CONNECTING WITH FRIENDS

Jazz Project, which consisted of himself; the late Jefry Eckels, who was a doctoral student at UNT from 2002 to 2012; and musicians from the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Stephen, who serves as professor of composition and director of jazz studies at the University of North Carolina, composed fve new pieces for the project.

2000

JEREMY BAKKER, Nashville, Tennessee, is director of learning programs at Nashville Software School. Jeremy previously served in higher education for 10 years as a lecturer at Yale Divinity School; adjunct faculty in New Testament at the General Theological Seminary in New York; and scholar in residence at the Upper Room in Nashville, Tennessee — and in data engineering and machine learning at Eventbrite.

CHRIS JAMIESON, Fort Worth, is the owner of Lawn Connections LLC, a professional landscaping and lawn care service. He served as strategic alliance chair for the Fort Worth chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization board of directors. Chris attended UNT from 1996 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2002.

2004

MALLARY MICHELLE FRIERSON, Venus, is a speechlanguage pathologist assistant at Burleson ISD who has co-created a speech and communication activity book, Color Days. She has worked with clients in public schools and outpatient rehabs since 2004.

2005 JANET RAY (Ph.D.), Lewisville, wrote the book Baby Dinosaurs on the Ark?: The Bible and Modern Science and the Trouble of Making It All Fit (Eerdmans Publishing).

Janet was an adjunct clinical assistant professor in the biology department at UNT.

2007 JOSH REAMES, Brooklyn, New York, recently had his paintings exhibited at galerie frank elbaz, the Dallas outpost of a contemporary art gallery based in Paris. He worked in the design/screen printing business before attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree. He now works in his studio in Brooklyn with his wife Amber Renaye (’08).

2009 DALLAS DUGGER, Wylie, was named partner for audit services at Weaver, one of the largest public accounting and advisory frms in the United States. Dallas began his career with Weaver and now has more than 11 years of experience auditing government and not-for-proft entities.

2009 BRITTNEY LONDON, New York City, New York, wrote, directed and produced the short flm Duvar, about a Black man’s struggle to save his daughter when she is found unconscious on the foor. The movie has been screened at over 14 diferent festivals and events, winning several awards. Brittney, a theater major, has worked as an actor, teaching artist and voice actor around the world.

2010

JACKIE CARPENTER

(M.S.), Nashville, Tennessee, co-wrote People First: The 5 Steps to Pure Human Connection and a Thriving Organization with her husband, Three Along with having 20 years of experience in the private club industry, she serves as the editor of the Private Club Advisor.

Platform To Help Others

“I am in a position to be a part of a big, dynamic change.”

Aryana Bosh’s (’21) eyes sparkle as she outlines her game plan as Miss Black Texas 2023. The alumna, who graduated with a bachelor’s in rehabilitation studies, was awarded the title of Miss Black Texas 2023 in August. Currently studying for her doctoral degree in occupational therapy at Texas Woman’s University, she will represent Texas in the Miss Black USA pageant this year.

Bosh’s platform for Miss Black Texas focuses on two main issues: food insecurity and homelessness.

“Earning this title means that I can fully implement the change that I’ve always dreamed of being able to create,” she says. “I’m very happy to do the work to help the community.”

— Nabeela Iqbal

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