Alumni News

by Religious Studies Department | September 1, 2008

Erin Epperson ’04: Erin completed an MA at the University of Chicago Divinity School in December ’07. She entered her first year of Ph.D. studies in Fall ’08 at the University of Chicago through the South Asian Languages and Civilizations department for the study of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist texts.

Brantley Gasaway ’96: In May ’08 Brantley received his Ph.D. in American Religious Studies from UNC-Chapel Hill and he is now entering his second year as Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Politics & Society at Drake University in Des Moines, IA.

Joanna Greer ’07: Joanna completed her master’s degree at Oxford.

Stephen Ko ’96: After Stephen completed his MD from the Medical College of Georgia, he finished a preventive medicine residency with a MPH from Columbia University. Currently Stephen is finishing up pediatric training at Cornell (New York Presbyterian Hospital in NYC). At the same time, he is part of the pastoral staff at Vision Church and he is concurrently working on his MDiv at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.

Meredith McBride ’01: In ’07 Meredith ran her first marathon! And for the BIG news…in March ’08, Meredith got married to Josh Cavan, a wonderful Irish-Catholic Marine Corps officer from Buffalo, NY.

Timothy Pollock ’95: Tim is back in grad school, going for a master’s in linguistics.

Mark Tolliver ’99: Mark and Katie welcomed the birth of their son, Julian David Tolliver, on September 4, 2008.