TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL
UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT
OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
ALUMNI CAREERS AND JOBS
What jobs can a graduate with a degree in a
foreign language get?
Check out what the alumni of the Department of Foreign
Languages at Tennessee Tech University have done or are doing by
linking to the biography section of the graduate who has held a
career or job that interests you. Most jobs are directly connected
with the major in a foreign language. But the wide variety of other
jobs and careers demonstrates the great flexibility of a liberal arts
degree from Tennessee Tech with a major in a foreign language! Click
on the general category to take you to a list of actual careers and
jobs of our alumni in that category. Then click on the name to take
you to that person's biographical sketch.
BUSINESS AND
INDUSTRY
- EDUCATION - ELEMENTARY,
MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOL
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- IN
TENNESSEE:
French German Spanish English as a Second Language (ESL)
Administration Other Subjects
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- IN OTHER
STATES:
French German Spanish
Administration Other Subjects
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- IN OTHER
COUNTRIES
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- English
as a Second Language (ESL)
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EDUCATION - COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY
- EDUCATION
- OTHER ADULT
EDUCATION
-
ENGINEER
- HEALTH
PROFESSIONS:
Health Care Administration Nurse Physician Psychologist
- INTERPRETER /
TRANSLATOR
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- JOURNALISM / CREATIVE
WRITING
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- LAW
MILITARY
MISSIONARY WORK
ABROAD
PEACE CORPS / VOLUNTEER
ORGANIZATIONS
- SOCIAL SERVICES / LAW
ENFORCEMENT
TRAVEL INDUSTRY
ABROAD
- OTHER WORK
ABROAD
OTHER:
Archaeologist Historic Preservation Home Educator Horticulturist
Librarian Ministry Music Director Musical Composer Flight Dispatcher
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BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
- Marketing Consultant, Barnstable Broadcasting, Memphis, TN - Sara
Mae Lowe Scoggin ('66)
- Customer Service Coordinator for International Sales (Canadian accounts),
then the Logistics Customer Service Manager, then the Senior Logistics Customer
Service Manager for Philips Consumer Electronics Company (manufacturer of
Philips and Magnavox products) - Patty Powers
Derycke ('71)
- Manager of Merchandise Information for Miller's Department Store, Knoxville,
TN - Patty Powers Derycke ('71)
- Office Manager and Assistant to the Director for ACTWU, Southern Regional
Joint Board, Knoxville. Patty Powers Derycke
('71)
- Coordinator of Public Relations for The Realty Group in Knoxville; Patty
Powers Derycke ('71)
- Circulation Coordinator for the Knoxville News Sentinel; Patty
Powers Derycke ('71)
- Vice President and Secretary, Collins Manufacturing Company, Cookeville,
TN - Melinda Bilbrey Swann ('71)
- Customer Service Representative for French-speaking Canada, Fleetguard-Nelson,
Inc. in Cookeville - Bob Edwards ('72)
- International Export Representative, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Atlanta,
GA - Lissa Culbertson Boxy ('79)
- Assistant to the Director of International Purchases for Rica Rondo, S.A.,
Cali, Colombia - Luz Astrid Martínez
('82)
- Word Processor in Manassas, Virginia - Carolyn
Hassler Farley ('83)
- Accountant at Worth, Incorporated, Tullahoma, TN - Colleen
Virginia Dixon Lewis ('86)
- Mortgage Loan Officer, First Capital Mortgage, Meridian Mortgage, Amerimortgage
- Michael Rautter ('86)
- Owner, American Freedom Financial Services, Colorado Springs, CO - Michael
Rautter ('86)
- Registered Sales Assistant for Nations Securities, Atlanta, GA - Billiesue
Gingrich Potter ('87)
- Assistant to the President and Distribution Coordinator for the U.S. and
Latin America for Imaje Ink Jet Printing Corporation, Atlanta, GA - Valerie
Wagner-Brutti ('89)
- Representative for Mary Kay Cosmetics, Atlanta, GA - Valerie
Wagner-Brutti ('89)
- Research Assistant for Kimberly-Clark Corporation (Kleenex), in International
Exports of the health care products division, Roswell, GA - Deanna
Light ('90)
- Database Development/Data Entry Specialist for Bliss-Esan Financial Service,
Teresa Fleer Jade ('92)
- Director of Technology and Development for H5 Technologies, San Francisco,
CA - Teresa Jade ('92)
- Data Entry Operator at Porelon, Inc., Cookeville - James
A. Andrews, III ('95)
- Web Page Designer, Cookeville - James A.
