CLASS NOTES


Interior designer Kelly McFerran Chiaradonna of Salem, Massachu- setts, was promoted to principal at Wilson Butler Architects in Boston, Massachusetts.


2010


Marietta, Georgia, resident Garner Corbett was promoted to sales and marketing coordinator at Euro Vision Printing in Atlanta, Georgia.


Charleston County School District appointed Chris Haynes of Hanahan as the interim principal at Jerry Zucker Middle School in North Charleston.


Brittany Cornwell Lavis of Birmingham, Michigan, was named interim chief executive officer of Detroit Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan.


2011


United Community Bank welcomed Mel Wilson of Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, as its branch manager in Waynesville, North Carolina.


2012


Brandon McGinnis of Indian Land was promoted to director of public relations of the Big South Conference.


Claire Weikle of Rock Hill and Megg Webber ’21 of Fort Mill worked with Winthrop’s Office of Academic Af- fairs to create performance support


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materials related to the university’s tenure and promotion process.


2013 S.C. Rep. Kambrell Garvin of Blythe- wood delivered the 2021 Winthrop Convocation keynote address.


ShaQuenna McLaughlin of Char- lotte, North Carolina, was named director of exceptional student education for Rock Hill Schools.


Reporter Billie Jean Shaw rejoined WIS-TV in Columbia as an anchor/ reporter.


2014


Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools named Sarah Lang of Charlotte, North Carolina, principal at Charlotte East Language Academy.


Emily Raymonda of Beaufort was selected as the swim coach for Battery Creek High School.


2016


Sports Psychologist Fabian Broich of Rommerskirchen, Germany, is the founder of Achieveminds, a performance consultancy agency emphasizing players’ mental and physical well-being.


2018 Taylor Kirby of Rock Hill joined Intracoastal Realty and will work from the Barclay Pointe Real Estate office in Charlotte, North Carolina.


Tadean Page of Rock Hill was selected as one of 50 participants in the 2021 Inaugural Social Justice Fellows Program sponsored by The Memorial Foundation in Washington, D.C.


2020 Karina Grant of Bristow, Virginia, who was a member of Winthrop’s track and field team, was awarded the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship to attend law school at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.


Softball standout Madyson Watson of Plain City, Ohio, was Winthrop’s nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award.


2021 Rock Hill resident Jeremiah Dahl joined Palm Beach Atlantic University as an eLearning assistant and instructional designer.


Holley Dymock of Rock Hill joined York Preparatory Academy as an elementary teacher.


The Greenville Center for Creative Arts announced Kim Le of Greenville as a recipient of the 2021-22 Brandon Fellows for her artistic endeavors.


Fort Mill resident Emily Sala joined Facebook in Redmond, Washington, as a learning experience designer.


Bianca Tedesco of Coral Springs, Florida, was named the women’s lacrosse assistant coach at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia.


Chandler Vaudrin of Uniontown, Ohio, signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers and played for the CAVS NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada.


Congratulations to These Teachers of the Year!


Let Us Hear from You!


Do you have a new job, were recently married, welcomed a baby or experienced another life- changing event that you would like to share with the Winthrop family?


If so, please let us know by submitting the alumni update form which can be found at www.winthrop.edu/alumniupdate.


Carroll Hester III ’78 Marcy Sullivan Adams ’91 Michael Pearson ’95 Gina Terpstra Jordan ’96 Jennifer Yearta Miller ’97 Kim McRae Perry ’97 Heather Henderson Robinson ’97 Casey Snipes Burgess ’98 Meredith Hammond Broome ’00 Allison Gainey ’00 Leigh Jordan ’00 Amy Russell White ’02 Krystal Berry James ’04 Kerry Toggweiler Sanders ’04 Demeka Simpson ’05 Loren McNeal ’08 Lashara Gordon ’09 Amy Medina ’09 A’llyse Boone ’16 Madison Grant ’18 Kate Burnett ’19 Lindsey Everhart ’20 Emily Locklear ’20 Emily Michau ’21


*The Winthrop Magazine makes every effort to include all Teachers of the Year. If you were recently named a Teacher of the Year, please submit your accolade to alumni@winthrop.edu to be included in a future magazine edition.


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