A reporter for ABC7 News, Mike Carter-Conneen (Jour, PolSci) won his first Emmy award a day after reporting on the Obergefell v. Hodges same-sex marriage ruling. A week later, he married his husband, Torey Carter-Conneen, surrounded by friends and family in Washington, D.C.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Oakland Unified School District hired Drew Giles (Jour; MEdu’11) to serve as director of quality, enhancement and professional development for early learning. Drew has taught preschool and kindergarten in Colorado and South Korea. In 2012, he was named runner-up for Colorado Teacher of the Year.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
As winner of a 2015 Heartland Emmy for video journalism, Juliana Broste (Jour) said it was an honor to receive the award after handing out Emmys as a volunteer 11 years ago. Upon winning, she said, “There were few jobs doing what I wanted to do…so, I had to create my dream job.”
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Ordained as an elder in the United Methodist Church, Calob Rundell (RelSt) serves as the pastor for the United Methodist Church in Salida, Colo., after having served for the United Methodist Churches in McClave and Wiley, Colo.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Sam Knaizer (PolSci) joined the law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s natural resources department as a policy advisor. Sam focuses on energy-related issues that impact Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and Utah and advises clients on energy policy and oil and gas regulations.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
The first microbrewery in Jordan, Carakale, was created by Yazan Karadsheh (ElEngr). [See story in this issue.] Yazan produces 40,000 bottles per month. He hopes to create brews more reflective of Jordan’s native flavors and hopes to transform local tastes.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Fox Sports named Joel Klatt (Econ) its lead college football analyst this summer. Joel had previous experience calling Thursday and Friday college football games on Fox Sports 1 and contributed to the network’s college football pregame, halftime and postgame shows.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Shoshanna Howard (Comm), campaign director for 鶹Ժ Against Fracking with the California Student Sustainability Coalition, has been working in social and climate justice for more than five years. She spent the last year working on anti-fracking and anti-tar-sands campaigns and seeks to expand the environmental movement by inspiring and empowering student leaders.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Global laundry product supplier Tingue, Brown & Co. named Michael Dillon (Soc) sales representative for the Pacific Northwest. Michael is a decorated veteran of the U.S. Navy and a former leader of the Navy explosive ordinance disposal program. Michael assists with laundry operations involving flatwork ironer supplies, machine parts and laundry carts that keep businesses running efficiently.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
As northern division manager for the commercial contractor Douglass Colony Group, Dane Bechtholdt (Fin) is part of the construction team working on the new football operations center at Folsom Field. Dane started his construction career during college, managing a team of interns in a program that taught students how to start and operate a small business.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Jon Bortles (EnvDes) is sustainability program manager for CU Facilities Management. His father, former Buff football player Bart Bortles (Mktg’69), was inducted into the CU Living Legends Hall of Fame at the CU vs. Oregon football game in October.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
The Knowles Science Teaching Foundation chose Dawn Yetter (Ѳٳ’09), Meghan Mosher (MEdu’14) and Christine Askham (MEdu’15) as members of its 2015 cohort of Teaching Fellows.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
On Aug. 1, 2015, Gregory Ryan (Acct) married Morgan Senzer Ryan (Jour’09) in the company of many other Buffs, including Gregory’s older sister, Sara Hitt (Acct’05), and her husband, Andrew Hitt (Bus, Comm’05). The bridal party carried a CU flag up to the top of the mountain in Vail to show their CU pride.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
This spring, Megan Richard (IntPhys, Span) received a medical degree from Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine. In July, she began work as a resident physician at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Megan was one of four students in her class selected to serve a yearlong pre-doctoral teaching fellowship in her second year and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2013.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Eight days after graduating, Luke Geddie (Mgmt) left for Vietnam, where he planned a coconut oil business, Skinny and Co. Coconut Oil. It launched in Indianapolis in 2013 and now sells throughout the U.S. and in Canada.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
After abruptly experiencing horrible pain in her teeth and gums almost 10 years ago, Lilit Gertner Brissette (Geog, Geol) was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia. She is finally having relief after experimental brain surgery. She said the outpouring of love from her friends and family have made the recovery possible.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
The franchise owner of Touching Hearts at Home, Chris Greene (Engl) is working to bring non-medical services to seniors and the disabled. His business has doubled revenues from 2014.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
David Dinetz (FilmSt) and Dylan Trussell (FilmSt ex’09), founders of the film company Culprit Creative, were recognized by Forbes‘ 30 Under 30 feature in 2014 for “re-writing the marketing playbook spurred on by the rise of digital technology.” Previously freelancers for Fox Studios, the duo worked on executive film productions and a horror short.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Baby boy Gordon Weymouth Lowry was born to Heather Weymouth Lowry (MBA) and Matthew McClellan Lowry (Econ’97; MLaw’01) on Sept. 2, 2015.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
CU Anschutz medical school student Paige Bennett (IntPhys) was selected as one of six to receive the 2015 Pisacano Scholarship from the Pisacano Leadership Foundation. These awards are given to students attending U.S. medical schools who demonstrate a strong commitment to the specialty of family medicine.
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
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