Alumni Notes 2005 - 2006

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Jill Mayranda Frank Styron BA English, Mass Communication 2003 MA English 2005 jillmfrank@yahoo.com I am currently living in Foley, Alabama with my husband David Styron. This summer, I worked as the Education Director for the Foley Boys and Girls Club. I also began adjuncting at Faulkner State Community College. At FSCC I teach English 093, 101, and 102. In August, I began teaching English and journalism at Woodham High School in Pensacola, Florida. There is a wonderful group of Auburn Alums that teach at Woodham and they have really helped me transition to teaching high school freshmen. I am also still adjuncting at night. September 2005
Jessica Marie Lueders Thompson MTPC 2005 BA - English (Creighton University) 2003 jessica@bgchamber.com I married Dr. Blair Thompson in May 2007 in Nebraska, and we moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, shortly after our honeymoon. I am the communications coordinator for the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, handling the communications, public relations and marketing efforts for the Chamber and the South Central Kentucky economic development programs. Blair is an assistant professor of communication studies at Western Kentucky University. We are happy and healthy, with many blessings to be thankful for in the past years. We enjoy exploring our new home state, spoiling our two animals-Alabama the Cat and Montana the Dog-and traveling back to Nebraska, Michigan and Montana to see family and friends. January 2008
Jessica Marie Lueders MTPC 2005 jessicalueders@hotmail.com After graduating in May 2005, I returned to Nebraska, where I am a communications specialist for State Farm Insurance's Heartland Zone. Starting this fall, I will also teach one section of JGEN 300: Technical Communication II at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. August 2005
Megan K. Pasley BA 2005 megan.pasley@law.ua.edu Attending Law School at Alabama. October 2005
Jill Mayranda Frank Styron BA English, Mass Communication 2003 MA English 2005 jillmfrank@yahoo.com I am currently living in Foley, Alabama with my husband David Styron. This summer, I worked as the Education Director for the Foley Boys and Girls Club. I also began adjuncting at Faulkner State Community College. At FSCC I teach English 093, 101, and 102. In August, I began teaching English and journalism at Woodham High School in Pensacola, Florida. There is a wonderful group of Auburn Alums that teach at Woodham and they have really helped me transition to teaching high school freshmen. I am also still adjuncting at night. September 2005
Jessica Marie Lueders Thompson MTPC 2005 BA - English (Creighton University) 2003 jessica@bgchamber.com I married Dr. Blair Thompson in May 2007 in Nebraska, and we moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, shortly after our honeymoon. I am the communications coordinator for the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, handling the communications, public relations and marketing efforts for the Chamber and the South Central Kentucky economic development programs. Blair is an assistant professor of communication studies at Western Kentucky University. We are happy and healthy, with many blessings to be thankful for in the past years. We enjoy exploring our new home state, spoiling our two animals-Alabama the Cat and Montana the Dog-and traveling back to Nebraska, Michigan and Montana to see family and friends. January 2008
Kia Powell Westwood MA 2005 autiger03@hotmail.com I am currently working toward my MFA in Poetry at UNC-Greensboro. I am married and have 2 dogs. I am expected to graduate in 2007. February 2006
Will Brinkley MTPC 2006 After earning my MTPC degree in Spring 2006, I accepted a job as Associate Proposal Specialist for Tier Technologies, Inc., in Auburn. October 2006
Xiangrong Liu MTPC 2006 I joined Citigroup on Dec. 3. I enjoy my new colleagues and office in Beijing. I find Beijing a fascinating place with so many things to explore and plans to some time to enjoy it. I also enjoying being nearer to family and friends. January 2008
Samantha Tashman BA 2008 tashmsl@auburn.edu I am currently Program Manager - Recruiting and Public Awareness for Mountain T.O.P. Ministries. (www. mountain-top.org.) in Grundy County, TN. I got introduced to Mountain T.O.P. back in 2000 when my youth group came for a week in the summer. We are an interdenominational, non-profit, service project ministry. Basically, we do minor and major home repair for people that live in the Cumberland Mountains of TN. And, we also run 3 different childrens programs: we have campers come year-round and we just finished our spring break season. And in 5 weeks we'll have 10 straight weeks of campers...over 1600! Luckily we hire a summer staff to facilitate those...which is what I did every summer while at Auburn. April 2009