemaker and parent advocate inPaducah.

Carrie Welborn Brookshire (79)is a homemaker in Trenton.

Jim Carter (79; MS 86) is the vicepresident for institutional advance-ment for Murray State.

Karen Echols (79) is vice presidentof Friends of WLRN Inc., the fundrais-ing arm of Public Radio and Televisionfor South Florida.

Pete Longton (79) is a photojour-nalist for WHAS-TV in Louisville.

Cindy Nussbaum McDermott (79)is the communications manager forAlcoa (Aluminum Co. of America) anda retired commander in the U. S. NavyReserve in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Paul Nord (79) is a financial repre-sentative with Northwestern LifeInsurance Co. in Evansville, Ind.

Ronnie D. Payne (79) is the showhost for “Major League Baseball Live”over XM Radio in Washington, D.C.

Matthew Sanders (79) is a reporterfor The Paducah Sun.

Laurie Beatty Shook (79) is thedirector of product management forVerizon in Richardson, Texas.

Mark Underwood (79) is the ITVcoordinator in MSU’s Continuing Edu-cation office.

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Jerry Wallace (79) is the communi-cations director for Eastern KentuckyUniversity in Richmond.

Mary Dorris Watson (79) is ahomemaker in Evansville.

Ted Weaver Jr. (79) is theowner/manager of The DirectorsGroup, a movie/video production com-pany in Louisville.

Jane Mitchell Weston (79) is alawyer working with Vasquess andEstrada in San Francisco.

Thomas Bell (79; MA, 80) is theassociate dean for media services andtelecommunications for John A. LoganCommunity College in Carterville, Ill.

1980Pam Graham Anderson (80) is a

retired news anchor for WSPA-TV inSpartanburg, S. C.

Tamora Rankin Binford (80) isthe editor for M. Lee Smith Publishersin Nolensville, Tenn.

Rebecca Boggess Dublin (80) isthe retired news anchor/director forWQIK in Jacksonville, Fla.

Barbara Wilson Freibert (80) isthe community relations coordinatorfor Actor’s Theatre in Louisville.

Anne Wooten Green (80) workswith child nutrition in Winston Salem,N.C., Forsyth Schools.

Angela Lester Hansen (80) is ahomemaker in Longmont, Colo.

Donna Comer Harris (80) is theDARS associate for software implemen-tation at Miami (Ohio) University.

Mitchell Johnston (80) is thesenior account executive in the ChicagoTribune Co. advertising department.

Kit Millay-Fullenlove (80) is thepublic relations and marketing manag-er for Baptist Hospital East and theTri-County Baptist Hospital.

Jane Krabill Moore (80, MS 84) isa retired public radio production direc-tor in Tampa, Fla.

Phillip Powers (80) works in the RVindustry in Plymouth, Ind. He is work-ing on a science fiction book, Last Seven.

Kate Apperson Reeves (80) is themanager of the Wrather Museum inMurray. She is working on her master’sin mass communications at MSU.

David Ross (80, MS 93) is teachingsenior English and journalism at Hous-ton County High School in Erin, Tenn.

Wesley Smith (80) is a consultantfor distance education in Dublin, Ga.

Elaine Spalding (80) is the presi-dent of the Paducah Area Chamber ofCommerce.

Patsy Sympson (80) is an after-noon drive personality for 101-TheRose.

Karen Welch (MS 80) is the co-pas-tor of the New Life Christian churchand manager of the New Life ChristianBookstore in Murray.

Sandra Wilson (80) is the publicaffairs manager for NewPage in Wick-liffe.

1981Luther Abrams (81) is a retired

sergeant major in Hopkinsville.Tab Brockman (81) is the national

sales director for TapLogic LLC inMurray.

Lance Cowan (81) is the owner ofLC Media (public relations) in CaneRidge, Tenn.

Wanda Dename (81) is theowner/operator of CommunicationsUnlimited in Frankfort.

Leah Manfield Eidson (81) is asales rep for Novo-Nordisk Diabetesproducts in Paducah.

Kevin Finch (81) is the news direc-tor of WISH-TV in Indianapolis.

Allen Fowler (81, MS 83) is thechief engineer for WKMS-FM in Mur-ray.

Mindy Crosby Harnish (81) is themaster control operator for the StarzEncore Group in Englewood, Colo.

Kenneth Klein (81) is the associateathletic director and sports informationdirector for the University ofLouisville.

Keith Koehler (81) is the publicaffairs specialist for the NASA WallopsFlight Facility in Wallops Island, Va.

Melanie Martin (81) is a freelancewriter/editor in Frisco, Texas.

Tom Powell (81) is an instructor atFt. Campbell. He is completing a novel,The Least of These.

Duane Spurlock (81) is director ofpublic relations and physician practiceservice for Health Care Excel. He illus-trated Literary Walk Tours of GothicDublin in 2006.

Michael Williams (81) is the editorof the Paris, Tenn. Post-Intelligencer.

1982Robert Birkhead (82) is vice presi-

dent for marketing for Thomas Nelson,Inc. in Nashville.

Victoria Breece (82; MS 95) is thepurchasing agent for BA Promotions inDexter, Mo.

Chrys Brummal (82) is a publish-ing consultant for Josten’s inClarksville, Tenn.

Cynthia Meyer Butterbaugh (82)is president of Progress Marketing LLCin Paducah.

Tom Butterbaugh (82) is the direc-tor of managed care for Western Bap-tist Hospital in Paducah.

Christopher Caddas (82) is theretired regional manager for Hollymat-ic Corp. in Columbus, Ohio.

Abby Carmack Clark (82) is thevice president of advertising for theColumbus (Ohio) Dispatch.

Jeanene Edwards (82) is the direc-tor of marketing for Hanes Brands Inc.in Winston Salem, N. C.

Mike Fraser (82) is the senior vicepresident for group and internationalsales for Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. inPlano, Texas.

Karen Shipley Langford (82) isthe plant manager for Kentucky Nut inHickman.

Cheryl Lawson (82) is the directorof public relations for McCrackenCounty Schools in Paducah.

Charlotte Houchins Rappuhn(82) is a staff attorney for the federaljudge in Nashville, Tenn.

Tressa Ross (82, 06) is the GearupKentucky Project Associate in the Col-lege of Education at Murray State.

David Shuffett (82) is the host/pro-ducer of “Kentucky Life,” seen overKET from Frankfort. He is a two-timeEmmy nominee for the show.

Richard Valentine (82) is the the-atre teacher at the Bak Middle Schoolof the Arts in West Palm Beach, Fla.

1983Debra Roessler Beaty (83) is a

homemaker in Orange Park, Fla.Ann Long Beckett (83) is a teacher

in the Marshall County School Systemin Benton.

Janice Brandon (83) is the seniorvice president for affiliate ad sales andmarketing for HGTV/FoodNetwork/Great American Country/FineLiving/Do It Yourself Network inKnoxville, Tenn.

Daniel Bundy Jr. (83) is the imag-ing and graphic design specialist forthe Kentucky Historical Society inFrankfort.

Tom Butler Jr. (83; MS, 97) is theTV production supervisor for the WestKentucky Community and TechnicalCollege in Paducah.

Jamie Doerge Byrne (83,85) hasbeen promoted to full professor at theUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock,where she is the director of the Schoolof Mass Communication.

Kristy Calman (83) is the associatemedia service director for Sheehy &Associates in Louisville.

Christopher Demars (83) is theowner/operator of Demars Media (videoproduction) in Morrisville, Vt.

Kimberly Dawn Sullivan Elle-good (83) is an accountant for Guide-stone Financial Resources in Dallas.

Gerald Emig (83) is the assistantsports information director at OhioState University in Columbus.

Jo Ann Pagan Finch (83) is thecopy editor for the Indianapolis Busi-ness Journal.

Venita Lee Fritz (83) is generalmanager of the Benton Tribune-Couri-er.

Lisa Cannon Green (83) is thedata desk editor for the Nashville Ten-nessean.

Felicia Dixon Henderson (83) isthe feature editor for “On Detroit” forThe Detroit News.

Bob Jeffers (MA 83) is a professorof communications at the University ofSouthern Indiana. He is charge of theadvertising sequence and freshmanspeech.

Cynthia French Kustes (83) is thetech teacher for UPS School to WorkProgram in Louisville.

George Lale (83) is the director ofgeneral licensing operations for Broad-cast Music Inc. in Nashville.

Melissa Muscovalley (83) is ahomemaker.

Ed Neary (83) is the retired cre-ative director for Doe-Anderson Adver-tising and now does freelance copywrit-ing in Louisville.

Terrie Liles Pung (83) is the mem-bership manager for the HuntsvilleMuseum of Art in Huntsville, Ala.

Charles Purcell (83) is a partner inthe law firm of Waldrop and Hall inJackson, Tenn.

Gina Thomas Sheeks (83) is thevice president for student affairs atColumbus State University in Colum-bus, Ga.

Melissa Summers-Hood (83) is theexercise and nutrition consultant forAdvanced Medical Weight Manage-ment in Summerville, S.C.

Alan Zacharias (83) is a consultantfor Gonser Gerber Tinker & Stuhr LLPin Napierville, Ill.

1984Lori Barrett (84) is the assignment

editor for WPSD-TV in Paducah.Julia Brown (84) is the senior tech-

nical information specialist for PacificGas & Electric and owns Arctic WolfCommunications in Las Vegas.

Alfred Cravens (84) is an x-raytechnician in Lexington.

John Doerge (84) is a humanresource generalist for Deloitte &Touche in Nashville.

Katherine Kerr (84) is the regis-trar for Murray State.

Benita Martin (84) is director ofmarketing and public relations for theGateway Hill System in Clarksville,Tenn.

Donna Neary (84) is the executivedirector of the Kentucky HeritageCouncil in Frankfort.

Mary Ann Orr (84) is the retiredadvertising manager of the MurrayLedger & Times.

Jennie Smith Rottinghaus (84) isa development officer for Murray State.

