on June 12, 2021.
and her husband, Adam, welcomed a daughter, Sloane Penelope Galvan, on Jan. 8, 2022.
started as a subcontract administrator in the aerospace and defense industry with United Launch Alliance.
Lindley Hanley 鈥02
received her fifth National Achiever Award in Wealth Management at JPMorgan Chase for being in the top 5% of producers in private banking across the company.
Erin Rutledge聽鈥12
and James Clark, December 11, 2021.
John Allison聽鈥02
has been named the new football coach at Sacred Heart-Griffin in Springfield.
Brad Cushman聽鈥84
retired in April after overseeing the art department and gallery at University of Arkansas, Little Rock.
James Alexander聽鈥69
completed 11 half marathon races in 11 days, from June 1-11, in 11 states. Each half marathon was 13.1 miles and he ran 144.1 miles in total during that time. Next, Jim plans on doing a race in all lower 48 states and so far has raced in 38 states.
Megan Bettis聽鈥10
and Jared Kirkhart, October 9, 2021.
Kourtney Pollitt 鈥22
has accepted a position as a communication specialist for the Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus.
Nely Munoz聽鈥20
started a new position as associate functional consultant at Sikich.
Braedon Sheppard聽鈥17
started a new position as associate video producer at Riot Games.
Heath Bruce聽鈥17
started a new position as assistant director of marketing at University of Illinois Springfield.
Austin Dearing聽鈥16
started a new position as vehicle dynamics engineer at Rivian.
Kayla Graven聽鈥11
is celebrating four years at Downtown Springfield, Inc.
Jim Spizzo聽鈥74
is honored to report that his photo, 鈥淪uperstition Saloon Tableau,鈥 has been selected by the jury for inclusion in the upcoming Americana Photography Exhibition, sponsored by the Midwest Center for Photography in Wichita, Kansas. He shot the photo in Tortilla Flat, Arizona.
Frank Bridgewater 鈥72
retired as vice president and editor of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. He was editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin until 2010, when it acquired the larger Honolulu Advertiser and the papers were merged. Before Honolulu, he received a master鈥檚 degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and worked in New York at The Wall Street Journal as night news editor and then The New York Times as assistant financial editor.
Taylor Thomas 鈥14
graduated from Pittsburg State University in May with a master鈥檚 degree in human resource development.
Daniel Hackett聽鈥10
has been promoted to district director for community and specialty pharmacy at AmerisourceBergen.
Megan Bettis Kirkhart 鈥10
started a new position as a career development coordinator at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in January.
Teresa Wallbaum聽鈥88
has been appointed as an administrative law judge for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Arlington, Virginia.
Samantha Bentley Renaud 鈥04
has accepted a position as an ag loan administrator with Green Belt Bank & Trust in Iowa Falls, Iowa.
Vance Martin 鈥96
is currently the master of Mahomet Masonic Lodge in Mahomet. Each year the organization awards scholarships to local students and the master usually has the privilege of handing them out. This year鈥檚 recipient at Mahomet Seymour High School was Haylie Orton, who plans to attend 天美传媒in the fall. Vance felt honored as an alumnus to be part of helping a future 天美传媒student start on her own pathway.