Riggs (’07)
Keeney (’09)
Lawson (’09)
2010s Cornel Carter, MAEd ‘15, EdS ‘18, was named Fayette County Public Schools (KY) 2021 Elementary Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports Coach of the Year (PBIS) for his work at Cardinal Valley Elementary. Olivia Farmer, ‘16, MSHHP ‘18, was named the girls’ basketball coach in Shelby County, KY. Dr. Lisa Thompson, ‘16, was appointed Director of the Wayne County (KY) Technology Center in July of 2021. Amber (Hiller) Rose, ‘17, accepted a teaching position at Shelby County East Middle School (KY), teaching 6th/7th grade science. Dr. Bill Croft, EdD ‘17, was awarded the coveted Fellow of the AARC
Scherer (’17)
Award by the American Associate of Respiratory Care Fellow (FAARC) Selection Committee. This award recognizes those individuals who have made a profound and lasting contribution to the profession of respiratory care and to the AARC. He serves as the Executive Director of the NC Respiratory Care Board in Cary, NC. Allison Scherer, EdS ’17, was named the new Principal at James T. Alton Middle School (KY). Morgan Huenergarde, ‘19, is graduating with a Master of Science in Psychology and continuing in the pursuit of a Ph.D. in School Psychology at the University of Memphis. Dr. Matt Cardin, PhD ’19, has been named Vice President for Academic Affairs at North Arkansas College in Harrison, AR.
GLOBAL MINISTRY Cheri (Bridges) Floyd, ’91, was recently appointed as the Regional Director for Pacific-Southeast Asia through the Christian missions organization Global Partners. Cheri is the first woman serving in that region to be appointed to this role. Over the past 30 years, Cheri, her husband, and her three sons have served the people of Papua New Guinea in various roles, from teaching eighth grade level education to adults, to preaching barefoot in small churches with dirt floors, to completing construction projects, to speaking at women’s conferences in big cities, and more. In addition to her new role as Regional Director, Cheri is finishing her master’s degree in adult education and working with Wesleyan Bible College of Papua New Guinea to set up a program using the learning styles natural to the area’s villages.
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