Bonnie Workman Schrock (84) isvice president for marketing andpatient services at Western BaptistHospital in Paducah.

1985Susan Edwards Brubaker (85) is

the executive producer of “News in theMorning” for KTVI Fox 2 in St. Louis.

Jeffry Davidson (85) is the specialprojects producer/video journalist forWKRN-TV in Nashville.

Craig Eichelman (85) is associateregional director for AARP in Dallas.

Terry Ellegood (85) is the nationalsales manager for Freeman Companiesin Dallas.

Kathy Watson Goodacre (85) doesconsulting in fundraising and develop-ment in Santa Rosa, Calif.

Mathew Hall (85) is the senior pro-ducer/editor for WDKY Fox 56 in Lex-ington.

Debra Haller (85) is vice presidentand executive producer of Three ChicksMedia, Inc. in Seattle.

David Higgs (85) is the fiscal man-ager for the Green River CorrectionalComplex in Central City.

Rebecca Holtzclaw (85) is a realestate agent with Pulte Homes inNashville.

Thomas Hood (85) is the assistantmanager of communications for ToyotaMotors in Georgetown.

Jana Moore Thomasson (85, MS95) is the publisher of The MountainPress in Sevierville, Tenn.

Tim Tucker (85) is the news copyeditor for The Paducah Sun.

Connie McPherson Umstead (85,MS 87) is an instruction assistant forthe elementary grades in the CallowayCounty School system.

Louis Zimmerman (85) is a lawyerin Paducah.

1986Stuart Alexander (86) is an insur-

ance agent for Kentucky Farm BureauInsurance in Murray.

Don Brown (86) is an account exec-utive for Insight Inc. in Phoenix, Ariz.

Anita Bugg (86) is the news direc-tor for WPLN-FM, Nashville’s PublicRadio Service.

Patsy Crawford Carruthers (86)is the senior manager for AV/Dl Net-works in the University of KentuckyTeaching/Academic Support Center.

Roger Dunaway (86) is the assis-tant chief photographer for WAVE-TVin Louisville.

Chris Evans (86) is the editor andpublisher of the Crittenden Press inMarion.

Cheryl Kaelin Frey (86) is humanresources analyst/editor for State FarmInsurance in Bloomington, Ill.

Todd Harrison (86) is the directorof team development for Wellpoint, Inc.in Greenwood, Ind. He retired as alieutenant colonel in the NationalGuard after 23 years of service.

Patti Jones (86) is the associatedirector of alumni affairs for MurrayState.

Kathryn Roberts Kisner (86) isthe administrative manager and trea-surer for Tennessee Hardware in Gal-latin, Tenn.

Belinda Dowell Peebles (86) is theco-owner and vice president of Innova-tive Printing and Graphics in Murray.

Ginny Lovellette Peterson (86) isa freelance feature writer for the Wilm-ington Star News in Wilmington, N.C.

Jeff Prater (86, MS 92) is the min-ister of music at Memorial BaptistChurch in Murray.

Bill Shelton (86) is a partner withLeft Field Creative, LLC in St. Louis.

Patricia Ringering Tomerlin (86)is the office manager for the TomerlinBookkeeping Service/Law Office inEast Alton, Ill.

Doug Tutt (86, MS 87) is the pro-ducer/director for ESPN Regional TV inNashville.

Andrea Manley Underwood (86)is the director of community relationsand marketing for the Paducah PowerSystem.

David Wilham (86) is the seniorwriter and strategist for the BisigImpact Group in Louisville.

Jacqueline Wells Wilham (86) isthe assistant children’s minister at theMiddletown Christian Church inLouisville.

1987Betty Veatch Adams (MS, 87)

teaches family and consumer science atHopkinsville High School.

Michele Simmons Baumgarth(87) is a recruiter for The Sales Groupin Norcross, Ga.

Steve Boaz (87) is a KentuckyFarm Bureau Insurance agent inPrinceton.

Brad Booth (87) is the regionalsales manager for Bridgestone AmericaHolding Inc. in Franklin, Tenn.

Andrew Buhler Jr. (87) is publish-ing manager for Josten’s in Clarksville.

Kim Oles Casebeer (87) is a realtorfor Kopperud Realty in Murray.

Robin Conover (87) is the editor ofTennessee Electric Cooperative Associ-ation’s Tennessee Magazine inNashville.

Terry Crutcher (87) is the execu-tive director for the Stewart CountyChamber of Commerce in Dover, Tenn.

Joe Evanko (87) is the director ofmarketing and advertising for the Mor-gan Haugh Medical Group in Mayfield.

Susan Shaffer Guess (87) is thesenior vice president for marketing forPaducah Bank and Trust.

Brian Johns (87) is the Indianasales manager for the Welborn CabinetCompany in Evansville.

Allison Marshall (87) is the inter-im executive director of enrollmentmanagement at Murray State.

Jan Oglesby Page (87) is the salesand marketing director for NashvilleJet Charters in Nashville, Tenn.

Mike Phillips (87) is the senior vicepresident for business development forPSI Control Solutions in Charlotte, N.C.

Jeanne Biss Rippel (87) is themedia director for Ira Jones MiddleSchool in the Plainfield, Ill., SchoolDistrict.

Angela Hazel Steely (87, MS 89) isa clerk in the Joelton (Tenn.) PostOffice.

Jeanna Curtis Swafford (87) isthe director of planned giving anddevelopment at the University of Ten-nessee at Martin.

Terry Varney (87) is a consultantand owner of Vision Consulting inLouisville.

Sandi Wiseman White (87) is ahome school mother in New John-sonville, Tenn.



Charles Wiles (87) is the defensiveline coach for Virginia Tech Universityin Blacksburg, Va.

David Winder (87) is the assistantathletic director for media relations atMurray State.

Jennifer Simpson Young (87) isassistant director of school relationsand coordinator of Summer Orienta-tion for Murray State.

1988Scott Binzer (88) is account man-

ager for Gannett’s direct marketing inCrestwood.

David Blackburn (88) is the healthreporter for the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer.

Jeannie Brandstetter (88) is thepublic affairs coordinator for the Mis-souri Association of Trial Attorneys inJefferson City.

Mark Cooper (88) is the specialeducation teacher for Daviess CountyHigh School in Owensboro.

Ted Goins (88) has retired fromWalt Disney World Corp.

Caryn Hall (MS 88) is the directorof assessment and academic account-ability for the Colorado Charter SchoolInstitute in Denver.

Jill Lewis Herndon (88) is thejournalism teacher and yearbook advis-er at Murray High School.

Michelle Babb Howard (88) is anadvertising associate with the BusinessCourier in Cincinnati.

Jimmy Link (88) is vice presidentand general manager of humanresources for Porsche Cars of NorthAmerica.

Georgann Lookosky (88) is thepublic affairs manager for the UnitedStates Enrichment Corp. (USEC) inPaducah.

Paul Mouilleseaux (88) is thesenior enlisted advisor for publicaffairs for the National Guard inWashington, D. C.

Mandy Murphey-Brown (88) is ananchor for KTVI-Fox TV 2 in St. Louis.

Roger Seay (88, MS 91) is the exec-utive producer for new media and themanaging editor for the 11 p.m. newsfor WXIX-TV in Cincinnati.

Richard Todd (88) is the socialstudies teacher for the Murray MiddleSchool.

1989Brock Atwill (89) is the owner of

Flower Shop Network.com inParagould, Ariz.

Lauren Balmer (89) is nationalbrand manager for Choice Hotels inAtlanta.

Stephanie Stephens Balmer (89)is the associate vice president forenrollment and dean of admissions forAgnes Scott College in Atlanta.

Elizabeth Fisher Brahler (89) isthe co-owner of Brahler Oil & LubeCenter and Brahler Automotive Centerin New Berlin, Ill.

Chip Brandstetter (89) is an MRItechnologist for Physicians MRI inPaducah.

Andrea Gaddie Bullock (89) is aprofessional provider representative forHighmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Jeff Burdge (89) is the cardiovascu-lar business manager for NitroMedPharmaceuticals in Evansville.

Edward Burkholder III (89) isassistant chief photographer forWKRC-TV 12 in Cincinnati.

Cathy Davenport Cavanah (89) isthe library media specialist for NorthDrive Middle School in Hopkinsville.

Cody Farley (89) is a seniorinstructional designer/video producerat the University of Farmers.

Rodney Freed (89, MS 91) is aninstructor and faculty advisor to theradio station at the University of Ten-nessee-Martin.

Mary Gratzer (89) is the executivedirector of the FSA Group in Louisville.

Randy Herndon (89, MS 91) is thebroadcasting teacher for Graves Coun-ty High School in Mayfield.

Dr. Cynthia Bond Hopson (MS89) is the assistant general secretaryfor the general board of the UnitedMethodist Church in Nashville. She isthe coordinator of the Black CollegeFund and for other ethnic concerns.

John Benjamin Howard (89) ownsand operates rental property in May-field.

Chris Ordway (89) is the publisherof the News-Enterprise in Elizabeth-town.

Steve Parker (89) is the owner andoperator of Printing Services and Sup-plies in Murray.

Donna Lucas Parr (89) is thesenior associate director of gift plan-ning for the University of Michigan inAnn Arbor.

Zebreina Patterson (89) works inthe Counseling and Testing Center atMurray State.

Daniel Patton (89) is the producerfor outdoors and special projects atWREG-TV in Memphis.

Kevin Patton (89) is a sports writ-er/columnist for the Henderson Glean-er.

Teresa Bragg Rice (89) is theretired publisher of the Perry CountyNews and lives in Bardstown.

Matt Sullivan (89) is a pharmaceu-tical rep for Merck & Co., Inc. inWingo.

Rae Wagoner (89) is the generalmanager of Lyon County HeraldLedger in Eddyville. She is also thepresident of the West Kentucky PressAssociation.

Amy Watson (89) is the morninghost for WTVF TV 5 in Nashville.

Alissa Pearson Young (89) is thedean of academic affairs for Hop-kinsville Community and TechnicalCollege.

