Amy Jessee, '09, is the new Outreach and Grant Writing Coordinator for WorkLink, the Workforce Investment Board for Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens.
Dan Richards, '09, has taken a position with the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights as a media relations strategist. He is responsible for ARC's social media presence and for researching and analyzing new ways to promote media relations on the web. Dan says "It was a dream job offer that I couldn't pass up!"
Jared Christensen, '06, has been promoted to Director of Graduate and Evening Admissions at Anderson University. Jared now oversees the promotion and recruitment of Anderon University's adult degree completion program, and will work toward centralizing the recruiting of the various graduate programs.
Annie Connelly Yukish, '05, has been working at Think Up Consulting since June of 2006 as their Possibilities Advocate (aka Lead Developer). As a Lead Developer and consultant she analyzes, designs, and develops learning programs for corporate clients and specializes in eLearning courses. In April 2008, she married Nic Yukish, also a Clemson fan, and has settled in Greenville.
Yuanyuan Zhang, '05, is leaving her position as Public Information Director for the Sullivan Center at Clemson and is headed to Lehigh University this fall to work on a PhD in Learning Sciences and Technology. She plans to study ways "to facilitate the learning experiences of adults, such as faculty or university administrators, so far as educational technology is concerned." Yuanyuan was offered both a graduate assistantship and an endowed scholarship, and accepted the scholarship. She says Lehigh was especially impressed with her MAPC project on graduate student health insurance.
Adam Wickliffe, '03, left The Cliffs in February 2009, and is working full-time on his own photography, print and web design business. He has been able to create great products for customers including a social networking site for hair stylists and a complete identity package for a regional commercial real estate company. He is still learning, but definitely applying MAPC-learned principles to real-world situations.
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