Class Notes
20 YEARS
OF FRIENDSHIP ON THE HILL Best friends (pictured left to right) Shena Shepherd ’04, Stacey Israel ’05, Jennifer Harvey ’04, Krissy Crase ’04 and Lois White ’04 were introduced on the hill. They recently celebrated 20 years of friendship with a photoshoot by Danielle Reid ’20 on campus.
“My time at UPIKE was truly special. I had no idea my time on the hill would lead to me meeting my lifelong best friends,” said Shepherd. “The memories we share and continue to make are a blessing.”
Crase, who is a math teacher, has been named principal of the new Floyd County School of Innovation in Eastern, Ky. She lives in Prestonsburg, Ky., and has worked as a curriculum lead at the school and district levels. Crase has mentored new teachers and coached multiple sports, including being the head volleyball coach for more than a decade. Crase has received grants for innovation instructional projects and is a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) leader in the region. 46
Harvey teaches high school literature classes, dual credit speech classes for her seniors, and the occasional English or religion class for middle school students at the Piarist School, a private, Roman Catholic college preparatory school in Hagerhill, Ky. She is also an adjunct communications professor at UPIKE. She resides with her husband, Matthew, in East Point, Ky., along with Molly, their 16-year-old cat. Israel is an internal medicine hospitalist and nurse practitioner for Mt. Carmel Trauma Center in Columbus, Ohio. She resides in Newark with her husband, Marc, and their daughter, Summer Raine (9).
Serving the at-risk student population daily by helping with academic planning and overall wellbeing, Shepherd is the Academic Coordinator for the ACE (Academic and Cultural Enrichment) Program at UPIKE. In her time at UPIKE, she developed the Leadership Engagement Achievement Development Service (LEADS)
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Initiative, one of the first leadership programs on campus for sophomore and junior ACE participants. In addition to her role in ACE, she is also the staff sponsor of BUG (Blessed Unity of God), a Bible study group that is entering its 20th year on campus. She resides in Pikeville with her husband, Jay, and their three cats, Autumn, Tess and Lucy. White is an accounting professor at UPIKE and the coordinator for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistant Program. She also advises Phi Beta Lambda. White and her husband, Jesse, own and operate a small business, Independent Metal Works, LLC, in Prestonsburg, Ky. They have five dogs and will be welcoming their first child in January.
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