Molly Watson Young (89) is stu-dent development specialist for MurrayState’s Student Support Services.

Matthew Yusko (89) is the coordi-nator of student recruitment for JohnA. Logan Community College in south-ern Illinois.

1990Melissa Washburn Allen (90) is a

homemaker and a PR consultant inBrentwood, Tenn.

Elizabeth Bailey-Smith (90) is thedirector of communications for RendLake College in Marion, Ill.

Kelly Austin Claycomb (90) is thenational advertising team leader forThe Evansville Courier.

Steven Cole (90) is the team leaderfor market research in global care oper-ations for Eli Lilly Pharmacueticals inIndianapolis.

Laura Thompson Dougherty (90)is advertising manager for the Paris(Tenn.) Post-Intelligencer.

Valerie Allison Ezell (90) is thecustomer service manager for Josten’sPublications in Clarksville, Tenn.

Patti Beyerle Hall (90) is theowner/president of Hall Communica-tions Advertising in Evansville.

Patrick Hanna (90) works withApollo Engineering in Elizabethtown.

Michelle McKirchy (90) is anaccount executive with Sun Publishingin Paducah.

Joanna Weatherford Norris (90)is the assistant director of media rela-tions and events at the University ofNorth Florida in Jacksonville.

Joe Pawlak (90) is the sales man-ager for Retention Waste Managementin Germantown, Wis.

Anne Haynie Phillips (90) is ahomemaker in Collierville, Tenn.

David Rogers (90) is the managerof learning and development for Invit-rogen in Carlsbad, Calif.

Jennifer Spence (90) is the assis-tant commissioner of marketing for theTennessee Department of TourismDevelopment.

1991Cyrus Afzali (91) is the owner of

Astoria Communications in Sloatsburg,N.Y.

Mary Graham Allen (91) is theassistant vice president for humanresources for First Federal SavingsBank in Elizabethtown.

Todd Birdsong (91) is theatre tech-nical director at West Ky. Communityand Technical College in Paducah.

Tim Black (91) is the station man-ager for WEVV-TV 44 in Evansville.

Kevin Bohannon (91) is an engi-neering designer for Apex Engineeringin Calvert City.

Lea Ann Mansfield Brannan (91)is the media specialist for the NorthGreene School District in White Hall,Ill.

Cheryl Cooper (91) is an attor-ney/clerk for the U. S. District Judge inOwensboro.

Amy Court (91) is a rep for WyethPharmaceuticals in Benton.

Ann Michelle (Shelley) WeedmanDavis (91) is retired from Microsoftand is a full-time mom in Seattle.

Maronda Dockery (91, 93) is asenior copywriter for Sheehy & Associ-ates in Louisville.

Marilyn McCallon Downey (91) isthe administrative assistant for theMurray public works department.

Jennifer Lashlee Hale (91) is theadministrative assistant for the WestKentucky Educational Coop in Murray.

Kin Futrell Hamby (91) is aninsurance agent with McClain Baugh& Sims in Mayfield.

Joe Hedges (MS 91) is a lecturerand advisor to The Murray State News.

John C. Hobby (91) is the financialcenter manager for Fifth Third Ban-corp in Henderson.

Sherry Lassiter Holloway (91) isa kindergarten teacher in the TriggCounty schools in Cadiz.

Deborah Franklin House (91) is ahomemaker in Plano, Texas.

Melissa Testerman Kieffer (91) isa counselor for Cornerstone Counselingin Hopkinsville.

Kim Whitford Mathis (91) is theWIA financial coordinator for the Pur-chase Area Development District inMayfield. She also works with theWhitford Crop Insurance.

Randy Newcomb (91) is the execu-tive director of the Marshall CountyTourism Commission in Benton.

Tom Rogers (MS, 91) is the stationmanager for Commonwealth Broad-casting stations in Princeton andMadisonville.

Lisa Farris Satterwhite (91) is theassistant director of the Murray/Cal-loway County Chamber of Commerce.

John T. Wright (91) is copy deskassistant for The Paducah Sun.

1992Kristin Hawkins Brahm (92) is

the training manager for AT&T inPowder Springs, Ga.

Amy Lear Chmura (92) is the pres-ident of Aim Communications Inc. inTinley Park, Ill.

Jill Askins Crimm (92) is in con-sumer marketing with Eli Lilly and Co.in Indianapolis.

Carmen Stearns Dammerman(92) is the purchasing assistant forTranscraft Corp. in Anna, Ill.

Sheila Schoonover Davis (MS, 92)is the senior strategist for the head ofthe Media Center in Nashville.

Melanie Bucklin Ellingsworth(92) is the Kentucky director of mar-keting and communications for theAmerican Cancer Society in Paducah.

Jon Futrell (92) is sports assistantat The Paducah Sun.

Ronda Dalton Gibson (92) is thedirector of promotion and developmentfor WKMS-FM in Murray.

Angela Bird Groppel (92) is ahome school mom in Clarksville, Tenn.

Becky Naughton-Wright (92) doesappraisals for Brooks Galloway RealEstate in French Lick, Ind.

James Piepenbrok (92) is the dis-trict sales manager for Takeda Phar-maceuticals North America Inc. inSikeston, Mo.

Tina Hack Piepenbrok (92) is thesenior sales representative for AmilynPharmaceuticals in Sikeston, Mo.

Marty Scarbrough (92) is the pro-gram director for KASU-FM atArkansas State University.

Jill Schmidt (92) is a web/architectdesigner for GE Consumer & Industri-al in Louisville.

Louise Vowell Timms (MS, 92) isthe environmental coordinator forregion four of the Tennessee Depart-ment of Transportation in Jackson,Tenn.

Stacey Crook Young (92) is thedirector of customer service for West-ern Baptist Hospital in Paducah.

1993Greg Allen (93) is the head coach of

the women’s golf team at VanderbiltUniversity in Nashville.

Tamela Allen (93) is the managerof Dixon Culvert Co. in Camden, Tenn.

Jennifer Moore Arterburn (93) isa stay at home mom and a PR consul-tant in Seattle, Wash.

Ken Ashlock (93) is the assistantdirector for administrative services inMurray State University’s ResidenceLife/Housing office.

Jeremy Bell (93) is a business con-sultant for Howard D. Happy Co. inMayfield and does play-by-playannouncing of high school sports.

Gregory B Bennett (93) is work-force manager for Charter Communica-tions in Simpsonville, SC.

Lisa Mead Bohanon (93) is abranch office administrator for EdwardJones Investments in Paducah.

Kelly McDonald Chivington (93)is the office manager for ChivingtonChiropractic in Saint Marys, Ohio.

Erin Smith Colbaugh (93) is theevents coordinator for the city ofHoover, Ala.

April Lane Dunn (93) is the co-owner of the Gold Gallery Jewelrystore in Benton.

Sean Finnegan (93) is the chiefmedia officer of Vibrant Media in NewYork City and has been elected to theAmerican Advertising Federation’sboard of directors.

Jamie Futrell (93) is the generalsales manager for eight radio stationsin the Bristol Broadcasting chain inPaducah.

Judy Shewmaker Gargus (93, MA95) is the area director for the Ameri-can Cancer Society in Owensboro.

Mark Griffin (93) has published abook about the Tobacco Wars, StandThere and Tremble: When the NightRiders Came to Russellville and haspublished a pictorial Logan County.

John Hart (93) is a lecturer in Mur-ray State’s Telecommunications Sys-tems Management

Stephen Hayden (93) is the seniorsales consultant for Novartis inPhilpot.

Kristie Helms (93) is assistant vicepresident of global marketing for StateStreet Corp. in Boston.

Travers Houck (93) is the businessmanager for Grey Properties in Mur-ray.

Stephanie Lush Jeffers (93) is theautomotive account representative forthe Louisville Courier-Journal.

John R. Miller (93) owns and oper-ates the Dairy Queen Brazier store inMetropolis, Ill.

Heather Stahl Pierce (93) is thedirector of customer service for KimballInternational in Jasper, Ind.

Kristi Bauer Schank (93) is theconsumer unit producer for WAVE-TV3 in Louisville.

Carrie Brady Seebold (93) is theinside sales support person for MPCPromotions in Louisville.

John Patrick Taylor (93) is a pro-ject scheduler for Sikorsky Aircraft inNew York.

Leigh Landini Wright (93) is thefeatures editor for The Paducah Sun.

1994Ron Applegate (94) is the assistant

manager of Sir Speedy Printing inMercerville, N.J.

Chaney Sutherland Boatright(94) is a Redken Specialist and has herown photography business in Murray.

Dana Lear Brantley (94) is thecommunity relations director for theDominican Sisters of St. Catherine inGreensburg.

Ty Englebright (94) is an agent forthe Woodall Agency in Princeton.

Cammie Maxwell Evans (94) is anexecutive recruiter for Witzig GroupLtd.

Stacy Freed (94) is a speech teach-er in the Communications Departmentat the University of Tennessee-Martin.

Chris Freeland (94, MS 96) is thesales manager for WCBL,Benton, andWCCK in Calvert City.

Shelley English Hawkins (94, 99)is the owner and operator with the 3Rivers Martial Arts Academy in Paduc-ah.

Denise Montague Houck (94) is aphysical therapist for Murray-Cal-loway County Hospital’s Spring Creekfacility.

Kina Hurt Knight (94) is a realestate agent for Campbell Real Estatein Murray.

Mary Oglesby Mitchaner (94)works in human resources for HarlanSprague Dawley in Indianapolis.

Catherine Frazier Sivills (94) isthe assistant vice president for commu-nication at Murray State University.

Will Snodgrass (94) is the proshop/club house manager for the MillerMemorial Golf Course in Murray.

Daniel Szurgot (94) is a commer-cial producer for WPSD-TV in Paduc-ah.


Greg Teffertiller (94) is the pastorand co-founder of Milestone Communi-ty Church in Grayson, Ga.

