HeartBeat Winter 2015 | Page 19

Austin now teaches agriculture education in Neosho and serves as one of the school’s FFA advisors. He married the former Sadie Kinne in May 2015 and resides in Neosho. Jack Vincent A May 2014 graduate of the University of Central Missouri with a degree in agriculture business, minor in marketing, Jack is a grain merchandiser for Illinoisbased Gavilon Grain. While at UCM, he was in the agriculture honors society, Delta Tau Alpha, and was also in Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity. Additionally, Jack was the house manager for his fraternity and served on its executive board. Jack completed two internships with Bartlett Grain, one in Scott City, Kansas, and the other in Yuma, Colorado. In his current position at Gavilon Grain, Jack works one-on-one with farmers in the marketing of their products. He lives in Galesburg, Illinois. Hillary Henke Weimer Hillary attended Rockhurst University’s honors program where she enrolled in honors level courses throughout her undergraduate study. She was involved in Psi Chi, an honor society for psychology, in addition to other on-campus student organizations. Additionally, Hillary made the Dean’s list all eight semesters while at Rockhurst and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Her master’s capstone group was chosen to present their research conducted at the American Stroke Foundation at the American Occupational Therapy Association Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, this past April. During her sophomore year in college, Hillary traveled to Guatemala for a service immersion trip. She explains, “We worked in San Lucas building brick ovens, painting a hospital, sorting and drying coffee beans, and in a local school. During my studies, I completed a clinical rotation in St. Lucia, providing occupational therapy services to children with developmental disabilities at the Dunnotar