Andrews, III ('95)
- Accounting Office Manager, Southeastern Findings (a jewelry wholesale company),
Tucker, GA - Nicole Bryant ('95)
- Commercial Lines Insurance Agent for Rains Agency, Inc., now Progressive
Insurors, Inc., in Jamestown, TN - Katherine
Nelson Perdue ('95)
- Foreign Cities Payable Clerk, Budget Rent-A-Car, East Point, GA- Rebecca
Chase Matthews ('96)
- State Coordinator of the CPA Exam for Missouri and Connecticut for the National
Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). Nashville - Carla
Brown ('96)
- Catalog Database Technician - Fleetguard-Nelson, Inc., Cookeville - Raj
Kumar ('97)
- Restaurant Host for the Hyatt Regency Resort at Beaver Creek in Avon, Colorado
- James E. Coode, Jr. ('93)
- Catering Services Worker for the Opryland Hotel, Nashville - James
E. Coode, Jr. ('93)
- Account Clerk with Tennessee's Early Intervention Program and the Child
Development Lab on the TTU campus- Lucinda Myers
('93)
- Customer Service Representative, S.A. Maxwell Company, Northfield, IL -
Kimberly Whittenburg ('97)
- Customer Service Representative for Spanish, Fleetguard-Nelson Inc., Cookeville,
TN - Russell Droke ('98)
- Systems Coordinator (administers the agency's information system as well
as troubleshooting computer problems and instructing employees regarding various
computer applications) for Rains Agency, Inc., now Progressive Insurors, Inc.,
in Jamestown, TN - Katherine Nelson Perdue
('95)
- Human Resources Clerk, then Employment Manager Golpak/Perdue Corporation
(formerly FFM) in Monterey, TN - Summer Maberry
('98)
- Administrative Assistant for Spanish-speaking employees, Genesco, Inc.,
in Nashville - Summer Maberry ('98)
- International Intern at Tutco, Inc. (Cookeville) - Ania
Barciak ('99)
- Marketing Consultant, Equinox Group in Cambridge, MA - Ania
Barciak ('99)
- Marketing Intern, Customer Service Representative and interpreter for Latin
American distributors at Imaging Technologies, Inc. in Cookeville - Shelley
Woods ('99)
- Industrial Sales Assistant for Still-Man Heating Products, Cookeville -
Shelley Woods ('99)
- Customer Service Representative for Setech, Murfreesboro, TN (Setech is
an integrated inventory management company that owns and maintains indirect
materials and parts for companies such as Delphi, Sara Lee, and General Motors)
- Monica Guzman ('00)
- Customer Service Representative - Acuity Marketing (a publishing/marketing
company) in Franklin, TN, -Laura Elizabeth
Barnes ('00)
- Computer Worker, General Electric Aircraft Engines - Lisa
Dissel ('01)
- Independent Contractor and Organizational Leader for Southwestern Company
(publishing), Nashville - Micah Puncochar
('01)
- Self-Employed for Puncochar Enterprises in Brentwood, TN - Micah
Puncochar ('01)
- Banking Services, Wells Fargo Financial, Knoxville, TN - Robert
Stanton ('01)
- Customer Service, AmSouth Bank, Cookeville - Robert
Stanton ('01)
- Customer Assistance Representative, Fleetguard-Nelson, Cookeville - Holly
Pratt ('02)
- Director of Exports, E.N. Beard Hardwood Lumber, Greensboro, NC - Derick
Shular ('02)
- Owner, Blinds & Designs in Franklin, TN - Scott
Walker ('02)
- French-Speaking Customer Assistance Representative, Fleetguard-Nelson, Cookeville
- Kaitrin Mahar ('03)
- Spanish Language Translator and Facilitator, Hutchison FTS, Byrdstown, TN(also
at the company's subsifiary in Mexico) - Barbara
Moreira Smith ('04)
- Office Manager, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Division of Hematology/Oncology,
Nashville, TN - Crystal Wynne ('04)
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- EDUCATION - ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH
SCHOOL
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IN TENNESSEE:
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- FRENCH:
- French and English Teacher, Soddy-Daisy Middle School and Loftis Middle
School in Hamilton County - Carleen
Alexander ('66)
- French Teacher, Franklin Road Academy, Nashville - Dr.
