Alumni Highlights

By Blaire Piha Shainsky ’07, Major Gifts Officer

Alumni Highlights

Alec Fiebig ’11 graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2015 and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army Infantry. After graduating from Infantry Basic Officer Leadership Course and US Army Ranger School in 2016, then- Lieutenant Fiebig moved to Fort Drum, New York where he served as a Rifle Platoon Leader in the historic 10th Mountain Division. As a Platoon Leader, he successfully deployed his unit to Camp Lemonier, Djibouti in support of the East Africa Response Force. Upon return stateside he served as the Assistant Operations Officer for 1-32 Infantry Battalion. He was promoted to Captain in April 2019 and is at this time lives in Fort Benning, GA. Currently, Captain Fiebig is an instructor at the Infantry Basic Officer Leadership Course.

Captain Fiebig’s qualifications and awards include US Army Ranger Tab, Expert Infantryman Badge, Airborne Parachutist Badge, Pathfinder Badge, French Desert Commando Badge, Army Commendation Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. 1

Nina Finley ’12 is a disease ecologist investigating ecological solutions to human health problems. After graduating from Whitman College in 2017, she spent two years researching the unseen but all-important directors of our planet —microbes!—in Brazil, Madagascar, 2 2

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