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Welcome to Class Notes. Find out what your fellow alumni are up to these days. Share your news and events by submitting a note.
Brandon English (2005)
Brandon English (2005) recently accepted a position at Comfort Zone Camp located in Secaucus, New Jersey as Camps and Services Manager. Brandon recently was employed at Girl Scout Commonwealth Council of Virginia as Marketing Specialist. "Comfort Zone Camp is the nation’s largest bereavement camp. Comfort Zone Camps are offered free of charge to children ages 7-17 who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or primary caregiver. The camps are held year-round in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, and Virginia.
Comfort Zone Camps create an environment where grieving children can have fun and break the isolation death often brings, while learning valuable coping skills for their daily lives.
I started as a volunteer with CZC and and now will be the Camps and Services Manager for the New Jersey Office. It is truly an amazing organization and I am honored to be a part of it."
Submitted on Nov 4 2009.
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Gregory Fox (1983)
"Greg Fox (Class of 1983) has been a news reporter and anchor at WESH-TV since 1987.
In 1992, he became the news anchor for the debut of the station's weekend morning and noon newscasts and served in that role until 1998. He covers government in Orlando and Orange County but has covered politics for WESH since 1988, reporting from national political conventions and from the inaugurations of Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
Greg was named the 2007 winner of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence In Television Journalism by the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communication for his coverage of the 2006 election cycle. He won again for his work in 2009 for his work on a series of "Truth Tests" about political ads in the 2008 election.
He also won an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Suncoast Chapter. The award recognized Greg's coverage of the harsh economic and political conditions in Cuba during WESH's coverage of Pope John Paul II's visit there in 1998.
When Greg isn't reporting news, he's teaching. He's been an adjunct professor since 1997 and is currently teaching media relations at Rollins College. He previously taught broadcast journalism at the University of Central Florida.
Civic involvement is also important to Greg. He's served as a past president of the Central Florida Press Club. He is a member of the Community Advisory Council of the Goldenrule Foundation and an honorary chairman of the Seminole Christian Sharing Center. Greg also serves on the Board of Directors of Smiles For A Lifetime, a Seminole county based nonprofit that provides free orthodontic treatment for children in low-income families.
Greg is also a founding board member of Annunciation Catholic Academy in Altamonte Springs, where his three sons have attended school. His wife, Mary Ann, is a teacher at the academy. He has also been a leader in the Central Florida Council of the Boy Scouts of America since his sons began scouting in 1998.
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Submitted on Jul 27 2009.
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Meredith (Mackoy) Iannucci (2003)
Meredith (Mackoy) Iannucci (2003) and Michael are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Michael Joseph. He was born on August 31, 2009 in Asheville, NC at Mission Hospital, and weighed 6 lb., 14 oz..
Submitted on Nov 4 2009.
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Jodi Dyson (2005)
Jodi Dyson (2005) is proud to announce the birth of her second Godson, a baby boy, Daniel Keith Kerns. He was born on August 18, 2009 in Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Daniel is the second light of my life. My best friend had him the day before her birthday and now has a set of Irish twins. Mother/father, baby Daniel, and older brother, Alex, are doing wonderfully. Another future HPU graduate!
Submitted on Oct 18 2009.
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Alison Decker (2008)
Alison Decker (2008) and Matthew Smith are happy to announce their marriage on August 16, 2008 at the Triad Baptist Church in Kernersville, NC. They currently reside in greensboro.
Submitted on Jun 9 2009.
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Kristin Mali (2006)
Kristin Mali (2006) and Adam Canevazzi (2004) are happy to announce their engagement. The wedding ceremony will take place on June 20, 2009 in Annapolis Maryland.
Submitted on Mar 27 2009.
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ChuKeya McCall (2006)
ChuKeya McCall (2006) writes, "I am happy to announce that just a few months after graduation I was offered a couple of positions throughout the US and have been working in healthcare/hospital (radiology) administration for the past two years right here in eastern N. Carolina; in addition to that position I also worked for First Health of the Carolina’s in Health and Fitness. I have achieved many things during my time since graduation and I am looking forward to achieving many more. "
Submitted on Jul 27 2009.
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Courtney (Mueller) Paschal (2000)
Courtney (Mueller) Paschal (2000) writes, "Hi everyone! I am trying to find an email address for Mr. Michael Gaspeny ... he retired and I'd like to send him a note. If you have any info., please email me at cmpaschal@gmail.com. Thanks!"
Submitted on Jul 10 2009.
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Megan Garafola (2008)
Megan Garafola (2008) received a Masters of Communication Management from University of Southern California on August 11, 2009.
Submitted on Jul 22 2009.
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Peter Cole (2005)
Peter Cole (2005) writes, "I have completed my studies at Southern New Hampshire University and will graduate with a Master's of Science in the Community Mental Health Program."
Submitted on Mar 27 2009.
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Frederick Patterson (1980)
Frederick Patterson (1980) writes, "Son, Brent, just redeployed from IRAQ with the US ARMY. Stationed in Hawaii. He is with the 25th Infantry division and spent nearly 1 year in Iraq. He recieved the Army Commendation Medal!"
Submitted on Sep 24 2009.
