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CLASSNOTES
’07
After five years of teaching Spanish
and administration in independent
schools,
Katrina “Dani” Seymour
Blount
is working as the student
services coordinator at Virginia
College in Jacksonville, Fla. She
also is working towards a master’s
of science in organizational
leadership and human services
and expects to graduate in January
2013 (
see also “Weddings”).
Dr. JosephT. Cox
married Dr.
Lynsey Jenkins in May 2011.
That same month, they both
graduated from medical school
and moved to Dayton, Ohio, to
begin their medical residencies.
He is completing his residency in
orthopaedic surgery, and she is
doing her residency in obstetrics
and gynecology.
Danielle Luther Hansen
graduated
in May 2011 from the Pikeville
College (Kentucky) School of
Osteopathic Medicine with a D.O.
degree. She is now enrolled in
the University of Alabama Family
Medicine Residency program.
Kelli Hansen
was accepted to
UAB’s Doctor of Physical Therapy
Program and began studies this
past January. She stated: “I
am thankful for the opportunity
to become what I truly want to
be—a physical therapist—and I am
grateful for the BSC education I
received to help get me there!”
’08
Lauren Maisel
recently moved
back to Alabama from Philadelphia
where she earned a master’s
degree in couple and family
therapy. Maisel is continuing post-
graduate work toward certification
by the American Association
of Sex Educators, Counselors,
and Therapists. She started her
new practice this past winter in
Fairhope, where she specializes
in helping individuals and couples
with all kinds of relationship issues.
Drake Roberts
of Columbiana
is the new director of youth at
Columbiana United Methodist
Church. He is incorporating his
love of art with his new career.
Patrick Alan Scott
recently won
first prize in the National Federation
of Music Clubs Student/Collegiate
Auditions in organ. He won two
cash prizes totaling $3,600: the
Agnes Fowler/Marie V. Thiesen
Award and the Ruby Simons
Vought Scholarship. He currently
is completing a master’s degree in
organ at the University of Texas at
Austin.
’09
DavidTalley IV
currently is an
adjunct professor of piano in the
BSC Conservatory of Fine and
Performing Arts. He also teaches
at the University of Montevallo.
’10
Brian MatthewAdams
currently
works for The Hettema Group
in Los Angeles that specializes
in designing attractions and
immersive guest experiences
for theme parks, museums, and
various other venues.
Kelsey Frady
is now in her second
year of master’s studies in art
history at UAB. She currently is
serving as the UAB/BMA Curatorial
Fellow at the Birmingham Museum
of Art, a fellowship position that
began in August 2011 and will
last for one year. She is the
second person to be awarded this
prestigious fellowship.
Army Specialist
Kamari R. Little
of Northport graduated from basic
combat training at Fort Sill, in
Lawton, Okla., last summer.
Thomas Scott Shelton
has been
awarded a full tuition scholarship
to Northwestern Law School and
started this fall. He noted: “In
interviewing for the scholarship,
I was able to reference both my
experience as a teaching assistant
at BSC and the research and
writing skills I developed as an
English major.” This summer, he
worked as a paralegal at Maynard
Cooper & Gale PC.
Skyler Vallo
of Roanoke, Va., has
landed a small role in the HBO
series True Blood, which recently
started filming.
’11
Ani Missirian-Dill
was awarded
the Turner Scholarship at Vanderbilt
University, which provides full
tuition plus a stipend.
Katie Leatherbury
was recently
cast as a performer at Walt Disney
World in Orlando, Fla.
Chris D. Mauck
started his first
year at Samford University’s
Cumberland School of Law in
August 2012.
Reflecting pool
—
We head back in time to 1970 on the
Birmingham-Southern campus. In this photo,
SarahWicker
Haughton ’71
sits reflectively on a starting block at the swimming
pool inside the old gymnasium during a women’s intramural swim
meet. Her sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi, won the swim meet that
year. Haughton was a health, physical education, and recreation
major and biology minor at BSC. During her senior year, she
served as sports editor of the student yearbook Southern
Accent as well as a varsity cheerleader. In 1998, the Southern
Environmental Center made creative reuse of the former pool
by incorporating the entire space into its interactive museum,
conference, and eco art gallery space.
