Robert Baumann, '75
Wake Forest-Asst. Prof., Northside Anesthesiology Consultants-Dir. Pede Anes Retired in 2020.
1970
Kapauner Lewis, '78
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical School, Washington University School of Medicine. Currently self-employed as a pediatric anesthesiologist with a clinical faculty appointment at the University of Louisville.
1980
Jane Taylor, '89
Jane has been an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of South Carolina since January 1995. She spent most of her career prosecuting large scale drug organizations and more recently specialized in prosecuting dog fighting cases. Jane currently serves as the Chief of the Criminal Division and is also an adjunct professor at the Law School where she teaches a class on Animal Law.
1990
Meredith Arnau (Thomason), '90
Meredith is a pediatric physical therapist and an adjunct professor for the DPT and Exercise Science department.
Misty Jordan (Spencer), '92
COO, Microsoft Federal
Heather Gleaton (Riley), '93
Heather recently sold her veterinary practice after 20 years and currently teaches classes to pre-veterinary students at Clemson University.
Sherry Boswell (Lamb), '94
After practicing law for 25 years, Sherry has gone in a new direction with her career and pursued something she adores: travel! She is happily planning trips all over the globe and loving every minute of this new adventure.
Kimberly Brown, '94
Kimberly lives in Charleston, S.C. Most of her career she has worked in medical settings from children's hospitals to the VA Medical Center. She enjoys her work in suicide prevention and spends a great deal of time in community outreach and partnership building and providing suicide prevention training. She has two sons and enjoys supporting their school community and activities.
Amy Bashor, '97
Founder and President, Standing Pines Resort
2000
Kenley Young, '01
Assigning Editor, NerdWallet
Brandon Barr, '04
After practicing law for 12 years, Brandon moved to LA to work in Cybersecurity. He's now a Digital Forensic Analysis heading up west coast operations.
Amy Pasquet (Buchanan-Feinberg), '05
After earning tenure as an English professor at the University of Bordeaux, Amy took a sabbatical in 2017 to work with her husband, Jean, making cognac on his family's vineyards. She never went back to her teaching position, as she and Jean now run the distillery together.
Liz Catoe (Keller), '06
In 2023, Liz's department at Clover High School was awarded with the Exemplary Program with Honors award from the American Association of Teachers of French.
Alexis Stratton, '06
Alexis married Noell Rathbun in May 2023, and is the proud stepparent of at 10-year-old stepchild.
Christopher Yandel, '06
After graduating from USC in 2006, Christopher taught English in South Korea, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. In 2014, he moved back to the United States to attend Berkeley Law and graduated in 2017. After law school, he worked for a judge in Anchorage, returned to the Bay Area to work in private practice, and then moved back to Anchorage to work at the Alaska Attorney General's Office where he's been for almost five years now.
Arielle VanSyckel, '08
Arielle completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Radiology at McGaw Medical Center at Northwestern University in June of 2023.
Krystal Deiters (Webber), '09
Partner, IBM. Krystal married her husband, Kelly Deiters, on May 20, 2023.
Jordan Slomzenski, '09
Engineer IV, SSOE Group. Jordan got married on December 2, 2023.
John Warren, '09
After graduating from the Honors College in 2009, John took a year off and worked for a lawyer in Columbia. He soon decided that he wanted to be a lawyer and enrolled at Elon University School of Law in 2010. Since then, he's clerked for two federal judges and one S.C. Supreme Court Justice. He is now in private practice, and focus on white collar criminal defense, whistleblower litigation and appeals. John and his wife welcomed their daughter in September 2023 and have settled down in Columbia. He joined the faculty at USC School of Law as an adjunct professor and co-director of the USC Moot Court program.
2010
Katherine Colburn, '10
Licensed Professional Civil Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Utah (March 2023) and active in the Utah Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, operating the I-15 Express Lanes, the longest continuous system of HOT (high-occupancy toll) managed lanes in North America.
Kurtyss Kasten, '11
Kurtyss moved to the Big Island last year with his wife. They are both National Service Corps Scholars, fulfilling their commitment of serving in high need clinics, providing primary care in Hilo, Hawaii. On their days off, are surfing or playing soccer, or taking their dog to the beach. They are working diligently to grow their own food in their garden.