Martha Elizabeth Massey Gibson ('68)
- French Teacher for the Sevier County Schools in Gatlinburg - Patty
Powers Derycke ('71)
- French Teacher, Hixson and Franklin Schools - Karen
Jean Cordell Williams ('72)
- French Teacher, Cookeville H.S. - Jan Presley
('74)
- French Teacher, Jackson County H.S., Gainesboro - Juanita
Houdeschell Schrader ('74)
- French Teacher, Cookeville Junior H.S. - Juanita
Houdeschell Schrader ('74)
- French, Spanish, and English Teacher, Upperman H.S., Baxter - Juanita
Houdeschell Schrader ('74)
- French Teacher, Hixson H.S., Chattanooga - Connie
Hullander ('76)
- French and World History Teacher, Westwood Junior H.S., Manchester - Teresa
Cassetty Petersen ('87)
- French and Pre-algebra Teacher, Algood Junior H.S., Algood - Anne-Marie
Kintz Craft ('92)
- French and U.S. History Teacher, White County H.S., Sparta - Anne-Marie
Kintz Craft ('92)
- French Teacher, Scott County H.S., Huntsville - Anne-Marie
Kintz Craft ('92)
- French Teacher, Waverly Central H.S., Waverly - Anne-Marie
Kintz Craft ('92)
- French Teacher, Sequatchie Co.H.S., Dunlap - Anne-Marie
Kintz Craft ('92)
- French Teacher, Scott County H.S., Huntsville - Amy
Sue Ayers Kelly ('93)
- French and German Teacher, Clinton H.S., Clinton - Amy
Sue Ayers Kelly ('93)
- French teacher, Trousdale County H.S., Hartsville - Martha
Highers ('97)
- GERMAN:
- German and French Teacher, West H.S., Knoxville - Gerlinde
Heina ('78)
- German and English teacher, Mt. Juliet H.S., Mt. Juliet, TN -Ila
Ruth Johnson Wilson ('84)
- German Teacher, Livingston Academy, Livingston, TN- Susan
Upton ('90)
- German Teacher, Cumberland Co. H.S., Crossville, TN - Richard
Strader ('03)
- SPANISH:
- Spanish Teacher, Powell H.S., Knoxville - Bob
Edwards ('72)
- Spanish and French Teacher, Trousdale Co. H.S. - Bob
Edwards ('72)
- Spanish and French Teacher (and occasionally AP English 12 Teacher), Science
Hill H.S., Johnson City - Dr. Eloise Barnes-Jurgens
('73)
- Spanish Teacher, Hunters Lane Comprehensive H.S., Nashville - Lilian
Wdowiak Lawrence ('77)
- Spanish Teacher and Department Head at Antioch H.S. - Sabra
Russell Clayton ('82)
- Spanish Teacher, York Institute, Jamestown - Cathy
Gernt ('83)
- Spanish Teacher, Father Ryan H.S., Nashville - Michael
Bell ('85)
- Spanish Teacher, York Institute, Jamestown - Diana
Moller ('91)
- Spanish Teacher, Kirby H.S in Memphis and Cookeville H.S.- James
A. Andrews, III ('95)
- Spanish Teacher, Coffee County Central H.S., Manchester - Angel
Hensley ('95)
- Spanish Teacher, Smith Co. H.S., Carthage - Samuel
Smith ('96)
- Spanish Teacher, Rockwood H.S., Rockwood - Marimer
Pezzotti Williamson ('96)
- Spanish Teacher, Upperman H.S., Baxter - John
Apple ('96)
- Spanish Teacher, Bledsoe Co. H.S., Pikeville - Jeanna
Navas ('97)
- Spanish Teacher, Stratford Comprehensive H.S., Nashville - Scott
Kent ('98)
- Spanish Teacher, Cookeville H.S. - Brian Miesch
('98)
- Spanish Teacher, Jackson County H.S., Gainesboro - Loretta
Hensley Benjamin ('99)
- Spanish Teacher, White County H.S., Sparta - Meredith
Jenkins ('00)
- Spanish Teacher, Cornerstone Middle School, Baxter - Deleesa
Price ('03)
- Spanish Teacher, Cookeville H.S., Cookeville - Deleesa
Price ('03)
