Alumni - Class of 1996

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Alison Hardouin (1996 - Education of the Deaf)
is teaching middle school students in Aiken, South Carolina.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Catherine (Cati) Diamond (now Stone) (1996 - English)
Cati graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1999 is a practicing litigation attorney.
Last Updated: Oct 2008

Chris Simmons (1996 - Chemistry)
is in graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Chris Rasmussen (1996 - Percussion Performance and Music Industry 1998 MBA)
spent several years as a professional musician and teacher, including two years as a performer and supervisor with the Tony-award winning musical theater show "Blast!", before attending law school at the Indiana University in Bloomington (J.D., magna cum laude - 2005). He is now an attorney with the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP in Chicago (www.foley.com), where he counsels for-profit and not-for-profit clients on corporate governance, finance, transactional, and securities issues.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Daniel Jones (1996 - B.A., Political Science; 1997 M.A., Political Science;)
earned his Juris Doctor degree from The University of Mississippi School of Law in May, 2000. Daniel is currently practicing law in his home town of Mendenhall, Mississippi.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Emily Bryant (1996 - Anthropology)
graduated in May 2001 with a Master's Degree in Journalism from the University of North Texas (UNT) where she was a Mayborn Scholarship recepient ($10,000 per academic year). She is currently working on a Master's Degree in Fine Arts in Studio Art and Graphic Design at Texas Woman's University in Denton. She also works part-time as a Public Relations Assistant for the College of Music at UNT and resides in Denton, Texas. Additionally, Emily plays in a traditional Irish band called "Idle Road" that plays throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Jana Bunkley (now Fallon) (1996 - Psychology)
Jana Fallon is the Vice President of Staffing for Prudential Financial. Jana holds a Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi, and resides in New Jersey with her family.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

John Onate (1996 - Biological Sciences)
graduated from medical school and is currently living in Chicago, Illinois. He is in the second year of a combined Internal Medicine and Psychiatry program at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

John Claro (1996 - Biology)
completed his combined internal medicine and psychiatry residency program in June 2005. Currently and assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the University of California at Davis Medical Center. He also works in an indigent primary care clinic, HIV clinic and psychiatric emergency department.
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Leslie Walker Stevens (1996 - Speech Communication)
Graduated June 1998 from Auburn University with a Master's in Communications. Worked as a Management Consultant for 8 years with Accenture before joining SunTrust Bank as First Vice President, Strategic Project Manager in 2006. Resides in Atlanta, GA and is happily married to Brian Stevens. Expecting their first child June 2007.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Mir Hossain (1996 - Computer Science; 1998, M.S. Computer Science)
is a web application developer for CDI Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Nadesan Sutharshan (1996 - Management)
Sutharshan is currently living in Toronto, Canada. He is married, and expecting their first kid in May 2008. He\'s a Senior Consultant with CGI Inc, a leading IT consulting firm in Canada and U.S. Prior to moving to Toronto, he worked in Birmingham, AL and Atlanta, GA.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Robbi Pounds (1996 - English; 1999, M.A. English)
taught for three years in public schools, but quit teaching to finish his first novel. She plans to begin working on her Ph.D. next year at Florida State University.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Russell Thomas (1996 - Chemistry and Biochemistry)
is currently attending Emory University's medical school.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Susan Lepoma (1996 - Journalism; 1998, M.S. Public Relations)
works as a public affairs representative for the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. She was married in December 1999.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Tricia Askew (1996 - International Studies)
studied for a year at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar before graduating in August 2000 with a Master's Degree in Economic Development from USM. She married Mark Folden (M.S. Economic Development, USM) in March 2001 and currently works for the North Central Texas Council of Governments/Workforce Development Board as Senior Business Services Coordinator. She will be starting a J.D. at Texas Wesleyan University in August 2002 as a Dean's Scholar while working full-time.
Last Updated: Apr 2008