Tom Jennings (Ph.D. ’93 Higher Ed) continues to live in Tallahassee, Fla., and serve Florida State University as Vice President for University Advancement, and president of the FSU Foundation. Jennings also was recently appointed as president of the FSU Real Estate Foundation. In February 2016 he earned a “Stellar Speaker” award for a session he presented at the CASE District III Annual Conference titled “The Business of Higher Education Fundraising.” FSU is in the public phase of a $1 billion, 8-year, comprehensive fundraising campaign, which has achieved nearly 90% of its goal and is ahead of schedule. The 2015-16 fiscal year is already the largest single fundraising total in the University’s 165 year history (Interestingly, Florida State University was founded in 1851 by Thomas Jefferson’s grandson, Francis Wayles Eppes.).
and her husband, Evan, welcomed a son, Truman Roscoe, in October 2015. Truman joins brothers Calder Evan, 10, and Nolan Henry, 8; and sister Juliet Annabelle, 6. The Scotts recently moved from Maryland to Southlake, Texas.
Annie Rappeport (M.Ed. ’11 Higher Ed) accepted admission to the International Education Policy PhD program at the University of Maryland with advisor Dr. Jing Lin. She will be focusing on research related to curriculum development in areas that are rebuilding after a large exogenous shock.
Anne (Womack) Sanford (M.Ed. ’11 Higher Ed) married Will Sanford on April 11, 2015. The couple resides in Prattville, Ala., where she uses development tools acquired at Curry as the membership director of the Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce.
Lindsay Skeens (M.Ed. ’15 SAPHE) right after graduation accepted a position as a first year academic advisor at Northern Virginia Community College.
Matthew Ulmer (M.Ed. ’11 Higher Ed) recently completed a Ph.D. in Administration of Higher Education at Auburn University. As of October 1 he accepted a role with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System as a Workforce & Community Development Specialist at Auburn University.
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Kaity L. Yang (M.Ed. ’14 SAPHE) will pursue her MBA in nonprofit management at American Jewish University in Los Angeles, Calif., this fall. She received the prestigious merit-based ChangeMaker scholarship, which will cover the majority of her tuition and fees. Yang plans to combine her experiences and education to open a nonprofit boarding school for disadvantaged students and expand her concept nationwide.