- Spanish Teacher, White County H.S., Sparta - Deleesa
Price ('03)
- Spanish Teacher, Cornerstone Middle School, Baxter - Philip
Horn ('05)
- Spanish Teacher, Avery Trace Middle School, Cookeville - Michael
Spears ('05)
- Spanish Teacher, Monterey H.S., Monterey - Stephanie
Ward ('05)
- Spanish Teacher, Livingston Academy - Amber
Frazier ('06)
- Spanish Teacher, Warren County H.S. - Chris
Miller ('06)
- Spanish Teacher, Avery Trace Middle School, Cookeville - Ivania
Perez ('06)
- ENGLISH AS A SECOND
LANGUAGE:
- ADMINISTRATION:
- OTHER SUBJECTS:
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IN OTHER STATES:
- FRENCH:
- French Teacher, Oxford H.S., Oxford, Mississippi - Dr.
Martha Elizabeth Massey Gibson ('68)
- French and English Teacher, Stapley Jr. H.S., Mesa, Arizona - Mary
Evans ('71)
- French Teacher in Birmingham, Alabama; - Karen
Jean Cordell Williams ('72)
- French Teacher in Flower Mound and Frisco, Texas
- Karen Jean Cordell Williams ('72)
- French Teacher (junior high-school) in Houston, Texas - Karen
Jean Cordell Williams ('72)
- French Teacher, J.O. Johnson H.S., Huntsville, Alabama - Anna
Maria Best Mohon ('89)
- Elementary School French FLES Teacher (Foreign Language in the Elementary
School), Academy of Science and Foreign Languages (a magnet school), Huntsville,
Alabama - Anna Maria Best Mohon ('89)
- French Teacher, Chapman H.S., Spartanburg, South Carolina - Jessica
Killian Scarbrough ('99)
- GERMAN:
- German Teacher, Fauquier County Public Schools, Warrenton, Virginia - Annis
Shaver ('78)
- German Teacher, Richmond County Schools and the Columbia County Schools,
Augusta, Georgia - Annis Shaver ('78)
- German Teacher, Old Mill Senior H.S., Glen Burnie, Maryland - Annis
Shaver ('78)
- SPANISH:
- Spanish Teacher (middle school and high school), James W. Robinson, Jr.
Secondary School, Fairfax, Virginia - Michael
P. Campana
('92)
- Spanish Teacher, Powdersville Middle School and Wren H.S. in South Carolina
- Megan Marsh Cole ('97)
- Spanish Teacher, Ann Arundel County, Maryland - Meredith
Jenkins McMahon ('00)
- ADMINISTRATION:
- Career Ladder Evaluator, Stapley Jr. H.S., Mesa, Arizona - Mary
Evans ('71)
- OTHER SUBJECTS:
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IN OTHER COUNTRIES:
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- ENGLISH AS A SECOND
LANGUAGE:
- Academic Director for Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) classes
and English classes at the binational Instituto Benjamin Franklin de Yucatán,
Mérida, Mexico - Juanita Houdeschell
Schrader ('74)
- Director, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) classes at Centro
de Idiomas del Sureste in Mérida - Juanita
Houdeschell Schrader ('74)
- English Teacher, St. Patrick's Catholic Cathedral School for Boys, Maiduguri,
Borno State, Nigeria - Veronica Umoren
('76)
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher, Cheju-do Island and Seoul, Korea
- Angela Harris ('91)
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher, Kathmandu, Nepal - Angela
Harris ('91)
- English as a Second Language Teacher in Costa Rica - Shelley
Woods ('99)
- EDUCATION - COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY:
- Instructor of French at Florida State University - Dr.
