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Alumni You Should Know – Nathan Reid ’05, ’07, Agency Owner of American Family Insurance – Reid Associates LLC, Osage Beach, Missouri
“There are stars in every city, in every house and on every street.” So went the lyrics in a long-ago rock song. But in Nathan Reid’s case, why settle for being merely a star? The two-time William Woods graduate (B.S. in Sports Management/Business Administration in 2005, Master of Education in Athletics/Activities Administration 2007) is actually […]
Woods Briefs Fall 2022
News and notes about William Woods students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Updated continuously throughout the semester. William Woods Students, Faculty, and Staff Noah Gledhill ’23 of the Show-Me GOLD program, attended Accelerated Officer Candidate School (AOCS) during June and July of 2022 at Fort Meade, South Dakota, where he graduated after successfully completing the intense, 3-phase […]
Alumni You Should Know: Pam Miner ’86 – Vice President of Collections, Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage, Nashville Tennessee
Like many a professional historian, Pam Miner has more than one theory as to why something important occurred in the somewhat distant past. In this case, why the 1986 graduate of William Woods developed a love of history, which has led to a remarkable career. It could have been an exceptional English teacher she had […]
Alumni You Should Know – Bill Bott MBA ’08, Consulting Partner, Change and Innovation Agency, Jefferson City, Missouri
One of former President Ronald Reagan’s favorite quips was “’I’m from the government, I’m here to help’ – I can’t think of eight scarier words in the English language!” Good for a laugh on the stump back in the day perhaps, but also expressing a deeper meaning; the not insignificant number of citizens who always […]
Alumni You Should Know: Darryln Johnson II ’17, CEO and Founder of Steeze Marketing Wichita, Kansas
DarryIn Johnson II is happy to tell you that, since 2019, he hasn’t really “worked” at all. “They say if you work a job that you love you will never work a day in your life,” said the 2017 graduate of William Woods. “Well I am infatuated with what I do and look forward to […]
Alumni You Should Know: Allyson Lewis ’82, Founder and CEO, The 7 Minute Life, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Allyson Lewis ’82 remembers the exact moment her life changed. “I was forty-one and as a full-time working mother, felt the constant crushing pressure of deadlines and obligations,” she recalled. “My life sped past me in a blur from one day to the next, one month to the next, and one year to the next. […]
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 […]
William Woods alum scores dream internship at ESPN months after graduating
For most college graduates, it takes a lifetime of working to realize their professional dream job. Veronica Townsend ’21, who graduated from William Woods just 11 months ago with a Bachelor’s in Communication, is already well on the road to achieving her dreams. A current graduate student at the University of Missouri (Columbia)’s famed School […]
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 […]
WWU alum a vital cog at cutting edge digital-first Equestrian commerce store start-up
The global Equestrian industry is vast, valued at around $102 billion in the United States alone. How advantageous would it be, then, to have a one-stop online shop for equestrians of all stripes to purchase virtually any item that is needed for their craft, from stable to saddle and polo wraps to fly spray? Enter […]