June 12-22, 2011 The


Great Journey Through Europe


Switzerland• France Germany •Holland


Nina Vest Salmon ’93M.Ed. received the 2010 Elsie Ervin Bock Award for Excellence in Citizen- ship at Lynchburg College inMay. She is an assistant professor of English at LCwhere she has been on the faculty since 1997. She has had a lifelong interest in race and


oppression and been involved in Episcopal Church programs on anti-racism.Her commitment to under- standing and combating injustice led to her interest in Lynchburg’sHarlem-Renaissance poet Anne Spencer. With two colleagues, she also founded a service-based learning community in Lynchburg that allows LCstudents to participate in service projects at a variety of schools and organizations.Nina lives in Lynchburg.


KimberlyWells Yeaman ’93M.Ed. earned an endorse- ment in school administration and supervision from LongwoodUniversity and the VirginiaDepartment of Education. She is employed byDanville Public Schools. Kimberly lives inDanville, Va.


CarynCaldwell Brown ’96 earned amaster of science in nursing and healthcare administration from the University of Phoenix in December 2009. She is a clinical educator at CentraHealth in Lynchburg,where she lives.


Aboard The Deluxe Amadeus Premium Fleet


This 11-day journey exudes the spirit of the 19th-century “Grand Tour” through the western heart of Europe — ride aboard three legendary railways, cruise along the fabled Rhine River, and visit four UNESCO World Heritage sites.


Embark on one of the deluxe vessels of the Amadeus Premium Fleet and wind your way through France,Germany, and Holland, passing Gothic cathedrals,medieval castles, terraced vineyards, rustic villages, and the legendary Lorelei Rock.


Pricing from $3,635 plus air


Gohagan & Company: 800.922.3088 www.gohagantravel.com


www.lynchburgalumni.org:


Fun Stuff:Alumni Travel in 2011 800.621.1669, 434.544.8293, alumni@lynchburg.edu


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Alpha SigmaAlpha, Zeta Upsilon Chapter sisters EricaWhitfield ’01, ’04M.Ed. (personal best time of 2:30:36), and Rachel Echternach ’05 (personal best time of 2:20:31) ran in the Chesapeake (Va.) Dismal Swamp Stomp HalfMarathon inApril.


President Kenneth Garren and wife Sheila bumped intoNobleAckerson-Bonsu ’02 and Amanda Carter ‘04 in DullesAirport in June as the couplewas heading to the Dominican Republic for theirwedding—wedding dress in tow.


Kirsten Keller Boehmer ’96 owns Kirsten Boehmer Photography in Snowshoe,W.Va.Her photos can be viewed atwww.kirstenboehmer.comandwww.party- boothphoto.com. She took the photo at the Jenny Sandman ’96 and John Boomershine ’98 wedding, featured in this issue.


H. LeeKing Jr. ’98M.Ed. has been named vice president for external relations atHollinsUniversity in Roanoke. Previously, heworked at FerrumCollege.


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Classes of ’00 and ’05 in Reunion October 8-10, 2010


Delano Douglas ’00 is the new director for campus ministries at Virginia StateUniversity in Petersburg, Va., where he lives.


Amy ButlerMallow’02was named elementary school teacher of the year for Bedford County Public Schools. She is a teacher atHuddleston Elementary School in Huddleston, Va.,where she lives.


RobinMassieWheeler ’02 received recognition as a National Board Certified Teacher fromtheNational Board for Professional Teaching Standards in fall 2009 in the area of literacy: reading-language arts. She is currentlyworking as a reading specialist at Temperance Elementary School in Amherst County, where she and her husband Edward “Eddie” Jr. ’87 reside.


HaywoodHand ’04M.Ed.was chosen as the new Amherst CountyHigh School principal in Amherst, Va. Haywoodwas a teacher inHarrisonburg City Schools, an athletic director in Buena Vista, Va., and the principal at ParryMcCluerHigh School in Buena Vista.


ColleenMcBride ’04, ’09M.Ed.was named teacher of the year at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Forest, Va.,where she is a first-grade teacher.


Jennifer “Jenny” Steel ’05 graduated fromtheCollege of New Jersey with a master’s degree in secondary education. She is an assistant director forHuntington Learning Center and resides in Jackson, Ocean County, N.J.


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