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Alumni Achievements

Here's what some Whitworth graduates are doing with their communication studies degrees:

• Jessie Quintero Johnson, '03 (communication studies and psychology double major), is a graduate student in the speech-communication department at the University of Illinois, Urbana.
  
  
• Ryan Moede, '04, is communications coordinator for the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Nicole Bowman, '04, is earning a master's degree in international communications in Sydney, Australia.
  
  
• Jenna Ronnquist, '03, earned a master's degree and received the Outstanding Teaching Associate Award from the California State University-Fullerton Department of Human Communication.
  
  
• Emily Brandler, '05, received first place in science and medical reporting from the Inland Northwest Society of Professional Journalists for her work at the Journal of Business, in Spokane.
  
  
• Lisa Fox, '06, is attending Mercer University School of Law.
  
  
• Teresa Koeppel, '05, is earning her master's degree in the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University.
  
  
• Layla Karst, '06, is pursuing a master's degree in theology at Notre Dame University
  
  
• Darla Lewis Weise, '04, is enrolled in the intercultural communication master's program at the University of New Mexico.
  
  
• Amanda Martinez, '07 (communication studies and Spanish double major), is earning a master's degree in intercultural communications at the University of Bedfordshire, near London, where she received an academic/international scholarship.
  
  
• Colin Hesse, '03, is earning a doctorate at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University
  
  
• Chris Miller, '01, is sports director for KKCO-TV, in Colorado
  
  
• Chris Collins, '05, is a reporter with the Merced Sun-Star, in Merced, Calif.
  
  
• Keith Spitzer, '03, is a photojournalist with KCOY-TV, in Santa Barbara, Calif.
  
  
• Matthew Shupper, '03, is in marketing and endorsements with West Coast Sports Management, in Pasadena, Calif.
  
  
• Tarah Farman, '03, is a project associate with The Collaborative for Development Action, Inc., in Cambridge, Mass.
  
  
• Suzanne Bartlett, '00, is a campaign coordinator for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
  
  
• Amanda Pennington, '96, is a press assistant with the Office of the Speaker of the House in the U.S. Congress.
  
  
• Shannon Templeton, '96, is a marketing representative for Regence Blue Shield.
  
  
• Gina Knudson, '90, is a technical editor for CH2M Hill Engineering.
  
  
• Linda Mitchell, '87, is a corporate account representative with Microsoft Corp.
  
  
• Ann Hollifield, '79, is a professor of telecommunications at the University of Georgia.
  
  
• Ross Anderson, '69, is a reporter with The Seattle Times and shared the 1990 Pulitzer Prize in journalism for his articles on the Exxon Valdez accident.
  
  
• Al Kaul, '64 (deceased) was the news bureau chief in Amman, Jordan, and a former West Coast science correspondent for NBC. He received the Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of Mother Theresa's funeral.