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Class Notes
Tony Berkel '96
Brooklyn, New York, graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in political
science and a minor in philosophy from City University of New York at Hunter
College. He was awarded a national fellowship for doctoral study in political
science from the American Political Science Association. He now works as
director of management for the affordable housing department of a New York
not-for-profit, community-based organization. He writes, "I believe
that without UMUC's and Hunter's outstanding educational delivery, I would
not have had the foresight to achieve what I have achieved to date."
Rodger Lee Bowman '89
Moneta, Virginia, sold his real estate company and relocated to Smith
Mountain Lake in southwestern Virginia. He writes, "Visit my Web
site at www.SMLhomes.com or e-mail
me at info@SMLHomes.com for information
on vacation or retirement homes here!"
Mary K. ("Kathy") Burrell '99
Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota,
is a LAN administrator with the 5th Medical Group, where she has won Civilian
of the Year awards for her group and then for all of Minot Air Force Base.
The Minot YWCA named her 1999 Woman of Distinction in the government/
public service field, and she was elected and re-elected president of
the Minot AFB Child Development Center's Parents' Advisory Group. She
earned an MS in administration from Central Michigan University in December
2000.
Michael Fultz '98
Dover, Delaware, holds three associate's degrees and an MBA in addition
to the associate's and bachelor's degrees he earned at UMUC. He is a contracting
specialist and business advisor for the Air Force and, in June 2001, will
move to the Air Mobility Warfare Center at Fort Dix, New Jersey, to teach
contingency contracting.
Donna
Grande '93
Chicago, Illinois, was promoted from deputy director to co-director of
the American Medical Association's SmokeLess States National Program Office.
Smokeless States is a national, private-sector initiative to reduce or
prevent the use of tobacco. Previously, Grande served as executive director
of Full Court Press, a youth-focused, tobacco- control demonstrated program
based in Tucson, Arizona, and before that as national program officer
for the American Stop Smoking Intervention Study for Cancer Prevention,
funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of
Health in Washington, D.C.
Cyndi Inkpen '96
San Antonio, Texas, completed her MPA degree from the University of Oklahoma.
She works as the associate director in the Office of Student Financial
Aid of the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Jeffrey Kubik '96
Severn, Maryland, left the Air Force after almost six years of service
as an electrical engineer to pursue a career in technology consulting
through Booz-Allen & Hamilton. After two years with Booz-Allen, he
moved to his current position with Capita Technologies, Inc., where he
is a senior consultant responsible for providing network engineering and
computer security design advice for product development activities. He
writes, "My master's degree in technology and management has been
an invaluable tool for me to leverage throughout my employment experiences.
I find that it complements my BS in electrical engineering very well."
Donald R. Meeks Jr. '93
Stuttgart, Germany, serves in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps. He
writes, "Doin' the Army deal in Germany. Lovin' every minute of it!"
Eric Nelson '86
Poquoson, Virginia, recently moved to Virginia where he hopes to retire
from the Air Force. He writes, "Life has been great so far. . . .
Thanks for the strong start!"
Kurt Neubauer '88
Garland, Texas, earned a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary and an MEd
from the University of Northern Texas. He received his credentials as
a licensed professional counselor in 1995 and works as a staff therapist
for the Pastoral Counseling and Education Center. He married Lisa Boyd
Neubauer in March 1999; their daughter, Mikaela Grace Neubauer, was born
in July 2000.
Ronald R. Woodard '88
Roanoke, Virginia, was recently promoted to regional director of Old Dominion
University's distance learning program, TELETECHNET. He is responsible
for 12 distance learning sites, located on community college campuses
throughout central and southwest Virginia.
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