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Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth and is one of several being considered to create the pole sitter helmets for the NASCAR, Bush Grand National, Craftsman Truck, and Indy Car races at that facility this year.

Mina Martin (BS ’86, MS ’88) has joined the staff of Baylor Medical Center at Garland as volunteer services and guest relations coordinator.

Kyle L. Roberts (BA ’86) is sales representative for The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company in Arlington, TX.

Beth A. Winters (BA ’86) was recently hired by Lockheed Martin, IMS as a career specialist. She will be responsible for administering food stamp and FANF employment programs in Lamar County.

Gentry “Ace” Little (BS ’87) works for KCLE, Country Gold, 1120 AM radio station in Cleburne. He is in news and sports.

Helen Martin (BS ’87, MED ’89), a teacher at Travis Junior High School in Paris, TX, has been named one of three finalists for Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year. The winner will be announced in April 2001 by the Council of Chief State School Officers.

Jim Woodruff (BBA ’87), an investment representative with six years experience in the financial-services industry, recently moved to Ballinger to take responsibility for the Edward Jones office. Prior to this position, he was a financial advisor at The Partners Group. He and his wife, Laurie, have two children, Riley, six, and August, four.

Dean R. Butler (BS ’89) is an account executive in the National Accounts Division of Travelers Insurance in Dallas, TX.

Carla D.White Pratt (BA ’89) was recently appointed to a tenure track position on the faculty at Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law. She practiced as a corporate litigator for several years before joining the faculty at Penn State, where she teaches Legal Ethics; Contracts; and Race, Racism and American Law.

Mark Smith (MS ’89) recently joined Northlich Advertising, Cincinnati, OH, as senior art director.

Leonard “Lee” Topping (BS ’89) works in Littleton, CO, at Jones Radio Network, a country music station, as host of a national radio program. The show is broadcast on 110 stations to 12 million listeners.

1990-1994

Nancy I. Lopez (BA ’90) is hospital representative, U.S. Human Health, Merck & Co., Inc., in McAllen, TX.

Julie Dove (BA ’91, MA ’93) is label sales and service manager for Mediabase 24-7, located in Nashville, TN.

John Fitch (BS ’91) is the owner of his own business, Fitch Memorials, in Mt. Pleasant, TX. He is married to Dee Ann Kennington Fitch (BS ’91). She teaches second-grade in Pittsburg, TX. They have a daughter, Claire, who is four years old, and a son, Ryan, born in January, 2001.

Wendy Robinson Gruver (BS ’91, MS ’94) is the new director of assessment services at A&M-Commerce. Her husband, Eric (BA ’91, MS ’95), is an instructor in the History Department at A&M-Commerce. The couple has been married for 11 years and they have a 2-year-old daughter, Emily. They reside in Campbell, TX.

Jill Lain (BS ’91) is manager of Media Relations for RadioShack Corp. in Fort Worth.

Kim Bush (BBA ’93), associate director of the Center for Professional Development, based in the College of Business and Technology at A&M-Commerce, has been named to the Advisory Board for the Council on Management and Executive Development. She will be serving a four-year term on the board.

Rodney Fausett (MED ’94) was recently named Outstanding Principal of the Year for Region VIII. He will be recognized at the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals workshop on June 12-14, 2001 in Austin. He is principal at New Boston Middle School and is the first person to win the award twice in the ten years Region VIII has recognized campus administrators. He was named Assistant Principal of the Year while at North Lamar High School in Paris.

April Kuhl (BSIS ’94) began as a national professional development consultant for Rigby Education on January 1, 2001. She taught for the Mt. Pleasant ISD for 10 years prior to this position.

Jeanie Rushing (BS ’94) has written a play, “Noises Off,” which has been selected for performance at the National Thespian Society meeting in Lincoln, NE during the spring of 2001.

1995-2000

Dr. Carol Francois

Carol Francois (EDD ’95) began as associate superintendent-administrative services for the Dallas ISD on January 3, 2001. Her responsibilities include creating and implementing a blueprint to improve student performance, encourage and nurture teachers and ensure the district’s compliance with Texas guidelines for public schools. Prior to this position, she was the associate commissioner for the education of special populations at the Texas Education Agency.