Dawn Partenheimer Travelstead(94, MS 96) is the chief customer officerfor Developware, Inc. in Louisville.

Chuck Watkins (94) is the Right ofWay agent for the Kentucky Trans-portation Cabinet in Benton.

1995Julie Wampler Belt (95) is a sales

rep for Lifetouch publications inClarksville, Tenn.

Jennifer Wohlleb Drake (95) isthe publications coordinator for theKentucky School Board Association inFrankfort.

Allison Mick Evans (95) is themanaging editor for the CrittendenPress in Marion.

Michael Gage (95) is executive vicepresident/director of production withB.B. Kirkbride Bible Co. in Indianapo-lis.

Bobby Glass (95) is the systemsadministrator for the National Colle-giate Scouting Association in Chicago.

Angie Kinsey (95) is a feature writ-er for The Paducah Sun.

Lori England Nichols (95) is thebusiness care manager in the govern-ment solutions group for AT&T inBrentwood, Tenn.

Sarah Dearworth Pack (95) is themarketing specialist for the DanaCorp. in Paris, Tenn.

Lori Rowlett Parker (95) is zonemanager for Champion Homes of Ten-nessee in Henly.

Sherry Purdom (95) is the publicinformation officer for the MurrayIndependent School District.

Kim Dunlap Stokell (95) is thesenior associate brand manager forKFC Louisville.

Jerry Walker (95) is the promotiondirector for WTVF-TV channel 5 inNashville.

David Washburn (95, MS 96) is thevice president of communications forFLW Outdoors in Benton.

1996Lara Everley Batts (96) is a mar-

keting data analyst for Fiserv inNashville.

Amy Bowland (96) is a proposalwriter for business development forHealthways in Nashville.

Michelle Stinnett Clark (96) is anaccount executive for Intrepid HomeHealth in Murray.

Kelly Hicks Hagy (96) is an accountrepresentative for Shannon BrothertonState Farm Agency, in Paducah.

Chad Holder (96) is the marketingmanager for physical services for Nor-ton Healthcare in Louisville.

Jeffrey Horn (96) is theowner/operator of Jersey Mike’s Subsin Hopkinsville and Clarksville.

Josh Johnson (96) is district man-ager for Combined Insurance Co. inMurray.

Staci Shipp Koenig (96) is a home-maker in Murray.

Kendra Jones Marsh (96, MS 99)is a sales consultant for Novartis Phar-maceutical Corp.

Talissa Sandwell (96) is directorfor recruiting and employee relationsfor Progressive Health in Evansville.

Rebecca Sullivan Sawyer (MS,96) is the assistant dean of studentaffairs and is over housing programs atGeorge Washington University. She iscompleting her doctorate in humanresource development.

Marcy Riley Snodgrass (96) is aGlobal Spa Purefessional for Aveda inMurray.

Kristen Straub Wilson (96) is theaccount supervisor for Power Creativein Louisville.

1997Kasey Beckham (97) is the associ-

ate vice president for Kentucky for theAmerican Cancer Society in Flemings-burg.

Stephanie Ladd Boyd (97) worksin ad sales for WHOP in Hopkinsville.

Slone Cansler (97, 00) is the pub-lisher of the News-Democrat and Lead-er in Russellville.

Maria Tsataros Chrissovergis(97) is the publisher of New Homes inJacksonville, Fla.

Stephanie Tinsley Click (97) isthe communications specialist forSugar Creek Baptist Church in Sugar-land, Texas.

Jennifer DeMarsh Cline (97) is anaccount executive for Power Creativein Louisville.

Rhonda VanCleave Gibson (97) isthe office manager/traffic director forWMSK-FM in Morganfield.

Robert Goebel (97) is a sales repfor Glaxo Smith Kline in Owensboro.

Jennifer Eckart Holland (97) isthe general manager of Service Net inSellersburg, Ind.

Amanda Stone Hurley (97) isdirector of promotions for Hurley andAssociates Advertising in Charleston,Mo.

Michele Longworth (97) is thegeneral assignments reporter for TheMetropolis Planet in Illinois.

Scott Nanney (97) is the officemanager for First Baptist Church inParis, Tenn.

Katie Thomas Peebles (97) is theoffice manager for the Thomas & ArvinLaw firm in Hopkinsville.

Kim Sutton Sarff (97) is an attor-ney with Husch & Eppenberger LLC inPeoria, Ill.

Jayne Moreland Steverson (97) isthe national account executive forEnesco Group, Inc. in Itasca, Ill.

Joshua Waggoner (97) is seniorliaison, brand awareness forALSAC/St. Jude Children’s ResearchHospital in Memphis, Tenn.

1998Rob Bradley (98) is the assistant

golf pro at the LeBaron Hills CountryClub in Lakeville, Mass.

Tiffany Clark-Blazina (98) is themarketing/communications associate forWestern Baptist Hospital in Paducah.

Mandy Wolf Detwiler (98) is themanaging editor of Pizza Today Maga-zine in Louisville.

Erin Grogan Eggen (98) is themedia relations coordinator for theKentucky Department of Transporta-tion Safety in Frankfort.

Kim Graves (MS 98) is the businesschange director for Anthem Blue Crossand Blue Shield in Louisville.

Tim Hendricks (98) is vice presi-dent of Franklin Bank in AltamonteSprings, Fla.

Angela Wilson Krahel (98, MS 99)is a pharmaceutical rep for Pfizer innorthern Kentucky.

Jeremy McKeel (98, MS 02) is theproduction director for TV-11 studiosand an instructor in the electronicmedia major at Murray State.

Ben Morehead (98) is the Spanishteacher at Heath High School in Padu-cah.

Terri Bowin Sam (98) is a retailadvertising sales rep for The AkronBeacon Journal.

Stephanie Schneider (98, MS 04)is a special education assistant withthe Jefferson County Board of Educa-tion in Louisville. She will be marryingEric Smith in June.

Angelle Schroeder (98,00) is areamanager for Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

Tricia Senger-Schalekamp (MS,98) is product manager for footwear forBrooks Sports Inc. in Bothell, Wash.

Chris Vaughn (98) is an assistantfootball coach under Houston Nutt.

Shannon Voss (98) works for theCoca Cola Co. in Covington.

Adam Woodring (98) is the proper-ty manager of the Governor’s SquareMall in Clarksville, Tenn.

1999Chad Darnall (99) is a news photo-

journalist with WPSD-TV in Paducah.Tory Holton Daughrity (99, MS

02) is the marketing and public rela-tions director for the Henry CountyMedical Center in Paris, Tenn.

Kelly Polivick Davis (99, 00) is thetransportation and scheduling special-ist for New Page in Wickliffe.

Fran Sanders Delk (99) is a terri-tory sales rep for Forest Pharmaceuti-cals in Franklin.

Jenny Wommack Druschke (99)is the senior community center directorin Louisville.

Karie Greider (99) is the directorof client services for The ESP Group inArlington, Va.

Nathan Higdon (99) is sales manag-er for Perkins MotorPlex in Mayfield.

Larissa Shoemaker (99) is theassistant branch manager for CharterOne Bank in Indianapolis, Ind.

Brandy Quam Spainhoward (99)is the marketing manager for AnchorIndustries, Inc. in Evansville, Ind.

Glenn Tanner (MS, 99) is the sys-tems manager for The Paris Post-Intel-ligencer in Paris, Tenn.

Eric Travis (99) is the bar managerfor 818, LLC in Los Angeles, Calif.

Derek Watters (99) is a sales repfor TapLogic, LLC, in Murray.

2000Tara Shelby Bacon (00) is working

on her master’s at the Institute for Laband Industrial Relations in Cham-paign, Ill.

Johnny Blazina (00) is an advertis-ing account executive with The Paduc-ah Sun.

Brandi Williams Bradley (00) isan advertising consultant for Extra, apublication of the Paducah Sun.

John Broeckling (00) is assign-ment editor at KFVS-12 in CapeGirardeau, Mo.

Kate Lackey Broeckling (00) is anaccount executive for the SoutheastMissourian in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

David Brown (00) is a sales rep forthe Lexington Herald-Leader’s web ser-vice.

Jennifer Pitzer Brown (MS, 00) isa staff writer for the Kentucky New Erain Hopkinsville and an adjunct profes-sor for JMC in journalism.

Jenny Daag-McDaniel (00) is astay-at-home mom in her native Swe-den.

Toni Dunbar (00) is the programand events specialist for the Leader-ship Louisville Center and was namedone of the top 40 young leaders under40 years old by Business First inLouisville.

Christine Hall (00) is the mediaand marketing reporter for the on-linenews magazine of the Houston Busi-ness Journal.

Christopher John Hauselt (00) isthe producer of the morning show forSirius Satellite Radio in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Michelle Martini Hayes (00) worksfor the McCracken County Library.

Jennifer Hendrix (00) is a therapyspecialist at Curascript Infusion Phar-macy.

Ginger Hicks (00) is regional man-ager at Medical Reimbursements ofAmerica in Franklin, Tenn.

Rachel Hurt (00) is an accountexecutive for KXLT Fox 47 inRochester, Minn.

Jill Holder Kimberlin (00, MS 01)is sales manager for Big Ass Fans inLexington.

Donald Lawson (00) is a seniorcomputer technician with Best Buy’sGeek Squad.

Julie Hagan Lowe (00) is in adver-tising with the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Brice Marsh (00) is a sales consul-tant for Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp.in Sebree.

Amy Perry (00, MS 07) is the medi-cal staff recruiter for the Trover Foun-dation in Madisonville.

Karsia Slaughter (00, MA 04) is apartner and instructor in the DazzleDance studio in Carmel, Ind.

Jessica Naas Stone (00) is a com-munications consultant with the Ten-nessee Valley Authority.

Michael Turner (00) is the directorof Campus Outreach at Murray State.

Erica Emmons Wade (00) is themarketing specialist for the OwensboroMedical Health System.

Brandi Bowdler Wilkins (00) is anassistant professor of journalism andspeech and the adviser for the studentnewspaper and speech team atKaskaskia College in Centralia, Ill.

