Classnotes
1990s
(cont.)
to go home and heal. They came
back in May of 2018 and hiked the
remaining 1,489.8 miles of the trail.
A little less than 20,000 people in
the world have completed hiking the
entire Appalachian Trail. It was an
adventure of a lifetime and they have
their sights on hiking the Laugavegur
Trail in Iceland in the future.
Mai Dinh Keisling ’90/ ’92, was
invited to present her research
on How to use Cultural and Ethnic
Studies in Art Curriculum to Engage
Student School Performance at the
Moller Center of Churchill College,
Cambridge University, U. K.
She was one of the only two teachers
from traditional public schools in
Florida and part of the very small
number of educators from the United
States selected for this International
Symposium on Leadership for
Professional Learning, June 17-18,
2019, Cambridge, U.K., with other
international educators.
This opportunity was connected to
the Lastinger Center for Learning,
University of Florida (UF), through
her membership of the Inaugural UF
Teacher Leader Fellows Program.
Neal Levine ’90 recently advanced
to doctoral candidate status in the
Urban School Leadership Doctor
of Education program at Fordham
University (Lincoln Center Campus).
Bruce Mann ’96 received the 2018
IMPACT Award from the Center
for Houston's Future. This award
recognizes transformative, of-
the-moment leadership by their
Business/Civic Leadership Forum
graduates whose extraordinary
community service is having a
meaningful and beneficial impact on
the people of the greater Houston
region. Mann began a dynamic
program that works to end human
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trafficking and provides a cadre of
volunteers trained to recognize signs
of the problem.
Michelle Krueger ’97 was named
the USA Track & Field - Florida Long
Distance Runner of the Year for 2019.
David Lane '97 is the arranger and
music director of "The Collins Boy,"
a new musical which was a finalist
in the 2019 Atlanta Musical Theatre
Festival, and was performed in
August at Theatrical Outfit.
James Nolin ’97 retired from
his position as assistant deputy
commander for nursing at Martin
Army Community Hospital on
August 31, 2019. Colonel Nolin
enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served
as a hospital corpsman until 1994,
when he was awarded a 4-year
NROTC scholarship and attended
JU. Upon graduation in 1997, he was
commissioned in the U.S. Navy. In
2002, he completed an interservice
transfer to the U.S. Army to be with
his wife, Tiffany Nolin ’97.
Michelle Haché ’97 has been
appointed as artistic director of opera
and musical theatre at the University
of Mary Hardin-Baylor, where she will
serve as assistant professor of voice in
the Department of Music.
2000s
Amy Carney ’03, an Associate Professor
of History at Penn State Behrend,
published her first book, Marriage and
Fatherhood in the Nazi SS.
Talia Haykin ’03 and her husband
Daniel opened Haykin Family Cider
on February 1, 2018 in Aurora, Colo.
Talia is also a Denver-based writer
and social media strategist. She has
served as the public relations director
for Ballet Nouveau Colorado and
chief marketing officer for the Robert
E. Loup Jewish Community Center,
among other roles in her career.
Shannon Proctor ’08 has joined
Keller and Heckman LLP, in the
firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Her
practice focuses on food and drug
law, advising clients in the U.S. and
internationally. Proctor joins Keller
and Heckman following two federal
clerkships at the U.S. Court of Federal
Claims and the U.S. District Court for
the District of Columbia.
Christopher Salley ’09, sales &
marketing manager of National Jets
has been recognized with two 40
Under 40 Awards; the first from
Airport Business Magazine and
another from the National Business
Aviation Association (NBAA). These
40 Under 40 Awards recognize
young professionals in aviation for
their career accomplishments and
dedication to the industry. Airport
Business Magazine’s award focuses
on honorees from all sectors within
the aviation industry and the NBAA
has published their inaugural list this
year to focus on young professionals
specifically in Business Aviation.
2010s
Lucas Meers ’12 studied desert
and marine landscapes through
ecological and social field methods
in Baja during the summer of 2018.
Lucas, a conservation program
officer at Jacksonville Zoo and
Gardens, lives in Jacksonville, and
is a graduate student in Miami
University's Global Field Program.
Marleigh Mlinac ’13 studied exercise
science at JU and has now earned
her doctor of physical therapy degree
from the University of South Florida.
She plans to practice orthopedic
physical therapy and was on the
Jacksonville Women's Soccer team.