Martha Elizabeth Massey Gibson ('68)
- Adjunct Faculty in Psychology (General Psychology and Psychology of Adjustment)
at Tennessee Tech - Roy Bilbrey ('71)
- Associate Professor of English, Roane State Community College, Harriman,
TN - James M. Knox ('71)
- Assistant Professor, Academic Development Program, Tennessee Technological
University, Cookeville - Janet Whiteaker
('72)
- Faculty Member in Spanish at Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina
- Claudia Loftis Anderson ('74)
- Adjunct Faculty in French for the Department of Foreign Languages and in
English as a Second Language (ESL) for the English Language Institute, Tennessee
Technological University, Cookeville - Juanita
Houdeschell Schrader ('74)
- Faculty Member in English as a Foreign Language at the Universidad de Mayab,
near Mérida, Mexico - Juanita Houdeschell
Schrader ('74)
- Adjunct Faculty in English (Expository Writing I) for the Department of
English, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville - Ellen
Blair Aspengren ('75)
- Adjunct Faculty in French, University of Hawaii - Connie
Hullander ('76)
- Adjunct Faculty in French, Chattanooga State Technical Community College
- Connie Hullander ('76)
- Adjunct Faculty in French, Tri-County Technical College, Pendleton, South
Carolina - Connie Hullander ('76)
- Administrative Assistant for the English Language Institute, Tennessee Technological
University, Cookeville - Diane
Payer Knight ('77)
- Adjunct Faculty in German for the University of Maryland, European Division,
in four locations: Ansbach,Illesheim, Garlstedt and Schweinfurt, Germany -
Annis Shaver ('78)
- Adjunct Faculty in German for the Goethe Institute and Big Bend Community
College in Schweinfurt, Germany - Annis Shaver
('78)
- Adjunct Faculty in German, University of South Carolina at Aiken - Annis
Shaver ('78)
- Adjunct Faculty in German, Georgia Military College in Fort Gordon, Georgia
- Annis Shaver ('78)
- Basic Skills Instructor for communications, reading, mathematics, and English
as a Second Language for Big Bend Community College in Ansbach, Garlstedt,
and Schweinfurt, Germany - Annis Shaver ('78)
- Assistant Professor, Cedarville University (OH) - Annis
Shaver ('78)
- Associate Professor of English, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC - Dr.
Gina Peterman ('79)
- Associate Professor of History, Concordia
University at Austin Texas - Dr. Debra J.
Allen ('79)
- Director, Language Laboratory, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
- Karl Fisher ('83)
- Director, Language Lab at New Mexico State University - Karl
Fisher ('83)
- Assistant Language Lab Director at Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Karl
Fisher ('83)
- University Instructor and Research/Technical Support - University of Texas
at Austin - Teresa Fleer Jade ('92)
- Adjunct Faculty in Spanish, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville
- John Apple ('96)
- Adjunct Faculty in English, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville
- Martha Highers ('97)
- Graduate Teaching Assistant in German, Middle Tennessee State University,
Murfreesboro, TN - Addie Sinclair ('03)
- EDUCATION -
OTHER ADULT EDUCATION
- ESL Teacher in the Putnam County Adult Basic Education Program - Juanita
Houdeschell Schrader ('74)
- French Teacher with local industries by contract in South Carolina - Connie
Hullander ('76)
- Interim Master Teacher for the German Head Start and Basic Skills Education
Program in Schweinfurt, Germany - Annis Shaver
('78)
- Volunteer Coordinator in English as a Second Language for the Army Community
Service in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas - Annis Shaver
('78)
- Instructor, Business English at several firms in the Heidelberg/Mannheim
area, Germany - Annis Shaver ('78)
- Organizer of ESL programs for institutes and universities in Seoul, Korea
- Angela Harris ('91)
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Director and FLES Director, Tennessee
Foreign Language Institute (TFLI), Nashville - Angela
Harris ('91)
- Spanish Instructor for employees at Aqua Tech. Inc., Cookeville - Carla
Brown ('96)
- ESL Program Director and French interpreter for Hutchison, Inc. in Byrdstown,
TN - Martha Highers ('97)