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Jaime Gunning (2003)
Jaime Gunning (2003) writes, "I currently reside in Perryville, MD. I bought my second home in 2005 there. I bought a 4 bedroom, 2 car garage single family home after making a killing on the townhouse I bought right after graduation. I have a boyfriend of two years, no marriage or children yet, but I will soon get there. No rush because I have done and accomplished much more than I have ever expected too. I still in keep in touch with many of my KD sisters and have a great time with them. Its like we never left HPU when we are back together. I have a golden retriever puppy named Lily, and two cats, Isabelle and Angie. They are handful enough for me right now! "
Submitted on Apr 24 2009.
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Edgar Venable (1953)
Mr. Edgar Jackson ""Jack"" Venable, 78, of 3213 Woodview Drive, died Friday, October 24, 2009, at Hos pice Home of High Point. A native and lifelong resident of Guilford County, he was born May 16, 1931, a son of Edgar Marvin and Ellen Shelton Venable. He became an Eagle Scout in 1947 with Troop 11 in High Point and received his private pilot's license in 1947 and owned his own plane. He graduated from Jamestown High School in 1949 where he was on the wrestling team. Jack graduated from High Point College in 1953 and was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. He was veteran of the U.S. Army. Jack loved the outdoors; he camped, canoed and worked with Scout 1, where his sons received their Eagle. Two grandsons are also Eagles and two other are working on theirs. He was an amateur astronomer, built his own telescope and witnessed many Apollo liftoffs. He gardened in the summer did woodworking in the winter in his workshop, love to travel and loved his harmonica. In 1956 he married the former Mary Katherine Page at Green Street Baptist Church and retired as a senior customer engineer from IBM in 1991, after 35 years. Jack is survived by his wife, Mary Katherine Page Venable, of the home; children, Mary Ellen Wilkerson and husband, Reid, of Charlotte, Charles Alan Venable and wife, Delese, of Kernersville, Mark Edgar Venable and wife, Jill, of Boone, and Linda Gail Venable and fiancT, Felix Moreno, of Vienna, Va.; a sister, Margaret Marie Cavaletto and husband, Bert, of Seagrove; grandchildren, Forrest and David Wilkerson, Scott and Joey Venable and Matthew and Annie Venable. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Anna Rose Venable, in 1935. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Monday, October 26, at Green Street Baptist Church with Rev. Frank Hensley officiating. Burial will follow in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives from 6 until 8 p.m. on Sunday, October 25, at Cumby Family Funeral Service in High Point. Memorials may be directed to Green Street Baptist Church, 1701 Westchester, Suite 620, High Point, NC 27262; Hospice of the Piedmont, 1801 Westchester Drive, High Point, NC 27262; or to National Parkinson's Disease Foundation, 1501 NW 9th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136. Arrangements are by Cumby Family Funeral Service in High Point"
Submitted on Oct 29 2009.
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W. Edmund Lowe (1954)
Mr. Willis Edmund ""Ed"" Lowe, 78, a resident of High Point died Sunday morning October 18, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Lowe was born April 3, 1931 in High Point. After graduating from High Point High School, Edmund served in the United States Army for two years. In 1950 he enrolled in school at North Carolina State University in their Construction Engineering program and in 1951 he transferred to High Point University where he received his Bachelor Degree of Science in 1954. Upon graduation he enrolled in the law program at Wake Forest University where he graduated in 1959 with a Juris Doctorate in Law. Edmund was licensed as a attorney on August 8, 1959 and was active with the North Carolina State Bar until January 18, 2006. He worked for the High Point District Attorney's office until he started his own private practice. In 1980 he was elected to position of District Court Judge for Guilford County, NC where he served two consecutive terms. In 1983 Governor Jim Hunt appointed Judge Lowe to the position of a emergency Judge for the State of North Carolina where he served as a District Court Judge throughout the State until his retirement in 1992 He was a active member of the Fraternal Organization the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks # 1155 in High Point, NC. He also was a lifetime member of Wake Forest College Alumni Association. Edmund was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Richard Lowe, Charles Lowe, Forrest ""Pete"" Lowe of High Point and two sisters, Katherine Hedrick of High Point and JoAnn Thornburg of Greensboro. Surviving in addition to his wife Pattie of 52 years are three daughters, Diane Gainey and spouse Frank Gainey of Morehead City, Carol Hoover and spouse Fran Hoover of High Point, Suzanne Lowe and partner Heather McIver of Siler City; two sons, Richard Lowe and spouse Kirsten Lowe of Southern Pines, Douglas Lowe and spouse Mandy Lowe of Greensboro; nine grandchildren, Alicia Gainey, Frank Gainey, Jr., Casey Lowe, Nicolas Hoover, Sarah Hoover, Jonathan Thomas, Lauren Lowe, Annika McIver-Lowe, Celie McIver-Lowe; one sister, Marion Bundy of High Point; one brother, Nolan C. Lowe of Thomasville and his beloved canine companion, Nick.receive friends on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. The family will also have a Memorial ""Pig-Picking"" on Saturday, November 7, at the High Point Elks Lodge, 700 Old Mill Road, High Point, NC 27265 from 2 until 7 p.m. to celebrate the life of Judge Edmund Lowe.
Submitted on Oct 29 2009.
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