Kyle Kemp, '11
On February 9, 2024, Kyle received the Navy Federal's President's Award for Service Excellence. This award recognizes employees who consistently contributed above and beyond what is normally expected during the previous calendar year.
David Prim, '13
After graduating from Honors in 2013, David stayed at USC to complete a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. He finished his Ph.D. in 2018 and moved to Boston, MA for his first "real job" in life science strategy consulting. He did strategy and advisory work at two firms - ClearView Healthcare Partners and Locust Walk Partners - before transitioning to venture capital investing. Since 2021, he's worked at Broadview Ventures, where they focus on early-stage medical device and biopharma investments in cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Rosanne Prim (Sullivan), '13
Associate II with Mass General Brigham’s Office for Interactions with Industry.
Laura Thorp, '13
After graduating from Honors in 2013, Laura moved to Raleigh, N.C. to pursue a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in poetry at North Carolina State University. She graduated in 2015 and returned to the University of South Carolina for a job opportunity. She worked in graduate student affairs for 8 years and decided to pursue a Ph.D. in American and African-American Literature. In June 2023, Laura returned to the Triangle area of North Carolina for an incredible opportunity to be the inaugural Director of Student Affairs for The Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dion de Jong, '17
After meeting each other through the Honors College, Rachel Beard ‘17 and Dion de Jong got married on 2/1/21.
Arianna Miskin, '17
Arianna recently became the Assistant Director of Health Policy at the (other) USC.
Jaclyn Nicklas, '17
Jaclyn is a small mammal and reptile exotic veterinarian at Animal House of Chicago.
Tyler Wagner, '17
Tyler was recently hired as the Associate Director of Research for the National Pharmaceutical Council. Tyler leads team efforts in value assessment for cell and gene therapies, health equity research, and the use of real-world data and evidence in health economics and outcomes research. Tyler was awarded a Distinguished Service Award from ISPOR for his service in 2022-2023.
Akilah Alwan, '18
During graduate school, Akilah was selected as an NSF GRFP, SREB Doctoral Scholar, UCAR Next Generation DEI Fellow, NSF FIELD Fellow, and a finalist for the TMCF/Sallie Mae Bridging the Gap Scholarship.
Emily Fisher, '19
After graduating, Emily completed a Fulbright as an English Teaching Assistant in La Rioja, Spain. Upon returning to the US, she received a masters in speech-language pathology at USC in August 2022. She is now a certified SLP working with autistic students and multilingual learners at an elementary school in Richland 2.
Megan Rigabar, '19
As the COVID-19 pandemic came to a close, Megan moved to the University of Cambridge where she completed a Masters in Public Policy. She then moved to London to work for the London Borough of Lambeth, where she created policy responses to poverty, violence, and ageing, among other topics. She has also been involved with the Aspen Institute UK through the Rising Leaders Fellowship.
2020
Brian Youngblood, '20
Brian will attend Harvard Business School in fall 2024 after taking a break from work to volunteer and travel. He's spent the last year working at Mill, a start-up in the Bay Area focused on reducing food waste by cycling food back into the food system. He was the factory operations lead and developed the manufacturing process for the food recycling device primarily in Guadalajara, Mexico where the factory is located. Prior to Mill, he worked as a Product Quality Manager at Apple, leading the launches of multiple iPads.
Christopher Carter, '21
Christopher is a graduate student at MIT studying aerospace materials. Since leaving the Honors College, he's been working on a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering to be followed by a Ph.D.
Rachel Strieber, '21
Rachel will graduate ranked within the top 10 of the class from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, IL in May 2024! Rachel will be sitting for the July 2024 Illinois bar exam, and has a job offer at a private law firm that does personal injury, workers' compensation, and medical malpractice law. Stemming from her volunteer roots at the Honors College, Rachel is an active volunteer and Wish Granter for Make-A-Wish Illinois.
Davis Ivey, '23
Currently in a gap year working as a clinical research assistant before starting at MUSC's Physician Assistant program in May 2024.
Fay Hussain, '24
Fay will join the UVA Health System as a PGY1&2 HSPAL pharmacy resident.
Weston Watts, '24
Weston has accepted a 2-year appointment at the Board of Governors, which will serve as a predoctoral program before pursuing a Ph.D. in Economics.