2013 Nick Viviano is the new director of bands at Chapel Hill High School in Douglas County, NC. He previously taught band and music apprecia- tion at Boiling Springs Middle School in Inman, SC.
2014
Freddie Martino was named to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers practice squad for the 2017-18 season. A 2014 undraft- ed free agent, Martino spent time with Dirk Koetter in Atlanta and then with the Eagles, before joining “the Bucs” in May 2016. He played in 16 games in 2016 and caught a 43-yard touchdown pass last season in his team’s win against the Chicago Bears. He had eight catches for 142 yards.
Katy Brank Nguyen has earned a new position as the seventh-grade English language arts teacher at Fort Settlement Middle School in Sugar Land, TX — often considered one of the best middle schools in the state. Her first year of teaching, Nguyen won an award for District Rookie Teacher of the Year in the Fort Bend Independent School Dis- trict.
2015 Caleb Ruppe, music teacher and choral director at Mayo and Cooley Springs-Fingerville Elementary Schools in Spartanburg County School District Two, was one of 197 music teachers nominated from 187 cities across the U.S. as quarterfinalists for the Music Educator Award present- ed by Te Recording Academy and the Grammy Museum. Te Music Educator Award was established to “recognize current educators from kindergarten through college who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools.”
2016 Omar Collier is serving as a business education teacher this year at Batesburg-Leesville High School. He also serves as co-defensive coor- dinator for the football team. Omar earned a degree in business ad- ministration from NGU. He and his wife, Danielle, have two children: Donovan and Amaya.
Zach McLean is the music theory graduate assistant at Winthrop Uni- versity in Rock Hill, SC, this fall.
Mitchell Shugars has started his own business. After working for a pest control company for one year in Charleston, SC, Shugars decided to open Mitchell’s Mosquito Control in Upstate South Carolina.
2017 Anthony Blair is a staff accountant at Burkett, Burkett & Burkett Cer- tified Public Accountants in Columbia, SC. Blair is currently enrolled in the MBA program at NGU’s graduate school.
Carlee Colvard has been named graphic designer at the Baptist State Convention of NC in Cary, NC.
NGU.EDU | 27
Madison Gregory is the childcare director at the Cherokee County Family YMCA in Gaffney, SC.
Christian Segers is a licensed insurance agent/broker at Te Assurance Group in Archdale, NC.
Margaret Stuckey was recently hired as the piano accompanist for the choral program at Clemson University, where she accompanies four choral ensembles for rehearsals and performances. Stuckey also works at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Hendersonville, NC, as the part-time music di- rector. She directs the children’s choir, as well as the handbell choir.
SHARE YOUR NEWS
You are doing incredible things, too, right? Well, this could be your highlight section right here. Whether you’ve started a business or married the love of your life, won a prestigious award or gone on a mission trip to a far corner of the globe, we want to celebrate and showcase you.
Share your news at
ngu.edu/shareyournews.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36