Andrea Harvey Zimmerman (00)is the academic coordinator for UpwardBound at Murray State.

2001Chris Bacon (01) is working on his

master’s in broadcast journalism at theUniversity of Illinois at Champaign.

Heather Hedges Bastyr (01) is thestore manager for American Cellular inParis, Tenn.

C. D. Bradley (01) is the assistantcity editor of The Paducah Sun.

Shelley Street Byrne (01) is areporter for The Paducah Sun.

Sarah Higdon Drake (01) is thelegislative assistant for CongressmanRoger Wicker in Washington, D. C.

Christina Stubblefield Driver(01) is a territory representative for EliLilly in Benton.

Jennifer Catlett Frankic (01) isthe customer services rep for BerryPlastics Corporation in Evansville.

Jenny Gillespie (01) is the morn-ing show co-host and producer forWCXO-FM in Carlyle, Ill.

Jeff Hellmueller (01) is Cumber-land Valley news reporter and bureauchief for WYMT-TV in Middlesboro.

Natalie Groves Howard (01) is thelibrarian for Forest Park High Schoolin Ferdinand, Ind.

Laura Sykes Kenworthy (01) isworking on a degree in commercialdesign at Murray State.

Angela Colson Kimbro (01) is co-owner of K-Squared Design in Murray.

Wendy Cardwell Lawrence (01) isa diagnostic sonograph technician forthe Trover Medical Center in Madis-onville.

Shannon Sullivan Meyers (01) isthe interactive advertising sales super-visor for the Lexington Herald Leader.

Russell Oates Jr. (01) is the deputydirector of external relations for theCenter for Strategic & InternationalStudies in Washington, D. C.

Lindsay McNutt Orange (01,03) iscommunications director for the Ken-tucky House of Representative’sRepublican leadership.

Crystal Travis Riley (01) is coordi-nator of distance learning and specialprojects in MSU’s Continuing Educa-tion office.

Stephanie Simmons (01) is anaccount manager for Sanford Brands inFranklin, Tenn.

Jamie Morgan Vincent (01) iscommuncations director for the Ky. Soy-bean Association and Promotion Board.

Amanda Watson-Smiles (01) is themedia/marketing specialist for Mid-Continent University in Mayfield.

Carl Williams (01) is coordinator ofthe minority teacher recruitment pro-ject for Jefferson County Public Schoolsin Louisville.

Gregory Wurth (01) is the market-ing director for the C-Plant FederalCredit Union in Paducah.

Caroline Steinbuchel Zambrano(MA 01) is editor of Dogs Life magazinein Sydney, Australia.

2002Beth Chadwell Adler (02) has a

master’s in special education and is thespecial education teacher at CroftonElementary School.

Kenya Atherton (02) is area man-ager for Goodyear Tire in Union City,Tenn.

Kelli Petermeyer Bland (02,03) isa public affairs specialist for the Armyin Heidelberg, Germany.

Joanna Conklin (02) is an accountexecutive for Power Creative inLouisville.

Eric Daugherty (02) is the directorof marketing and public relations forCitizens National Bank in Lebanon.

Stevie Lowery Daugherty (02) isthe editor/general manager of theLebanon Enterprise.

Marilee Morgan Forrest (02) isdevelopment representative for the Amer-ican Cancer Society in Bowling Green.

Laura Bowland Grumley (02) isspecial projects coordinator for WestKentucky Community and TechnicalCollege in Paducah.

Kyle Hensley (02) is assistant vicepresident for United Southern Bank inHopkinsville.

Katrina James Jackson (02, MS04) is director of sales and marketingfor Kart Kountry Family Entertain-ment Center in Shepherdsville.

Justin Kimbro (02) is theowner/operator of K-Squared Design inMurray.

Justin McGill (02) is managing edi-tor for the Tribune-Courier in Benton.

Kevin O’Neal (02) is the director ofpromotions for the Pappas TelecastingStations in Sioux City, Iowa.

Ryan Ray (02) is the public rela-tions and marketing manager for theOrlando Museum of Art.

Kevin Thomas (02) is the assistantdirector of undergraduate advisingpractices at Western Kentucky Univer-sity in Bowling Green.

Stephanie Watson (02) is a stu-dent recruiter at ITT Technical Insti-tute in Lexington.

William Christopher “Chris”Woodall (02) is the ad manager for theMurray Ledger & Times.




ALUMNI NOTESALUMNI NOTES2003

Amanda Alvis (03) is the director ofactivities for the Crittenden CountyHealth & Rehabilitation Center inMarion.

Amanda Frazier Banker (03) isthe public relations manager foradministration and logistics for theGreen Building Initiative in Portland,Ore.

Traci Buck (03) is the programadministrator for corporate communi-cations for Federal Express in Mem-phis.

Sara Combs (03) is retail branchcoordinator at Reliance Bank in St.Louis.

Lora Sandefur Croley (03) is themanager of the 55+ program for West-ern Baptist Hospital in Paducah.

Kimberly Anne Morris Gill (03) isa pharmacy communications processmanager for Humana in Louisville.

Niketa Hailey-Hill (MA 03) is mar-keting manager for Goodwill Industriesof Middle Tenn., Inc.

Morgan Hardy (03, MA 07) isworking on his doctorate in mass com-munications at the University of Ten-nessee at Knoxville.

Ashley Johnson Hinton (03) is aclaims representative for the SocialSecurity Administration in Paducah.

Maddy Hsieh (03) is an Englishteacher with the Language Trainingand Testing Center in Tiapei, Taiwan.

Erin L. Hutchins (03) is a protocolanalyst at Vanderbilt University Medi-cal Center in Nashville.

Kennette Jones (03) is a registereddental hygienist for Dr. Randy Taylor.

Kelli Jones Lamb (03) is workingin sales in Paducah.

Andrea Scott Mills (03) is a senioraccount executive at McNeely Pigott &Fox Public Relations in Nashville,Tenn.

Stephanie Minix (03) is accountcoordinator for sponsorship sales forthe Indianapolis Colts.

Abigail Oglesby (03) is a teamcoordinator at Sullivan Higdon & Sink,Kansas City, Mo.

Grace Page (03) the CRM assistantand communications specialist forAgri-Sales Associates, Inc. in Her-mitage, Tenn.

Stacy Crawford Puckett (03) isthe development specialist for LourdesHospital in Paducah.

Edwin Richerson (03) is the videoservices coordinator for the MurrayElectric System.

Sara Schmitt Riley (03) is a prod-ucts specialist with Siemens. She was amember of the top-selling President’sClub for 2007.

Erin Rogers (03) is the marketingcoordinator for Fountain View atFriendship Village of South County inSt. Louis.

Jeremy Rose (03) is the assistantvice president for marketing for Com-munity Financial Services Bank inPaducah.

Julie Janes Torzewski (03) is theDream Home Event Specialist for St.Jude Children’s Research Hospital inLouisville.

Courtney Allen Westbrook (03) isthe customer service supervisor for TheLiberty Group, a printing and advertis-ing agency in Bowling Green.

Emily Wilson (03) is a marketingspecialist for Lourdes Hospital in Pad-ucah.

Kari Gregory Wurth (03) is inpharmaceutical sales in Paducah.

2004Mahmoud Abdul-Fattah (04, MS

05) works for Froggy Radio in Murray.Abby Aiken (04) works in market-

ing and layout for Deerhaven Press.William Amos (04, MS 05) is the

coordinator for sales and marketing forHost Communications in Atlanta.

Severo Avila (MS, 04) is a writerfor the News Publishing Company inRome, Ga.

Adrian Hubbard Buntin (04) is amarketing specialist for Centerstone inNashville, Tenn.

Jessica C. Dowdy (04) works inmarketing for the Jewish Federation ofNashville, Tenn.

Jordan Eakin (04) is an art direc-tor for Modernista in Boston.

Joe Edwards (04) is vice presidentof marketing/business development forHarper Construction in Paducah.

Stephanie Elder (04, MS 07) is theCommunity Relations Specialist for theAmerican Cancer Society in Paducah.

Rebecca Field (04) is a customerservice analyst for Pella Corp. in Mur-ray.

Nathan Gray (04) is a specialtypharmaceutical rep. in Paducah.

Jason Henson (04) is manager ofFastenal in Mayfield.

Shulorn Hollowell Jeter (04) is areal estate agent with ReMax RealtyGroup in Paducah.

Melony Jones (MS, 04) is a com-munications specialist for the AustinPeay State University public rela-tions/marketing department.

Anthony Lucido (04) is a financialadviser with Morgan-Keegan inBelleville, Ill.

Jennifer Moss (04) is a ticket salesaccount executive for the NashvillePredators.

Erin Richards (04) is a reporterwith the Milwaukee Journal Sentineland a freelance writer for Budget Trav-el magazine.

Elizabeth Trice Schweizer (04) isadmissions records manager at Savan-nah College of Art and Design inAtlanta.

Stephanie Sharp (04) is complet-ing her master’s in mass communica-tions at MSU.

Danny Vowell (04) is the chief pho-tographer for the Kentucky New Era.

Jason Yates (04) is the news editorfor the Evansville Courier-Press.

2005Paige LeFan Adams (05) works for

Daymar College.Megan Arszman (05) is photo and

e-newsletter editor for The Horse: YourGuide to Equine Health Care, a month-ly horse-health magazine.

Bryan Bartlett (05) is a reporterand local news anchor for National Pub-lic Radio’s “Morning Edition” at WUKY-FM at the University of Kentucky.

Adam Bittel (05) is the engineer forFroggy 103.7 radio in Murray.

Samantha Bradley (05) is a busi-ness service account executive for Com-cast Television in Paducah.

Will Brantley (05) is associate edi-tor for Ducks Unlimited Magazine.

Joshua Brown (05) is a graphicdesigner for the YMCA of Middle Ten-nessee.

Misty Brown (05) is the admissionsclerk for the Murray State ESL pro-gram.