- Spanish Instructor for employees at Still-Man Heating Products, Inc., Cookeville
- Shelley Woods ('99)
- ENGINEER:
- Engineer for the State of Tennessee - Wayburn
Crabtree ('76)
- Project Engineer in northern Italy for projects being constructed for the
U.S. Air Force - LT Gerald C. Lowe ('96)
- Engineering Graduate Student, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama - Cason
Griffin ('00)
- Engineering Assistant - Athens Construction Company - Scott
Holcombe ('01)
- Nuclear Engineer in nuclear fuels for Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear
in Chattanooga - Scott Holcombe ('01)
- Mechanical Engineer for Hörmann Door Company - Camron
Rudd ('05)
Head Engineer for Hörmann Door Company (Chicago) - Camron
Rudd ('05)
HEALTH PROFESSIONS:
HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION:
- Director, West Alabama Home Health Services, Selma, Alabama -
Connie Hullander ('76)
- Director, Omni Home Health Services, Inc., Chattanooga -
Connie Hullander ('76)
- Manager, ANMED Home Care Services (Anderson Area Medical
Center), Anderson, South Carolina - Connie
Hullander ('76)
- Contract Administrator with the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
(DDSN) for the State of South Carolina - Connie
Hullander ('76)
- Director of Development and Community Relations at Alive Hospice, Inc. in
Nashville - Michael Bell ('85).
- Director of Development and Community Relations, The Hospice of the Florida
Suncoast, Largo, Florida - Michael Bell ('85)
- NURSE:
- Registered Nurse in the Open Heart Surgery Unit at Saint Thomas Hospital,
Nashville - Sandra Williford Rodgers Mitchell
('72)
- Registered Nurse, HCA Park West, Knoxville - Michael
Sorrels ('82)
- Registered Nurse - Susan Upton ('90)
- Registered Nurse at Livingston Hospital, Livingston, TN - Martha
Highers ('97)
- Registered Nurse at Martin Army Hospital (Fort Benning, Georgia), Eisenhower
Medical Center (Fort Gordon, Georgia), and Chattanooga Memorial Hospital.
- Martha Highers ('97)
- PHYSICIAN:
- PSYCHOLOGIST:
INTERPRETER/TRANSLATOR
- French Interpreter for U.S. Navy in European and African ports - LT
Pamela Nickrand ('90)
- Spanish Interpreter / Translator and owner of a Translation Company, Cookeville
- Amy Miller ('94)
- Owner of a Translation Company, Immigration Translation Services (ITS) -
Mindy Reynolds ('98)
- Interpreter/Translator and the Director of the Court Interpreter Program
for the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute, Nashville - Mindy
Reynolds ('98)
- Translator for International Specialty Supply in Cookeville - Erin
Quinn Anderson ('99)
- Interpreter and Assistant for a Harvard University Professor of Medicine
to work in Peru - Ania Barciak ('99)
- French interpreter at ITI Worldwide, Cookeville - Erika
Rose Cramton ('00)
- German Translator, Epcot Center, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL - Addie
Sinclair ('03)
- Spanish Translator for Tennessee's Early Intervention System - Cary
Hitchcock ('04)
- Certified Spanish Interpreter for the State of Tennessee - Zachary
Martin ('05)
- JOURNALISM / CREATIVE WRITING:
- Author of popular romance novels - Lisa Grisham
Brown ('75)
- Technical Editor for geologists - Janie Cooper
Finch ('84)
- Newsletter Editor, Imaje Ink Jet Printing Corporation, Atlanta, GA - Valerie
Wagner-Brutti ('89)
- Newsletter Writer for Southeastern Findings (a jewelry wholesale company),
Tucker, Georgia - Nicole Bryant ('95)
- Freelance Writer, Duluth, Georgia - Paige
Smith Ridley ('95)
- Creative Writer, including poetry in Louisiana Literature, Rattle, Blue
Violin, Homespun, Southwestern Review and prose in The Gettysburg Review,
Under the Sun, Porcupine - Martha Highers
('97)
- Staff Writer for the Herald-Citizen newspaper in Cookeville - Martha
Highers ('97)
- Editor/Proofreader for Thomas Nelson and Sons Publishing Company in Nashville
in the Tommy Nelson Children's Book Division - Heather
Atkins Hardison ('99)
- French interpreter at ITI Worldwide, Cookeville - Erika
Rose Cramton ('00)
- LAW:
MILITARY:
- Deputy Commander of the 513th Military Intelligence Brigade at Fort Gordon,
Georgia. Then Deputy Commander of the Joint Intelligence Center, U.S. Southern
Command, Miami, Florida, a joint operation overseeing Central and South America.
