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Terence Schulz » is a first year M.Div. student at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena. He is also working with college students at a UMC in Van Nuys, CA.

Julia Brooker (Vernot) » got married the summer of graduation and was hired by OWU to work in their Residential Life Department. She oversees Hayes and the small living units, and helps in the Student Activities Office.

'04

Jeffrey Donaldson (Pre-Theology) »

Matthew Dyson » has a new job as a marketing associate for SYSCO Central Ohio. He works with independent restaurants to help them develop new menu ideas, concepts, etc. Moved to St Marys, Ohio (about 2 hours west of Delaware).

Ayesha Enver » is a second year Ph.D. student at the department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at Ohio State University.

Khadija Garrison » recently began a new position with the CCO (www.ccojubilee.org) as a Resident Minister at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus.

Amy Shreve (Kreps) (Pre-Theology) » Since July 2004, she has been the Director of Youth Ministries at First UMC in Champaign, IL. It's been a blast leading youth group, bible study, middle school retreats, ski retreats, and summer mission trips. It's fun to get paid to share Christ and invest in the lives of youth!

David Marshall » Upon graduation he moved to Provincetown, MA, an artists' community at the tip of cape cod where he lived and worked for two summers and a winter, becoming involved in the local community theater company. This served as impetus for him to move to New York City to persue his life-long love of musical theater and the dramatic arts. He is audutioning at conservatories and studios for professional training programs and just got cast in his first show! He absolutely loves New York! Take care everybody and God bless!

Robert Minch »

Ahmed Mustafa »

'03

Michael Brockfield » After graduating in May of 2003, he spent a year working trying to save money for grad school and his wedding to Traci Kennedy '01 which took place on August 14th of 2004. They were married on campus, right in Phillip's Glen were graduation is held each year. He suppose this makes him the only Religion major to have prepared for their own wedding in the Religion Seminar Room in Phillip's Hall. Starting in the fall of 2004 he began a Master's Program at Ohio State University in Higher Education and Student Affairs. More or less, he will be pursuing a career in college personnel/administration. He'd love the opportunity to come back and work at OWU someday, but he'll see where things lead him. Michael and Traci own a home in Delaware at the moment. Depending on job opportunities for him after graduation this June, that might change, but they both really like Delaware. Quite often they have alumni friends from OWU stay with them as they travel back to OWU to visit or just coming through the area.

Elizabeth Cademartori (Pre-Theology) »

Stacy Chaney »

Amy Darrow »

Adam Keefer »

Braden Molhoek » graduated from Boston University School of Theology in May of 2005 with a Master's of Theological Studies and a Certificate in Science and Religion (Bioethics track) from the Boston Theological Institute. Currently he is working on his Ph.D. in Ethics and Social Theory at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley California.

Rhoda Opuni-Ampadu »

John White »

'02

Laurie Greiner »

'01

Julie Karra (Burns) »

Emily Draper M.S. » Wayne State University School of Medicine Class of 2008

Mary Gustafson »

Brent Miller »

'00

Aimee Hariramani (Carevich) »

George Heymach »

Elizabeth Quick (Pre-Theology) » is currently a probationary elder in the North Central New York Conference of the UMC. She has her ordination interviews in less than two weeks!! She hopes to be ordained an elder this June. She is serving currently as pastor of St. Paul's UMC in Oneida NY (attended Drew Theological for seminary).

Matthew Ward » Upon graduation he moved to Lexington, Virginia to attend Washington & Lee University School of Law. Tracy Boham ('00) and Matthew were married after his first year in law school, during the summer of 2001. Upon graduating from law school in 2003, they moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where he currently works as a corporate restructuring associate at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

'71

Dennis Pierce » a White Hall, Arkansas resident, 1971 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, 1976 (M.Div.) and 1996 (M.TS) graduate of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, presently working on his Doctorate in Juvenile Criminal Justice at Capella University and former chaplain at the Joliet Correctional Center in Illinois (where the Fox Network's 2005 Prison Break series is filmed), presents a functioning approach to forgiveness and reconciliation, combining pastoral counseling, Christian education, Bible studies, and worship to help inmates develop self-esteem and an overall feeling of self-worth through compassion and empathy. His book, Prison Ministry: Hope Behind the Wall, provides an alternative resource on our prison system for chaplains, pastors, priests, and students working in theology, ethics, or counseling. Instead of the usual descriptive narratives of inmates lives or discussions of statistical approaches, this unique book combines a theological model with a viable programmatic approach to confront the oppression of incarceration and reverse its effects. The book looks at the vital issues facing juveniles in the criminal justice system (the transition from county jail to a correctional facility, victimization, rejection, under-stimulation, homosexual rape) and examines the creation of non-threatening niches to address coping structures needed to move toward forgiveness and reconciliation. Prison Ministry: Hope Behind the Wall also includes case studies of four inmates, an extensive bibliography, a glossary of prison terms, sample Bible studies, and sermon topics. The book is invaluable for anyone dealing with incarcerated youth and young adults in civilian or military correctional or juvenile detention facilities.