Outstanding Recent Graduates
The Outstanding Recent Graduate award recognizes an outstanding recent graduate from each of the undergraduate colleges and schools at Emporia State University. Selection for this award is based on criteria determined by each school/college and the stipulation that the recipient be no more than 10 years past graduation at Emporia State University.
Each year, recipients of this award are honored at the Dwight and Ida Curry Newberg Outstanding Senior Award Banquet and Outstanding Recent Graduate Banquet. The 2007 banquet is on Monday, April 23. Recipients receive accolades from each school/college and are asked to present guest lectures to their respective programs.
This award is sponsored by the ESU Alumni Association and is facilitated by the ESU Ambassadors organization.
The 2007
Outstanding Recent Graduates
Rob Curley (BIS 2001), was named vice president of product development for Washingtonpost.Newsweek.Interactive (WPNI) in Alexandria, Va., in October 2006. Working across all WPNI properties, Curley and his team guide WPNI’s industry-leading innovation in online news and technology. A recognized interactive pioneer, Curley brings a unique perspective and ground-breaking development expertise to WPNI’s online content, tools and strategies that facilitate the direct participation of washingtonpost.com readers. Over the last several years, Curley’s first-of-its-kind work has been documented in media that range from college journalism textbooks to industry and mainstream magazines and white papers. Curley also has been featured on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition and in the New York Times. In December 2006, he was named by the National Newspaper Association’s PRESSTIME magazine as one of the top “20 under 40”, a feature designed to recognize those who have proved themselves as “change agents within their companies and the industry, providing much needed leadership and vision.” Curley has returned to campus on several occasions to make presentations, the most recent being April 6 of this year.
Jeff Johnson (BSB 1997, MBA 1999), Kansas City, Mo., has risen rapidly through the ranks of one of the most distinguished public accounting firms in the world – Deloitte and Touche – to be on the threshold of being named senior tax manager. Johnson has continued to develop his technical competence while accepting greater responsibility for practice management. He has responsibilities for coordinating/staffing operations with colleagues in India and has assessment responsibility for income tax accounting internal control of SEC reporting clients as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. His responsibilities include providing tax services primarily to corporate and high net worth clients while providing tax planning and strategy for clients, companies, and potential clients. Johnson’s clients include some of the best known and most significant entities and individuals in Kansas. Johnson is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is a member of the Emporia State Accounting and Information Systems Associated Advisory Council. Johnson is actively involved with ESU’s Career Services in supporting their activities.
Michelle Moore (BSE 1996, MS 2003), Oxford, Kan., has been an instructional technology specialist and math teacher at the Winfield, Kan. public school district for the past five years and has played a major role in organizing Moodle conferences. (Moodle is an open-source learning management system similar to Blackboard.) In 2003, she completed her master’s degree from ESU in instructional design and technology. Michelle has a very high profile at Moodle.org and has recently joined the consulting staff of US Moodle Partner, remote-Learner.net as director of training. Her clients include private and public schools and colleges throughout the United States. She was recently selected as one of the Best of the Best workshop presenters at the 2006 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), and has been featured on numerous webcasts.
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1996 |
Debora Huth Craig Kuckelman Joan Carley Brewer |
1997 |
Brad Minear Lisa Wagner Daniel Wann |
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1998 |
Kim Pember Everett Spellman Donna Stuber |
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1999 |
Sarah Cook Kristi DeMint DawnElla M. Rust |
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2000 |
Mario Bonilla Shawn M. Brewer Jeremy Kohomban |
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| 2001 | Brian E. Cathers Kenneth L. Harmon Jeffrey P. McAdoo |
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| 2002 | Jarod W. Allerheiligen Megan McGaffin Dillingham Lisa (Pendergast) Gates |
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| 2003 | John A. Blaufuss, Jr. Benjamin Patrick Butler Marcie (Hamilton) Frederickson |
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| 2004 | Darin P. Selby Stacy E. (Cox) Shipley Cynthia Price |
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| 2005 | Kenneth D. Hamby Brian K. Obermeyer Faith (Peterson) Scott |
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| 2006 | Bob Fitzpatrick Maj. Joey Hamilton Vandy Blue Spikes |
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Last Updated May 1, 2007