Amy Harlan, MAT ’19, an English Language Arts teacher and content lead at Garrard Middle School (KY) was selected to receive the 2021 Valvoline Teacher Achievement Award.
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Dr. Valerie Flanagan, PhD ’15, has been promoted to associate professor of education at Campbellsville University (KY). Sara (DeWitt) Taylor, MAEd ’16, EdS ’18, became the assistant principal of Second Street School in Frankfort (KY). Matt Thompson, MAEd ’17, is the new Greenup County (KY) athletic director. Dr. John Squires, PhD ’18, has been hired at Cleveland State Community College (TN) to serve as the executive director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness.
Kim Huser, EdS ’19, has been announced as the new school principal at Saint Thomas School of Fort Thomas (KY) for the 2021-22 school year.
2020s Taylor Duke, ’20, joined the Kentucky New Era news staff as a staff writer in Hopkinsville, KY. Dr. Tania Grimes, EdD ’20, has taken over as the superintendent of Southeast Fountain Schools in Indiana.
for the Highlands Bluebirds of Fort Thomas Independent Schools (KY). Jason Penner, MBA ’17, has been named as Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company’s bank secrecy act officer.
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Eddie James, MAT ’20, has taken over as the new head football coach
FAMI LY L EGACY Judge Jeffrey Burdette, ’86, studied history at Cumberland College and earned his Juris Doctor in 1989. He retired from the bench in March 2021 as Chief Regional Circuit Judge of the 23 counties of Kentucky's Cumberland Region after 30 years in public service. He also teaches at Cumberlands as an adjunct professor, something he considers “an honor” as he feels “a kindred connection to these students, knowing my experiences are so like theirs.” J e f f r e y ’s
son, Thomas, ’21, graduated this May with a bachelor’s in accounting and business. He fell in love with the campus on his first visit and is proud to be a second-generation Cumberlands alumnus. His sister, Zoe, ’23, is studying elementary education at Cumberlands.
