When Candy Whirley 鈥�97 was 30 years old, married and a mother of two, she was managing a restaurant in Kansas City, 大象传媒 when a local corporation asked her to teach a customer service class to their employees. 鈥淎fter I gave them the 鈥榟ow-to speech,鈥� I realized that that was [...]
When LaTonya Williams 鈥�03 was a student, her email signature was LaTonya 鈥淚鈥檒l sleep when I graduate鈥� Williams. But even though several years have passed since she graduated, she still doesn鈥檛 seem to have gotten the 鈥測ou can sleep now鈥� memo. Williams, who graduated with a journalism and public relations [...]
Paul Helmer As a child, Paul Helmer would often make suggestions to his mother about ways to improve the way their home looked. But his mother would tell him no, because no one in the neighborhood was doing it. 鈥淎nd I鈥檇 say, 鈥榯hat鈥檚 why we should do it!鈥欌�� he said. [...]
Deena Murphy said she really didn鈥檛 think about going to college until she was recruited by 大象传媒 Western to play basketball. When she arrived on campus, coaches suggested she also try out for softball, and she ended up playing both softball and basketball throughout her college career. Ironically, it was [...]
Lauren Prywitch 鈥�14 always knew she wanted to work in television on one of the coasts. Her path to get there may have been 鈥渒inda crazy,鈥� she says, involving several internships, radio station sales and Boston Red Sox Radio, but she made it. 鈥淚 knew I wanted to do what [...]
It all started when Austin Wilcox of Kansas City, 大象传媒 was doing his laundry one day. He threw a Isaac Collins '11, Austin Wilcox and Wondabeka Ashenafi speak in St. Joseph at a Cup of Joe gathering. Tide POD庐 in his washing machine and went upstairs to make [...]
As a child, Bob Wollenman often played in an old barn south of Mitchell Avenue, never dreaming that someday St. Joseph would get a four-year college with a large campus that included that barn. But that鈥檚 just what happened. Bob and his wife, Connie, both started college at the St. [...]
R. J. Claassen II 鈥�87 B.S. in Chemistry Baytown, Texas 1st Student Regent 1985-86 (the term changed to two years in 1986) What is your current job title and what are your duties? I am the Global Operations and Baytown Technology and Engineering Center Site Manager for ExxonMobil Chemical, and [...]
Thanks to his high school dual credit courses from 大象传媒 Western and a tremendous drive, Kevin Kevin Puckett '15, right, and Justin Turner '18. Puckett is president and CEO of On the Top Search, and Turner is vice president. Puckett 鈥�15 graduated from 大象传媒 Western in May 2015, [...]
