Patty G. Amick, M.S. 1978, formerly Patty Amick, tied the knot in July, 2005. She also completed her certificate in Higher Education Leadership from the College of Education here at USC in December of 2004.

Parul Bhargava, Ph.D, 2003 is coming back to the east coast! She has accepted the position of Senior Biostatistician at Forest Lab in Jersey City, NJ. She also recently became engaged to Bharat Dixit. He has a Ph.D in Biochemistry and is a post doc at University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Jennifer Geisler, B.S., 2004, has just accepted a position as Underwriting Team Leader for State Farm. The position is in their operations center in Atlanta.

T.J. Horan,, M.S, 1995, has moved to SAS where he is Manager of Analytic Solutions. He is based out of San Diego with frequent trips to Cary, NC. His specific role is in helping SAS expand their presence in the "software solutions" space in addition to the "software tools" space that they currently occupy.

Glynndon Jones, MM, 1974, received his 30-year service award for his service at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, FL, on April 4, 2005. Glynn began working at the Center on April 7, 1975.

Jamie (Winterton) McGee, B.S. 2000, M.S. 2002, earned the designation as a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in August 2007. She is employed by Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Company in Columbia, SC.

Emmy S. McKinney, MS 2005,, is residing in Winton-Salem, NC. She is working with the Bank of America in Market Research. A few of her projects included developing measurement plans and building models for mass media.

Arzu Onar Ph.D, 1998,accepted a faculty position at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis Tennesse, and will start employment there as of January 3rd, 2005.

Richard A. Phillips, B.S. 1983, is Quality Manager for Melnor, Inc. in Winchester. Richard is recognized by the American Society for Quality as a Certified Quality Engineer and Certified Quality Auditor. He and his wife reside in Berryville, Virginia with their two sons, ages 6 and 8, whom they adopted from Bulgaria in 2000.

Ping Sa, Ph.D, 1991, has been promoted to full profesor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of North Florida.

Zachary Samples, B.S. 2003, accepted a job in Nashville, TN. He is a business analyst with the company SmartDm, that was recently purchased by the Axciom Corporation.

Mary Janette "Jan" Schumann, M.S. 1986, was promoted to Director of Operations Support with Select Health of South Carolina.

Eleanne Solorzano (PhD 1999) and Michael Dowd (MS 1999) were blessed with a baby girl, Michaela Dowd (7 lb, 13 oz), September 2, 2005. Eleanne will be on sabbatical at Yale this year, and Michael will be leaving his position at Tufts-New England Medical Center. At the beginning of October Michael will be starting at Yale School of Nursing.

Cary Suber, B.S. 2001, accepted a position as a Field Consultant in the Division of Quality Managment with DHEC's Biostatistics Department. He will be analyzing data of birth and death vital records. He will also be working with the county Health Department's to insure accuracy and timeliness of these records.

Mariana Toma-Drane, received her MIS degree August 2006, and also earned her US citizenship - see the featured stories at http://uscnews.sc.edu/comm203a.html and http://sph.sc.edu/news/toma_drane.htm

Casey Wood, B.S. May 2004, has accepted a position as an Account Development Manager with US LEC, a telecommunications company, in Charlotte, NC.