Jessica Bybee (05) is the communi-cations/special events coordinator forMurray State’s alumni affairs office.

Amanda Carter (05) is an admis-sions counselor for Murray State andworking on her master’s degree inmass communications.

Constance Carter (05) teachesEnglish in Santiago, Chile.

Michelle Dearing (05) is anaccount manager for the Chicago Tri-bune Metro Mix Entertainment Guide.

Briteny Darnell Duncan (05) is theassessment specialist for the TeacherQuality Institute at Murray State.

Marissa Casey Ferreira (05) isspecial sections editor at The PaducahSun.

Jayme Gordon (05) is a communi-cations specialist with FLW in Benton.

Whitney Alexander Harris (05) isthe communications project analyst atHumana, Inc. in Louisville.

Lauren Owen Head (05) is thetraffic manager and assistant mediamanager for CJ Advertising inNashville, Tenn.

Amy Hille (05) is the real estatemarket manager for the Amelia IslandPlantation in Florida.

Dana Starnes Howard (05) is mar-keting and public relations specialistfor Murray State University’s Telecom-munications Systems Managementprogram.

Lesley Jones (05) is the web mas-ter for the Paris, Tenn. Post-Intelli-gencer.

Lauren Friskel Reed (05) is withPeritus Public Relations in Louisville.

Alichia Sawitoski (05) is the strat-egy supervisor for digital for OMD inOak Park, Ill.

Sara Swiney (05) is the marketingdirector for Energy Fitness in Paducah.

Jennifer Ripperda Thomas (05)is bookkeeping and development assis-tant for the Pastoral Counseling Cen-ters of Tennessee Inc.

Terra Vance Weber (05) is anaccount executive for WPSD-TV inPaducah.

Jon D. Wilke (05) works in publicrelations/marketing for Faith ComesBy Hearing in Albuquerque, N.M.

2006Layal Atieh (06) is completing her

master’s degree in occupational safetyand health at Murray State.

Anna Rae Brewer (06) is the mem-ber services coordinator for the Paduc-ah Area Chamber of Commerce.

Mitchell Canter (06) is the graphicdesigner for the Tennessee BaptistConvention in Brentwood, Tenn.

Megan Chaney (06) is an admis-sions counselor at Austin Peay StateUniversity in Clarksville, Tenn.

Jamie Dexter (06) is a reporter forthe Clarksville, Tenn. Leaf Chronicle.

Bryan Gore (06) is a casualtyclaims adjuster with Nationwide Insur-ance in Memphis, Tenn.

Megan Haverstock (06) is aninsurance agent with the HaverstockAgency in Murray.

Christopher Haynes (06) is in theJMC master’s program at MurrayState.

Ashley Tiedwell Higdon (06) is astay-at-home mom in Mayfield.

John Nicholas Holladay (06) is anassistant residence hall director andworking on his master’s degree atWestern Kentucky University in Bowl-ing Green.

April Sara Hamlin Keel (06) is thedirector of personnel and productivityfor Daniel Marsh DDS in Mayfield.

Warren King (06) is a partner withKing Brothers Supermarkets in Ben-ton.

Meghan Mottaz (06) is events coor-dinator with the Muscular DystrophyAssociation in St. Louis.

Adam Partin (06) is advertisingcoordinator for Creative Loafing isAtlanta.

Brooke Grace Riley (06) is thecashier for the West Kentucky RuralElectric in Mayfield.

Janet Robb (06) is a feature writerfor the Perry County News in Tell City,Ind.

Amanda Saunders (06) works forBluegrass Supply Chain Services, LLC,in Bowling Green.

Sarah Schardein (06) works insales at WDRB/WMYO.

Makenzie Lynn Moon Shewcraft(06) is with Baptist Campus Ministryin Murray.

Connie Brooks Thompson (06) isbusiness manager at WTVW-Fox 7 inEvansville, Ind.

Christin Yates (06) is an accountcoordinator at Archer>Malmo in Mem-phis, Tenn.

2007Charissa Acree (07) is an account

coordinator for Peritus Public Rela-tions in Louisville.

Katie Adkisson (07) works for Peri-tus Public Relations in Nashville, Tenn.

Ashley Arnold (07) is director ofadmissions and marketing for Lake-land Rehabilitation and Nursing in Eff-ington, Ill.

Brian Curtis Asher (07) is a grad-uate student at Belmont University inNashville.

Ruth Barcelona (MS, 07) is themarketing coordinator for the Ham-burg Journal in Lexington.

Eric Belmonte (07) is an ad sales-man for the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Stuart Berberich (07) is an inter-net marketing consultant for RH Don-nelley in Chicago

Brittaney Bogard (07) is an adver-tising sales rep for the Murray Ledger& Times.

Blaire Bushart (07) is working onher master’s degree at Murray State.

Prentiss Elizabeth Cawein (07) isin graduate school in London.

Christie Clatterbuck (07) is junioraccount executive with Imagen, LLC inNashville.

Paulina Grace Combow (07) isdevelopment director for the SouthCentral Ky. Kids on the Block.

Phillip Dishon (07) is a graduatestudent at the University of Miami, Fla.

Elizabeth Fields (07) is a reporterfor the CBS Channel 4 Quad Citiesnews team in Rock Island, Ill.

Martha Rockelle Gray (07) is agraduate student in the mass commu-nications master’s program at MurrayState.

Ashley B. Hayes (07) is an assistantcoach for Murray State’s Lady Racers.

Taylor Adams Johnson (07) worksin customer service for HamptonHotels in Brentwood, Tenn.

Chris Jung (07) works for Tickmas-ter in Branson, Mo.

Meredith March (07) is a designerfor Innovative Designs in New York.

Aubrey Prest Morris (07) is anassistant account executive for Momen-tum Worldwide in St. Louis.

Stephanie Salmons (07) is areporter for the paper in Cullowee, N. C.

Amanda Brooke Sidener (07) isan account coordinator for J. WalterThompson in St. Louis.

Curt Stewart (07) works forWPSD-TV in Paducah.

Andrea Timmons (07) is an adver-tising consultant for the Marion DailyRepublican in Marion, Ill.

J. Nate West (07) is the accountcoordinator for Seigenthaler PublicRelations in Nashville.

Samantha Wilber (07) is a technicalwriter in corporate communications forComputer Services, Inc., in Paducah.

Lichao “Scott” Xing (07) works fora TV drama production company inBeijing, China.

Brian York (07) is a reporter at theTribune-Courier in Benton.

Zheng Zhonghai (07) works for anEnglish language magazine in Beijing.

2008Benjamin Amberg (08) is a senior

marketing analyst for CEVA Logisticsin Houston.

Editor’s NoteIs your listing missing or out of date? If so, please use thecoupon on the back page to update the department about youand/or other JMC alumni. You may also send alumni news bye-mail to [email protected]. Thank you for helpingto keep the department’s alumni listings current.


Dr. Roger Haney and Dr.Robert McGaughey “officially”retired as professors at the endof May. Both had previouslyretired but had continued teach-ing on a part-time basis. Bothwill leave with 38 years experi-ence as college teachers.

Haney came to MSU in 1977after teaching in the Depart-ment of Speech/Human Commu-nication at the University ofKentucky for seven years.

H a n e yr e c e i v e dhis B. A.degree inE n g l i s hand psy-chology atK a n s a sWesleyan.He earnedboth them a s t e r ’ sand doctor-ate degreesin communication at MichiganState, where he was a researchand teaching assistant.

He served as the JMC gradu-ate coordinator for two terms,the first from 1977 to 1992 andthe second from 1998 to 2003.He also served as representativeto the Faculty Senate and asacting department chairman.

Haney has served as adviserto the student chapter of theSociety of Collegiate Journalists,as law adviser to The MurrayState News, as a speaker forevery high school workshopsince 1977 and as member ofmany departmental, college anduniversity committees.

Among his professional mem-berships are the InternationalCommunication Association, theAssociation for Education inJournalism and Mass Communi-cations and the Midwest Associ-ation for Public OpinionResearch.

Haney has been named to sev-eral “Who’s Who” publications,including International Who’sWho in Education, Director ofAmerica Scholars, AmericanMen and Women of Science:

Social and Behavioral Scienceand Dictionary of InternationalBiography.

He also has been selected toOutstanding Young Men inAmerica, Omicron Delta Kappaand Kappa Tau Alpha, honoraryjournalism society.

A professor who specialized incommunications law, theory andresearch, Haney has had morethan 60 professional publica-tions and presentations.

These include articles in Jour-nalism Quarterly, Journal ofCommunication , Journal ofMediated Communication andThe Encyclopedia of Contempo-rary Issues.

His presentations have beenat such organizations as theAssociation in Education inJournalism and Mass Communi-cation, the Speech Communica-tion Association, the MidwestAssociation for Public OpinionResearch and Southern andCentral States CommunicationAsssociations.

He plans to travel, particular-ly to see his sons, Michael andPatrick, and to play more golf.

McGaughey retired in 1997,after 27 years at Murray Stateand 23 as department chairman.Since 1997 he has taught partt i m e ,served aseditor ofJ M CJ o u r n a l ,director ofthe highs c h o o lworkshopand as theBIS pro-gram fac-ulty advis-er.

He received his bachelor’sdegree in history and journalismfrom Murray State College andwas the first master’s graduatein journalism. He received hisdoctorate at Ohio University.

He has received severalawards for his work at MurrayState. He was named the Distin-guished Professor by the MSU

Alumni Association in 1990 andwon the Max Carman Outstand-ing Teacher of the Year Awardin 1984.

Selected eight times to attendthe International Radio andTelevision Society (IRTS) facul-ty-industry seminar in NewYork City, he was selected theFrank Stanton Fellow as theDistinguished BroadcastingEducator by IRTS in 1987.

He was named Boss of theYear by the Murray chapter ofProfessional Secretaries Inter-national in 1989, as the Distin-guished Organization Adviserby Omicron Delta Kappa in1997 and as one of the Out-standing Teachers in America in1996-97.

