Jon Nappa’s MFA ’12 teleplays, Perils of the Soloist (episode of When Calls the Heart) and All In (movie of the week), were produced by Hallmark Television and INSP, respectively. His self-published master’s thesis, What Longfellow Heard, earned rave reviews and was a 2018 Maine Literary Award finalist. His series of inspirational children’s books was traditionally published by Harvest House.


Arts, with the specific aim of promoting diversity in Greenville’s art scene.


Danielle Fontaine MFA ’13 recently published her reflections on interracial marriage in her pictorial memoir Still Time on Pye Pond (Clemson University Press).


Te class expresses sympathy toAmy Lincourt MBA ’11 on the death of her father, Dr. John M. Lincourt, who passed away on December 14, 2020.


David Owens-Hill MA ’12 moved back to San Francisco with his hubby after several years in New York City. It feels good to be “home” in California, but he misses those golden evening hours walking to class in the Dana Building before Knight-Crane Hall was renovated. He recently started work as the director of communications at California College of the Arts.


Danielle Fontaine MFA ’13 is a visual artist in Greenville, South Carolina. She recently published her reflections on interracial marriage in her pictorial memoir Still Time on Pye Pond (Clemson University Press). Danielle has long been active in various aspects of Greenville’s art scene. With her husband she founded the Brandon Fellowship at the Greenville Center for Creative


Michael K. Brantley’s MFA ’14 nonfiction book,Galvanized: Te Odyssey of a Reluctant Carolina Confederate, was nominated for the Sam Ragan Old North State Nonfiction Award. Te book, about a North Carolina man who fought in both armies during the Civil War, was published in May 2020 by the University of Nebraska Press/Potomac Books.


Te class expresses sympathy to Cherise Belnavis Johnson MBA ’15 on the death of her mother, Christine L. Belnavis, who passed away on September 17, 2020.


Stephanie Hale MS ’16 is the co-host ofWork It, a podcast that looks at the complicated relationship people have with their work and how it shapes their view of the world.


Irene Salley MSN ’18 notes that the acquisition of a graduate degree at Queens proved to be rigorous. Te challenges that came along with it strengthened her faith in God and solidified her ability to persevere. Te same rigor of academic standards prepared Irene for the position she is in now as adjunct faculty in a BSN program.


After graduation, Hannah Skurzewski MBA ’20 moved to Vancouver, Washington, and works for MARKS Design and Metalworks, LLC as a marketing and special projects


ALUMNI


ASSOCIATION BOARD of DIRECTORS 2020 - 2021


Jane Hughes Redding ’84 President


Laura Branham ’21 Student Representative


Nikki Blaha ’95 Jenny Boone ’87 Courtenay Neff Brack ’93 Edith Woodcock Brady ’96 Sallie Trippe Broach ’71 Dan Brown ’05 Pablo Carvajal ’09 Margaret McEver Cobb ’73 Nancy Lindley Cornwell ’71 Wini Hollis Curley ’74 Jawnza Dunbar ’96 Ericka Ellis-Stewart ’96 Vanessa Faura ’06, MA ’10 Linda Gerdes ’89 Gay Henry ’75 Jennifer Russell Higgins ’89 Mary Coker Highsmith ’70 Trish Vail Hobson ’88 Kelly Cheek Johnson ’89 Kelly King ’92, MBA ’09 Lisa White Laborde ’69 Vange Rutherford Lear ’73 Amanda Leggett ’08 Yogi Leo ’96


coordinator. She is exploring the Pacific Northwest and has visited Mt. Hood and Mt. Rainier—Mt. St. Helens is next on her list. Hannah is training for her first powerlifting meet and volunteering with Make- A-Wish during her free time.


Te class expresses sympathy to Andrew Weathersbee MA ’20 on the death of his grandmother, Dorothy H. Weathersbee, who passed away on February 12.


Ginni Schenck Lineberry ’70 Michael Lum ’11 Kathryn Mahan ’83 Phyllis Acree Mahoney ’76 Susan Byers Manning ’72 Flo Mercer Markland ’84 Jenny Matz ’99, MA ’10 Katie Nutter McCallum ’00 Kathy Broadway McCollum ’71 Michelle McIntire ’91 Betty Pilcher Neal ’71 Wes Pitts ’07 Claire Finley Purdy ’88 Kay Williams Rentz ’69 Bethany Richards ‘10 Vernette Tomas Rucker ’94, MS ’11 Jean Schelhorn ’75 Emily Hanson Scofield ’97 Juwaun Seegars ’04 Dee Stancil ’67 Sally Stapleton ’76 Bryan Stevens ’02 Lynn Stultz ’72 Nancy Swecker Swan ’89 Lindsay Tice ’05 Kristin Wade ’90 Julie Tomas Walton ’91 Anne Irwin Ward ’92 Michelle Wellmon ’92 Susan Salyer Wilson ’72


Hannah Skursewski MBA ’20 explored Mt. Hood in March 2021. 45


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