Class notes Miss Indian North Carolina Layla Locklear (right) presents Heritage T-shirts to three of UNCP’s oldest living alumni (from left): Tessie Hunt ‘42, Cattie Mae Hunt ’41 and Beulah Mae Ransom Kemerer ‘39, ’52. provides residential treatment to children with emotional, behavioral and mental health issues. years , role, he communicates and interprets native cultures of the Western Hemisphere. In 2005, he achieved Museum Studies Certification from the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, N.M. Amy Cox is employed with Bryan Honda as a title clerk. She lives in Hope Mills. Gilberto Alvarado works for UNC General Administration as an academic adviser. He resides in Fayetteville. Sara Allen is a leasing consultant with Independence Place. She lives in Fayetteville. Class of 2008 Alan Chase is teaching for Wake County Schools and received his master’s degree in special education from NC State University on May 12. He returned to the university on May 4 to celebrate the completion of the Braves Disabled Student Enrichment Endowed Scholarship, which he helped start six years ago. Class of 2009 Andrea Locklear is a program coordinator with North American Indigenous Ministries. She resides in Maxton. Ann Lowery Windom is a registered nurse at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. She lives in Lumberton. Amanda Slaughter is employed with the Department of Defense’s Child Youth Services as a CYS program dance instructor. She is married to Matt Slaughter ’09, an active duty soldier in the U.S. Army. The couple resides in White Sands, N.M. Candace M. Dial is employed with Robeson County Department of Social Services. She was promoted to supervisor of Child Protective Services. Candace resides in Maxton. Anthony Dwayne Bullard is an education assistant at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. In his Matt Swift is an associate director for the City of Lexington. He resides in Davidson. Andrea Bethauser is a physician assistant with Village Family Care Center. She completed her Master of Medical Science degree from Methodist University in 2010. Bethhauser lives in Fayetteville. Kenneth Lance Bowen ’02, ‘07 was appointed the principal of Ashley High School in New Hanover County. Stephanie Monroe was named Moore County Teacher of the Year. She teaches at West Pine Elementary. Mark Salazar ’07, a sergeant with the Special Forces, died on May 5 in Fayetteville. He was an outstanding basketball player and honors student. Salazar scored 18 points against the University of Oklahoma in a 2005 preseason game. He was also on the Peach Belt President’s Honor Roll. 29 Class of 2007 Class of 2011 Shane Brown is a hospice social worker with Southeastern Regional Medical Center Hospice House. He resides in Fayetteville. Teresa Tubbs was promoted to financial aid director at Robeson Community College. She resides in Lumberton. Heather Reed is an associate college relations manager for Fidelity Investments. Kenneth Burton has joined Youth Villages as a teachercounselor at the Youth VillagesInner Harbour Campus in Douglasville, Ga. He Spring 2012 Class of 2010 Tamika Owens resides in Naples, Italy, with her husband, Staff Sgt. Sylvester Owens II. She recently took the LSAT and will be applying to law school. Emily Graves has joined the David H. Murdock Research Institute in Kannapolis. She was published as a co-author of undergraduate and graduate students of Dr. Ben Bahr in UNCP’s Biotechnology Lab in the Regional Center at COMtech. Chante Hargrove is a community liaison with Victorian Senior Care. She resides in Rowland. UNCP Today