His other honors include“International Men of the Year,”“Who’s Who in America,” “Who’sWho in the South and South-west,” “Men of Achievement,”“Who’s Who in American Educa-tion” and “Who’s Who in Ameri-can Entertainment.”

In addition to serving asdepartment chairman,McGaughey was adviser to TheMurray State News, co-adviserto The Shield yearbook, and tothe student chapters of PublicRelations Student Society ofAmerica (PRSSA), the Ads Club,and Kappa Tau Alpha.

He received a DistinguishedService Award from the Ken-tucky Press Association in 1989.He served as executive directorof the West Kentucky PressAssociation for the past 12years.

His advertising sales back-ground includes radio, outdoor,newspaper and magazine in thewest Kentucky area. He retiredin 1985 with the rank of majorafter 20 years in the Army andArmy Reserve.

He and his colleague, BobValentine, continue to do com-munications, advertising andpublic relations workshops andtheir two-man standup comedyact (Dr. Trey and Dr. Vee),which they started in 1978.

Haney, McGaughey concludecareers after 38 years

McGaughey

HaneyThe Murray State News

received 17 awards in the annu-al Kentucky Press Association’sExcellence in Kentucky Newspa-pers competition.

Awards were presented atKPA’s annual convention Jan.25 in Lexington.

The student-produced weeklynewspaper received the follow-ing awards in the college anduniversity division:

• First place, special section:Elizabeth Cawein for Gateway,a magazine produced for campusvisitors;

• First place, general newsstory: Elizabeth Cawein for hercoverage of the Harrison Yontstrial on murder charges;

• First place, sports photo:Elaine Kight for photos of theThoroughbred baseball action;

• Second place, editorial page:Jim Burch and Rockelle Gray;

• Second place, photo essay:Jonathan Burris for his cover-age of the Harrison Yonts trial;

• Second place, sports feature:Tommy Dillard for a feature onShawn Witherspoon;

• Third place, enterprise oranalytical story: Ashley

Edwards for an article on prayerat commencement;

• Third place, best column:Jim Burch for his column on theJena 6;

• Third place, feature story:Casey Northcutt for a feature onArlie Scott;

• Third place, sports story:Tommy Dillard for a 2007 Racerfootball preview;

• Third place, special section:Autumn Boaz for the freshmanWelcome section;

• Third place, sports photoessay: Elaine Kight for photos ofintramural women’s softball;

• Third place, general newsphoto: Jonathan Burris for pho-tos of Harrison Yonts and hisfamily at his sentencing;

• Third place, sports section:Tommy Dillard and AutumnBoaz;

• Third place, front page sec-tion: Autumn Boaz;

• Third place, graphic: BrentBauscher and Jonathan Burrisfor a graphic on counterfeit bills;and

• Third place, general excel-lence.

Several staff members of The Murray State News attended the January Ken-tucky Press Association Convention in Lexington. PIctured, from left: Clay-ton Vertrees, Autumn Boaz, Sarah Beane, Misty Hayes, Sherri Anderson andJodi Keen.

Photo by Orville Herndon

The News collects 17 awardsin newspaper competition

Visit us at Tent City!Homecoming 2008 • Oct. 11

Parade, 9:30 a.m. * Tent City (Stewart Stadium), 11 a.m.–2:30 p.m. * Murray vs. Tenn. Tech, 3 p.m.

Look for the JMC tables in the College of Business and Public Affairs tent


Catherine Frazier Sivills, a1994 graduate with a major inadvertising and minor in mar-keting, began her duties asassistant vice president for com-munications at MSU Feb. 11.

In this new position, Sivillstakes on the lead in a universi-ty-wide implementation of com-munications and public relationsprograms to raise awarenessand understanding of MurrayState among its various publics.

In addition, she will workdirectly with media regardingmarketing and promotionalefforts, and oversee the Commu-nications/Marketing AdvisoryCommittee at the university.

“We are excited to have hertalents and experience, coupledwith her demonstrated passionas an alumnus,” said Jim

Carter, vice president for insti-t u t i o n a la d v a n c e -ment.

S i v i l l scomes tothe Uni-v e r s i t yfrom theM u r r a y -Cal lowayC o u n t yHospital ,where sheserved asdirector of planning and market-ing since 2001.

Her work at the hospitalbegan in 1996 with the positionsof public relations coordinatorand marketing/membershipcoordinator, respectively.

Her other professional experi-

ence includes marketing andpublic relations with SuttonAdvertising and the Kroger Cor-poration.

She earned the master’sdegree in public administrationfrom Murray State and is activewith a number of local and stateorganizations. She is member ofthe Rotary Club and a boardmember of the local Chamber ofCommerce and the YMCA.

She was appointed to theNCAA Certification Committeein 2007 and serves on the advi-sory boards for the M.P.A. pro-gram and the MSU Town andGown Project.

“I am grateful to have beengiven the opportunity to lead themarketing and communicationefforts at Murray State,” saidSivills.

Sivills leads Murray State’smarketing, communications

Finnegan moves to Vibrant MediaSean Finnegan, a 1993 advertising graduate who was tapped less

than a year ago as CEO of Omnicon Media Group Digital, left inJanuary to assume the role of chief media officer at Vibrant Media.

The move is a loss for Omnicon, according to Advertising Age, andappears to have been unexpected for the holding company.

In July, Finnegan was upped from U.S. director of digital at OMDto lead the digital group, which oversees all of Omnicom’s mediaentities, such as OMD, PHD and Fuse Sports & Entertainment.

Vibrant Media is a contextual in-text advertising network. Ithighlights keywords within online editorial content and users canmouse over the words to pull up an ad and click through to interact.

One of its faster-growing products is video, in which users click ona keyword to launch a video ad.

Vibrant Media, which was founded in 2000, has offices in NewYork, San Francisco, Hamburg, London and Paris.

Shuffett profiles life of LincolnDave Shuffett, a 1982 graduate, hosts “Kentucky Life,” which

appears on all three Kentucky Education Television networks.In its 14th season, the popular productions visits Kentuckians

“who are passionate about what they do.”In addition to talking to unique Kentuckians across the Common-

wealth, Shuffett profiles the life and career of Kentucky’s AbrahamLincoln. The February program traveled to several Kentucky loca-tions, to Springfield, Ill., and to Washington, D.C. to tell the story ofthe 16th President.

Two take lead roles in “Good Doctor”Two members of the Department of Journalism and Mass Com-

munications played lead roles in the student production of “TheGood Doctor” performed in February.

Bob Valentine, senior lecturer in the department, directed theNeil Simon play while Casey Northcutt played one of the leadingroles.

Valentine, known for his portrayals of Mark Twain, Thomas Edi-son and Nathan B. Stubblefield, has directed a play as faculty mem-ber or visiting artist for the theatre department for the past 15years.

Northcutt, a senior journalism major from Gilbertsville, hasappeared in other productions and started the theatre troupe atElizabeth College.

Wall named Study Abroad AmbassadorDr. Celia Wall, JMC associated professor, has been selected as a

Faculty Study Abroad Ambassador.She will serve as liaison between the Institute for International

Studies (IIS) and students and faculty in the JMC Department,recruit students in the department and its programs for studyabroad programs in conjunction with IIS personnel and assist IISstaff with the Curriculum Integration Program.

This is a new program designed to help increase awareness ofstudy abroad opportunities at MSU among both students and facul-ty.

Wall is also serving on the organizing committee for MSU’s EtaGamma chapter of Phi Beta Delta, the honor society for internation-al scholars.

The purpose of Phi Beta Delta is to recognize and foster achieve-ments in international education. Membership is open to adminis-trators, faculty, staff and students (both domestic and internation-al).

Wall, who has been involved in international studies at MurrayState for nearly 20 years, is on several IIS committees. She also ison the board of directors of the Cooperative Center for StudyAbroad.

CCSA is a consortium of 24 colleges and universities that orga-nizes and operates study abroad programs in nine English-speakingcountries.

In this position Wall has directed student programs in England,Scotland, Ireland, and Australia. Last year, she taught an interna-tional mass media class during CCSA’s London Winter Program.

NEWS IN BRIEFNEWS IN BRIEF

Sivills

Almost 20 JMC students wererecommended for named schol-arships for the 2008-09 academ-ic year. These were in additionto the general scholarships thatseveral JMC students wereawarded.

The scholarships and therecipients are as follows:Nathan B. Stubblefield—Caina Lynch

Joe Rigsby—Rachel Culp, Ash-ley JohnsBill Powell—Laura CashDoc McGaughey—RebeccaBraboy, Justyn Swift, KyleSmith, Jessica CashKerby and DorothyJennings—Stephan BergeronL. J. Hortin—Teresa Ray,Emily Wuchner, Ginny Furches,Megan Locke

M. C. Garrott-Emily Wuchner,Alaina ZaninJohn Fetterman—DarlishaStanfieldErnie Vaughn—ElizabethJohnson, Valerie CrowderQuint Guier—Justyn SwiftEd Freeman—Robin PhelpsLandmark Community Jour-nalism—Emily Wuchner

Journalism scholarships awarded

Public relations students set up operations in the Murray Central Park for the Bands ‘n’ Barbecue Blowout. The PublicRelations Student Society of America promoted and staffed the April event. PRSSA partnered with the Murray-Cal-loway County Parks and Recreation Department to host the one-day festival.



JMC students have won twoof the top fellowships in the Uni-versity. Emily Wuchner won theBroughton Fellowship and Tre-one Lewis won one of theBreazeale Fellowships.

Wuchner, a junior doublemajor injournalismand musicf r o mE v a n s -ville, Ind.,is the copyeditor ofThe Mur-ray StateN e w s .She alsohas servedas a staffwriter, assistant news editorand the news editor .

Last summer she worked aswriter for The Paducah Sun.

She is member of the HartResidential College Council, an

ambassador for the College ofBusiness and Public Affairs anda member of Omicron DeltaKappa.

