Theresa Drew, BS Accountancy, ’79, was named 2017 Charlotte Business Woman of the Year by Queens University. The award recognized women for their “significant sustained contributions to business and the community.” Theresa is the only woman to lead a Big Four accounting firm in Charlotte, NC.
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Sharon O’Donnell ’78, ’87
Sharon O’Donnell, BS Education, ‘78, MS Education, ’87, was named the 2017 Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Secondary Principal of the Year. She was one of five principals to receive the Region Elementary or Secondary Principal of the Year award for 2017. She was later selected as Secondary Principal of the Year for her contributions to the educational program in the Department of Defense. Sharon is principal of Ramstein High School in Germany, the largest high school in… Read more
Paul Turner ’78
Paul Turner, BS Civil Engineering, ’78, is the founder, president and principal of Turner Engineering, Inc., a certified veteran-owned small business in Flagstaff that celebrated its 31st anniversary in 2017. Furthermore, all of its professional staff members are NAU graduates!
Jon Reyhner ’73, ’77
A professor of bilingual multicultural education at NAU, Dr. Jon Reyhner, MEd Educational Administration, ’73, EdD Secondary Education, ’77, has dedicated his career to American Indian education and indigenous language revitalization. In addition to his career in the classroom, he has authored and edited several works on his favorite topic, including Teaching Indigenous Students: Honoring Place, Community, and Culture.
Jeffrey Roberts ’73, ’74
A published author in many genres, Jeffrey Roberts, BS Journalism, ’73, MA History, ’74, currently has three novels available on Amazon: the Mars thriller The Healer, the alternative history time travel romance Cherries in Winter, and the eerie spiritual urban fantasy In the Shadow of the House of God.
Caroline Miller ’71
Caroline Miller, MA Arts and Sciences, ’71, sold two short stories. Gustav Pavel, a magical realism piece adapted from Henry James’s The Jolly Corner, appears in an e-pub version on the website Fixional. Secrets, a traditional story about a woman returning to England to tell her former lover that he has a son, was accepted by Adelaide Literary Magazine, Issue No. 9.