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Equestrian Alumni of the Month: Rebecca Buchholz ’10
Barn Manager at Coyote Hill (Harrisburg, MO) Path to Coyote Hill I am from Chicago, Illinois, which is funny because I mostly grew up in the city. People ask why I don’t move back, but the reason is that there’s not too many horses there. I now live in Harrisburg, Missouri, with a population of […]
Meet Ryan Hickman ’17, Sports Communication
I was born and raised in Springfield, Illinois. Although going to college was always part of the plan, I wanted to play professional baseball and was very passionate about it. My parents always said that sports could only take you so far, though, so you had to have a backup plan. Thankfully I had a great […]
Meet Haley Shepard ’20, Psychology
Growing up in Bentonville, Arkansas, I did not know William Woods existed until my mom encouraged me to go to a career fair. I was hesitant about going but went anyway. We went and talked to one of the Admissions counselors from William Woods. That night I started researching more about the university and knew […]
Meet Ari Arnold ‘19, Biology
I grew up in Edwardsville, Illinois, right across the river from St. Louis. I played softball all my life. I had a hitting instructor in high school that made me aware of William Woods. I visited and the rest was history. On the visit there were so many attractive selling points; I took a tour […]
Equestrian Alumni of the Month: Alex Gravett ‘07
Owner at Kismet Farm (editor’s note – beginning this month, The Woods Today will be profiling a William Woods Equestrian alumnus, in their own words, who is currently putting their degree and the training they received at WWU to work in the industry) I’m from St. Paul, Minnesota and now live in Simpsonville, Kentucky. I […]
Meet Rachel Meyer ’14, Psychology
Multi-Systemic Therapist (MST) at One Hope United Coming to The Woods I grew up in Granite City, IL and I played soccer my whole life. I went to a junior college and I knew a couple people there who had gone to William Woods. They talked about how great it was. I did a visit […]
Meet Ashley Parisi ’17, Athletic Training
Growing up in Missouri I grew up in Florissant and then O’Fallon, Missouri. During high school, I knew I wanted to play soccer in college, and got recruited at St. Charles Community College. I went to get my associate’s degree and get my general education out of the way. I knew I wanted to keep […]
Meet Robin Hirsch-Jacobson, Associate Professor of Biology
Associate Professor of Biology Living out a childhood dream Biology has always been my thing. I started out wanting to be a marine biologist. When I was at the University of California – Santa Cruz, my first major was Marine Biology and I did that my first two and half years. I finished my Marine […]
Meet Terry Martin, Visual Arts
Professor of Visual Arts Growing up in Nature I was fortunate to grow up in Southern Missouri, in Springfield, where my father was a professor at Missouri State University. Growing up, there were lakes and streams and rivers. I had a bicycle and a fishing rod and was up at daylight each day and home […]
Meet Charlie Schattgen ’19, Exercise Science
Mid-Missouri native with a sports interest I was actually born here in Fulton and lived here for a few years and in Jefferson City for a while as well. When I was a kid we had to move to Virginia Beach, Virginia for my dad’s work. But then about seven years ago we moved back […]