She is a member of the MSUwind ensemble, the orchestra,and the woodwind quintet. Sheis also a member of the PaducahSymphony, playing the bassoon.

This summer she will internwith the Evansville Otters base-ball team in public relations andpromotions.

Upperclassmen and first-yeargraduate students from JMC,organizational communicationsand the fine arts were judged onthe academic record and theiractivities, both on and off cam-pus.

Lewis, an electronic mediamajor from Jackson, Tenn., willbegin his master’s work in masscommunications in the fall. Hewas the Outstanding SeniorMan for the December, 2007,graduation.

Lewis, who minored in adver-tising, served as technical direc-tor and disk jockey for WKMSfor three years. He recorded aw e e k l yg o s p e lradio showand pro-d u c e dspots andintros forother pro-grams onthe station.

In thes u m m e r she workedas a groupleader for the Jackson YMCA. Hewas president of Voices of PraiseMinistries and vice resident ofthe Black Student Council.

He was a member of Emerg-ing Leaders, Phi Eta Sigmahonor society, Kappa Tau Alphahonor society and the Multicul-tural Student Council.

Lewis, Wuchner win prestigious fellowships

Wuchner

Lewis

Chris Evans, the editor andpublisher of The CrittendenPress in Marion, has published abook about his great-grandfa-ther, South of the Mouth ofSandy.

According to a story in thePaducah Sun by JMC alumnaLeigh Landini Wright, the bookdeals with the events that led tothe death of Tommy Evans atthe hands of a moonshiner 81years ago.

What started Evans’ searchfor the story was an article inthe Paris (Tenn.) Post-Intelli-gencer in 1991. The article high-lighted the tale of cub reporterPaul Hurt, who in 1926 accom-panied a press foreman to a

murder site near the confluenceof the Big Sandy and the Ten-nessee rivers in rural HenryCounty. The murdered man wasTommy Evans.

Chris, a 1986 JMC grad,became interested in his great-grandfather’s story, interviewedHurt and took notes in hopes ofpublishing a family history.However, his work and familytook all of his time and he placedhis notes aside.

Eight years later he picked upthe notes and began his researchagain. Hours of going throughhistorical records in regionallibraries led to a 322-page his-torical account of the death ofTommy Evans.

The murder and ensuing trialattracted state and nationalmedia attention. The New YorkTimes ran the story on the frontpage and reporters from theNashville Tennessean and theMemphis Commercial-Appealwrote daily about the trial

Evans believes the casereceived so much attentionbecause of the period. “It wasgood versus evil,” Evans said.“That’s the way it was played.”

The book, which took nearlysix years of research and writ-ing, was published by AuthorHouse of Bloomington, Ind. It’savailable online for $21.95 forhardback and $15.95 for paper-back.

Evans publishes bookabout 1926 murder

The Murray State News staffmembers won 13 awards in theKentucky Press Association2008 Newspaper AdvertisingCompetition.

Sarah Beane won five awardsto lead all winners in the associ-ate newspaper division. She wonfirst place in the professionalservices category, for best use ofcolor, for best agriculture/lawnand garden ad and for best

newspaper promotion ad. Beane took second place in the

special events category. She andMike Odom took third place forbest clothing store ad.

Shannon Lynn captured threeawards, taking first and secondplace for best political ads andfinishing third in the newspaperpromotion category.

Kim Conklin won first placefor best financial ad while

Devon Bethune and MeredithMarch took third place for bestsporting goods/athletics ad.

The News staff took first andsecond place in the bestpreprints/special publicationcategory.

The News is advised by JoeHedges, instructor in theDepartment of Journalism andMass Communications.

The News wins advertising awards

NEWS IN BRIEFNEWS IN BRIEFFaculty produce Stubblefield programDr. Bob Lochte, chairman of the JMC Department, presented a

program on Nathan B. Stubblefield at Jackson Purchase HistoricalSociety Jan. 26.

Lochte has done much research on the Murray inventor, who livedfrom 1860 to 1928.

The result was a book about the melon farmer, who many claimwas father of radio. However, Lochte notes Stubblefield’s devicesseem to have worked by audio frequency induction or, later, audiofrequency earth conduction (creating disturbances in the near fieldregion) rather than by radio frequency radiation for radio transmis-sion telecommunications.

Stubblefield is usually given credit for the invention of “wirelesstelephony,” or wireless transmission of the human voice.

Lochte has made presentations to several state and national orga-nizations.

He and Bob Valentine and Jeremy McKeel, instructors in JMC,produced a television program for Kentucky Educational Television(KET).

Funding for the project came from MSU’s Center for Telecommu-nications. The show, “Stubblefield Speaks,” is based on a dramaticmonologue written by Lochte and performed by Valentine.

McKeel served as producer and director. Production, done in theMSU TV-11 studios, was shot are several locations in the Murrayarea.

The show aired this spring. Dr. James Gantt, director of the Cen-ter for Telecommunications, noted that May 12 was the 100thanniversary of Stubblefield’s wireless telephone patent.

Duo speaks at conferencesDr. Bob McGaughey and Bob Valentine were speakers at two

regional conventions this spring.On April 9 the two professors were keynote speakers at the spring

conference of the South region of the Association for ContinuingHigher Education (ACHE) in Tunica, Miss.

The association, which includes university faculty/staff who workin the continuing education field in the Mid-South and South, cele-brated its 50th anniversary.

The other conference was the Governor’s Annual Safety andHealth Conference at Louisville’s Galt House May 8.

The 24th annual conference was sponsored by the Kentucky Safe-ty and Health Network, Inc., and the Kentucky Department ofLabor.

More than 900 people attended the event, which included thestate’s largest safety and health product exposition.

McGaughey, professor and retired chairman, and Valentine,senior lecturer, have been conducting workshops, speaking at con-ferences/meetings and doing their standup comedy act since 1978.

Students in JMC 426, Advertising Media Sales, gained real-world experienceby selling advertising for the 2008 edition of Gateway Magazine. The magazinewas produced by the staff of The Murray State News. The magazine can bepicked up on campus or downloaded from the newspaper’swebsite–www.thenews.org. Bob Valentine was the course instructor.


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Many have made generous donationsto the JMC Endowment Fundand/or the JMC General Fund.Your support has made it possible forus to offer a quality education to ourstudents in advertising, electronicmedia (radio-TV), journalism andpublic relations. Thank you for beinga vital part of our team.

Y o u rinterest inthe stu-dents andprogramsin theD e p a r t -ment ofJ o u r n a l -ism andM a s sCommuni-cations continues to amaze anddelight me. Your generosity inour recent Phonathon hasafforded us opportunities that

would otherwise be impossible. Members of the Public Rela-

tions Student Society of Americahave been able to attend profes-sional meetings and Pro/Am Dayevents and network with PRprofessionals in Louisville,Nashville and Chicago this aca-demic year.

The students in the MSU AdsClub worked hard on their cam-paign for AOL Instant Messen-ger, the subject for the NationalStudent Advertising Competi-tion sponsored by the AmericanAdvertising Federation. Your

donations allowed them to travelto the district contest in Lexing-ton.

We are making changes toTheNews.org, the online publi-cation of the award-winning TheMurray State News, which I’llmention below. Your gifts will goto provide equipment and a cashinfusion to the payroll to expandthe staff.

And in the area of TV produc-tion at MSU TV 11, we are con-stantly upgrading our digitalaudio and video facilities andare preparing to make the jump

to high-definition televisiontechnology.

For all of this, I offer a heart-felt “Thank you.”

Many of you regularly visitTheNews.org to stay in touchwith campus events and news.

In the next year, we shall beadding more interactive content,more streaming audio and video,and more frequent updates.

Our plans include expandingthe staff to include an onlineeditor, online designer, andonline advertising manager thisfall. This allows us to turn the

site into a separate enterpriseand prepare our graduates forcareers in online and interactivejournalism.

It’s very exciting. I hope youwill log on and send us yourcomments.

That’s all for now. Thanksagain for your support. I lookforward to seeing the results ofthe Alumni Survey, so pleasesend back those questionnairesas soon as you can.

Bob Lochtechair

Dr. Kevin Qualls will bejoining the JMC faculty in thefall. He will teach media pro-duction, media writing andlaw.

He received his bachelor’sdegree in communications atthe University of Kentucky,his master’s degree in journal-ism from Marshall Universityand his juris doctorate fromthe Liberty University Schoolof Law.

He served as the programdirector for community accesstelevision in Paducah from1987 to 1989. He then workedas the producer/editor forShearer Productions, produc-ing the nationally syndicatedTV series, “The Great Ameri-can Outdoors with Ron Shear-er.”

While earning his master’sat Marshall, he taught videoproduction and video editing.

After his graduation, heworked two years as the asso-ciate editor of the videodepartment for the Full SailCenter for the Recording Artsin Winter Park, Fla.

He returned to Paducah in1993 as an associate professorof communications at PaducahCommunity College. He wasthe director of the communica-tions technology program andtaught courses in studio pro-duction, post production,media advertising, writing forthe mass media and telecom-munications law and manage-ment.

He produced 24 episodes ofJAT 101, Introduction to Com-munications Media, a tele-course offered via distancelearning.

The series won first place ineducational television in thecompetition conducted by the

Alliance for Community Tele-vision.

Qualls did a presentation on“interactive video productiontechniques” at the League forInnovation conference inKansas City, Mo.

From 1997 to 2004 he ownedand operated Digital AgeRecording, LLC in Paducah.

The company providedmedia production services forbusiness and industry for usein broadcast media, DVD andinternet sites.

It also created and managedmedia campaigns for politicalcandidates.

Qualls taught at FlorenceDarlington Technical Collegeand Francis Marion Universi-ty in Florence, S.C., beforeworking on his law degree.

He currently is practicinglaw in Lynchburg, Va.

Qualls joins JMC department

“Turning College Attire Into Ready to Hire” models pose following the Decemberevent. Presented during the department’s senior seminar class the fashion showfocused on helping students prepare for the professional world. The show was pro-duced by the Public Relations Student Society of America.


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