Religion

2011

Katelynn Carver is in her first year at Harvard Divinity School, pursuing an MTS with a focus on Religion and the Sciences.

Vicky Shaw is working for AmeriCorps as the Development and Marketing Coordinator at Hard Hatted Women in Elyria, Ohio.

2010

Katie Bartholomew is pursuing her MTS at Garrett Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois, concentrating on the Old Testament. .

Andy Gmitter is in his second year working for the AmeriCorps VISTA program in Spartanburg, SC.

Emily Mastroianni is pursuing a doctorate in counseling psychology at Ball State University.

Lorrin Pringle is in her second year at Boston University School of Theology, pursuing her Masters of Divinity, concentrating in Pastoral Care/Counseling, and Urban Ministry.  She is a hall director at Tufts University.  Lorrin is engaged and planning a June 2012 wedding.

Josh Whitson married Emily Dempster on May 21, 2010 and is currently in his second year as a Master of Theological Studies candidate focusing on East Asian Religious Studies at Harvard Divinity School.  Josh spent the summer of 2011 as a Presidential Instructional Technology Fellow for Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences IT Department and is currently a research associate at the Pluralism Project at Harvard University.  

2009

Ann Cominsky is an Assistant Business Analyst at First Energy in Akron, Ohio.

Kristina Dodge Harris is the Director of Youth Ministries, working with 7th-12th grade students at Northwest United Methodist Church in Upper Arlington, Ohio.

LeeAnne Kosovich is a graduate assistant for Wellness Education at the University of Northern Colorado..

Joanna Smith D'Agostino and her husband Maic are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Emily Wright D'Agostino, born August 20, 2011.  Joanna is in her third year at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.  She graduated from B-W with a double major in French and English and was active in the Religion Department. 

2008

Deanna Drake is in her second year at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois.  

Michelle Lasky, MSW, LSW, received her Masters of Social Work from Cleveland State University in May, 2010 and is a licensed social worker in the state of Ohio.  Michelle is a School Services Therapist at the Berea Children's Home, working with kids and families in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, providing counseling and community psychiatric support treatment (CPST) services. 

Adam Spencer has begun an internship at Trinity Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, in downtown Cleveland.  Adam will work this year as the assistant to The Very Rev. Tracey Lind, the Dean of the Cathedral, and he will also work in youth ministry.  Seminary and/or graduate school probably lie in Adam's future.  Adam married Rose Sengenberger on August 6, 2011.

2007

Glen Rectenwald received a Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.) degree at Harvard Divinity School and is in his final year of law school at Duke University.  He has secured a position at a top law firm in Pittsburg, PA that will begin after graduation in May 2012.

2006

Dawn Martin is attending Eden Theological Seminary in Saint Louis, MO for her Master of Divinity degree.  
           
Marcia Molmen is the Director of Education at Euclid Avenue United Church of Christ.

2005

Stanya Greathouse, Lewis Center, OH, received her Master of Arts in Counseling Ministries at MTSO (Methodist Theological School in Ohio) in May of 2008.  She has been hired to head the Family Services Department of Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio in Columbus. She will oversee the emergency shelter and permanent supportive housing programs for families. Stanya previously founded and served as executive director of Teen Start Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing independent living skills to youth living in poverty or foster care, as well as those with emotional and behavioral problems.

Peter Kerlin, Berea, is director of the STORM youth center at Church on the Rise in Westlake.  He also heads up the production team at the church and is an assistant youth pastor.

2002

Alice Walsh, Chatham, NJ, received a Master of Divinity (summa cum laude) from the Theological School of Drew University.  Alice is a probationary member of the Greater NJ Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, serving both the Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Development Disabilities as chaplain, and the Green Village UM Church as assistant pastor.  In June 2010, Alice was ordained as Elder in the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. 

2001

Heather Good, Washington, D.C. is a licensed associate practicing primarily antitrust law for Cornell & Moring.  She graduated from Emory Law School in 2005 and also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward E. Carnes on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Joseph Wilson is the CEO/President and Executive Pastor of Power 2 Beome Ministries, Inc.  He is the Director of International Evangelism for the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. and President of the Cleveland Apostelic Ministerial Fellowship.  Joe authored a book:  Walking Towards Christ with the Apostle Paul

1999

William Wright, Pittsburgh, PA., is an assistant professor of theology at Duquesne University.  He received an M.T.S. from the University of Notre Dame and completed his Ph.D. in religion from Emory University.  Dr. Wright is a Scripture scholar. His areas of specialization and interest include the New Testament writings, the Gospel According to John in particular, as well as the history of biblical interpretation,  In October 2009, Walter de Gruyter Co. published his book. Rhetoric  and Theology:  Figural Reading of John 9.  Dr. Wright graduated from BW with a major in history and a minor in religion.

Heather Taylor Zirke, Berea, and husband, Chris, welcomed daughter, Aurelia Bennett on March 30, 2007.