Darnisha Reed (BS ’95, MS ’99) was recently promoted to director of the Gear-Up Program at Texas A&M University-Commerce. The program’s mission is to provide educational development, training and leadership to low income, first generation middle school youth. She was previously employed as an admissions counselor at the University for five years.

Aimee M. Gheen Bartis (BS ’96) is currently working on her teaching certification in technology. Her husband, Ryan E. Bartis (BS ’97), is a construction superintendent for J. T. Turner Construction. They reside in Rockwall, and welcomed son Samuel Paul Bartis on November 28, 2000.

Brigitte Gerrald Holloway (BBA ’96) and husband, John Holloway, announce the birth of their son, John Matthew Holloway, on December 3, 2000. He weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. and was 19-inches long.

Berri O’Neal (BS ’96, MS ’98) was recently appointed as the director of Marketing and Recruitment for Universities Center at Dallas.

Dr. Florette Jones Reven (EDD ’96) was recently named the 2000 recipient of the Barry B. Thompson Service Award at Tarleton State University. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Tarleton.

Chris Roberts (BS ’96) and Staci Crumley Roberts (BS ’94) proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Karley Michelle, on February 5, 2001. She weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz., and was 20-1/4 inches long.

Steven W. Visage (BS ’96) spent two months last year traveling through 12 European countries. Prague, Budapest, and Paris were the most enjoyable cities he visited. One highlight was attending a Mass by Pope John Paul II. His is now living and working in Breckenridge, CO, and skis about 80 days per year.

Taj Ahmad Eldridge (BA ’97), former member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, recently received his master’s degree in public policy and is working on his doctoral degree in socio-economics and educational policy analysis. He has also recently published a book by Mile 7 Press, dedicated to human rights in education and economics. He resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Jamee Lynette Green (BS ’97) married Judson Todd Hogan on November 11, 2000 in a candlelit ceremony at sunset, on the beach in Apalachicola, FL. The couple will reside in Tallahassee, FL, where she is employed by Tallahassee Motor Company.

Trenton Doyle Hancock (BFA ’97) recently presented “Artist Talk” at McKinney Avenue Contemporary in Dallas. Two of his artworks are in a group show by Flatbed Press of Austin, currently at McKinney Avenue Contemporary. Early in 2000, he exhibited in the 2000 Biennial Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, NY, and in Out of the Ordinary at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston.

Robert Matthew “Matt” Margot (BSCJ ’97) is a juvenile probation officer for Hunt County. He married Kelly Cassell (Former Student) on October 28, 2000. She teaches mathematics at Greenville Middle School.

Jandy Thompson (BS ’97) recently accepted a position in commercial real estate with the John Bowles Company as director of property management. She is responsible for the acquisitions, cash management and facility maintenance for three Class A office buildings. She currently serves on The Texas A&M University-Commerce Alumni Association Board of Directors and the Community Service Committee for Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA). Through this association she is pursuing a Real Property Administrator designation. She is also the collegiate liaison for the SW Dallas Chapter of Alpha Phi.

Heather Zehm (BSIS ’97) has relocated to Minnesota with her family. She is teaching, bartending and taking graduate classes in professional leadership and administration.

Aaron Adair (MA ’98) has been named the director for this year’s alumni summer musical, State Fair, at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Tiffany L. Hall (BPA ’98) has worked for TXU Business Services since 1998. She has a nine-month old son, Terrell Dominique Hall.

Rhonda E. Billingsley (BSW ’99) is working in Dallas with Child Protective Services as an ongoing/legal caseworker.

Jon Eric Nordin (BS ’99) married Laura Kathleen Bailey (Current Student) on December 16, 2000 in Greenville. He is a history teacher and head baseball coach for the Caddo Mills ISD and she is pursuing a degree in interdisciplinary studies at A&M-Commerce.

Wendy McNeal (BSW ’00) recently began duties as outreach caseworker at Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Northeast Texas. Her responsibilities include coordinating youth mentoring in Hopkins and Delta Counties.

Reba Jernigan Powers (EDD ’00) has been named to the “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2000.” All of the 114,000 teachers honored in this sixth edition were selected by their