Previous tours of duty in Ansbach, Bremen, Schweinfurt, and Heidelberg, Germany
- LTC John Shaver ('79)
- Supply Officer, Naval Supply Center, Jacksonville, Florida - Cynthia
Rasch Donaldson Varner ('81)
- U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery, Ft. Carson, Colorado - Michael
Rautter ('86)
- U.S. Army Security Intelligence Analyst; Russian and German Language Translator,
Germany - Michael Rautter ('86)
- Naval Aviator, Helicopter Aircraft Commander, Instructor Pilot (SH-60B Seahawk
helicopter) and the Squadron Legal Officer - LT
Pamela Nickrand ('90)
- Project Engineer in northern Italy for projects being constructed for the
U.S. Air Force - LT Gerald C. Lowe ('96)
- 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserves, attached to the 4206th U.S. Army
Hospital in Chattanooga with Military Occupation Specialty as Registered Nurse
and an additional Skill Identifier in French - LT
Martha Highers ('97)
- U.S. Marine Corps - Scott Holcombe ('01)
- 2nd Lt., U.S. Army, 25th Infantry Division, Honolulu, Hawaii - LT
Daniel Shires ('03)
- 2nd Lt., U.S. Army, - LT Stacy Moss ('04)
- 2nd Lt., U.S. Army, - LT Jason Blackston
('04)
- MISSIONARY WORK ABROAD:
PEACE CORPS /
VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS:
- SOCIAL SERVICES / LAW ENFORCEMENT:
- Probation Officer - Putnam County, TN - Roy
Bilbrey ('71)
- Social Services Officer, Knoxville - Bob Edwards
('72)
- Administrative Assistant, Aging Services for the Upper Cumberland, Cookeville
- Ellen Blair Aspengren ('75)
- Program Counselor at the Detoxification Rehabilitation Institute, Knoxville
- Hilde Phipps ('82)
- Police Officer in Raleigh, North Carolina - Lisa
Gunter Geist ('88)
- Security Officer for Campus for Human Development, Nashville - James
E. Coode, Jr. ('93)
- Customer Service Representative and Spanish Interpreter, Social Security
Administration, Cookeville - Ruth Reasor ('04)
- TRAVEL INDUSTRY ABROAD
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- OTHER WORK
ABROAD
-
- OTHER
- Office Manager for the Campus Crusade for Christ, International - Larry
Lee Barr ('71)
- Assistant in Historic Preservation in South Carolina - Dr.
Debra J. Allen ('79)
- Horticulturist at a nursery in Cookeville - Janie
Cooper Finch ('84)
- Home Educator, Woodbury, TN - Amy Puckett Corley ('86)
- Assistant Director of Music and Liturgy at the Church of St. Benedict in
Duluth, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta - Deanna
Light ('90)
- Musical Composer: published musical compositions and played guitar on recordings
of liturgical music, and co-directed a 25-voice adult choir and a 30-voice
children's choir - Deanna Light ('90)
- Circulation/Reference Assistant Librarian at the Cleveland (TN) Public Library
Treasure Moore Swanson ('91)
- Flight Dispatcher for the Aviation Program at the State University of New
York (SUNY) - Farmingdale at Republic Airport (Long Island), New York - Lucinda
Myers ('93)
- Horticulturist at Chuck Johnson Garden Center in Cookeville - Heather
Atkins Hardison ('99)
- Volleyball Coach at various Ohio and Tennessee camps - Lisa
Dissel ('01)
- Team Assistant for Shared Mission Focus on Young People, United Methodist
Church, Nashville - Jennifer Lee Bradley
Davis ('01)
- Customer Service Specialist for Upper Room Ministries - Jennifer
Lee Bradley Davis ('01)
- Archaeologist - Andrew Case ('01)
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