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Five Questions with Dr. Andy Otto – Vice President of Enrollment Services
William Woods welcomed a new Vice President of Enrollment Services last month, as Dr. Andy Otto joined the University with more than a decade of experience in higher education admissions and enrollment leadership roles. He recently sat down to answer Five Questions for The Woods Today, as told to John Fougere: 1.) Could you walk […]
Five Questions with Dr. Ted Blashak – Chief Student Experience Officer
William Woods welcomed its first-ever Chief Student Experience Officer last month, as Dr. Ted Blashak joined the University with more than 25 years’ experience in higher education leadership roles. He recently sat down to answer Five Questions for The Woods Today, as told to John Fougere: 1.) Could you walk us through your background, personal […]
Alumni You Should Know: Preston Wolfe ’17, Ph.D. student at the University of Missouri Department of Orthopedic Surgery
This Thursday, March 24, 2022, will be a pretty big day in the life of Preston Wolfe ’17. A Bachelor of Science degree recipient in Biology with a Pre-Med concentration from William Woods, Wolfe is scheduled to defend his dissertation to a doctoral board at the University of Missouri’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery on that […]
Alumni You Should Know: Joe Parenteau ’13, founder of dinnerware start-up Fable, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
A fable, as Webster’s Dictionary defines it, is a “short fictional story that conveys a moral.” Fable is also the name of the direct-to-consumer dinnerware start-up business that was co-founded by Joe Parenteau ’13, in 2019. But there is nothing fictional about Fable’s impressive success since its founding by the former William Woods student-athlete, which […]
Alumni You Should Know: Amanda Herriman-Reichel ’09, ’11 and ’13 – WWU legacy, educator and author, California, Missouri
To say Amanda Herriman-Reichel is passionate about life would be quite an understatement. The three-time graduate of William Woods (B.S. in Elementary Education/Art Education 2009; Master’s in Athletic/Activities Administration 2011, and Specialist Degree in School Superintendency 2013) has always been super involved, going back to her days at The Woods when she was active in […]
Alumni You Should Know: Heidi Glaus ’96, talk radio show host, KTRS-AM, St. Louis, Missouri
Heidi Glaus ’96 hails from the southeast Missouri town of New Madrid, best known as the namesake for the famous fault and devastating earthquake of 1812. Turns out Glaus’ professional career since graduating from William Woods University has been pretty groundbreaking as well. The young woman who chose to attend The Woods for the chance […]
Alumni You Should Know: Amanda Wharton ‘06, Independent Interpreter, Roanoke, Virginia
When Amanda Wharton ’06 was growing up in Lexington, Missouri, her father had one requirement for both her and her sister: they were all expected to earn a college degree, becoming the first in the family to do so. At the same time, she had another sibling, a brother named David, who was Deaf. It […]
Alumni You Should Know: Joshua Potter ’06, Post-Production Coordinator, Warner Brothers Entertainment, Los Angeles California
If someone said that the story of Joshua Potter’s life could be a Hollywood production, they would pretty much be telling the truth. That would be because the 2006 graduate of William Woods, who grew up in the University’s backyard of Fulton, is these days living out his professional dream of working as a post-production […]
Alumni You Should Know: Ciara Tatum ’19, Physical Education teacher and Track and Field Head Sprint Coach, Columbia, Missouri
One of the areas where William Woods University has made its mark is in the University’s long-time appeal to so-called “non-traditional” students. That is, students that are anything other than traditional, living on-campus undergraduates. Ciara Tatum ’19, a physical education teacher at Lange Middle School and Track and Field Head Sprint Coach at Battle High […]
Alumni You Should Know: Mandi LaRue ’11, Director Organizational Effectiveness, MGM Resorts, Las Vegas Nevada
A little over six years ago, Mandi LaRue ’11 did what countless Americans do each year. She took a gamble in Las Vegas. But the chance LaRue took had nothing to do with slot machines or card games. Instead, the Fulton, Missouri native decided to take her burgeoning career in Hospitality to the city that […]