Alumni News & Features

This fall the Colonial Couple both kick off head coaching gigs at Pine-Richland, where they also are raising their three kids.

Jon LeDonne ‘05 and Maggie Pope ‘06 are dedicated parent volunteers and youth coaches at Pine-Richland School District, and now they both are starting new head coaching jobs there: Maggie with the 5th-7th grade cheerleaders, and Jon with the high…

The globetrotting Colonial Couple have toured 33 countries and launched a study abroad scholarship fund for RMU students.

Anyone who thinks accountants lead unexciting lives has never met Bill ’75 and Beth Shinaberry Buck ‘76. The pair have been on safari in Kenya and Tanzania, cruised the Baltic Sea, and will soon add Australia and Fiji to the nearly three dozen…

A master’s degree and a midcareer shift put Lisa in a new role helping rural communities get the health care they need.

As a West Virginia native, Lisa Pareso M’18 knows the appeal of wild and wonderful places in rural America. She lives in Pittsburgh but loves to escape to a cabin back in her home state. It’s an ideal place for hiking and communing with nature with…

Shannon Davis receives university’s highest award and graduates summa cum laude.

Dealing with all the changes, interruptions, and inconveniences of college during Covid came more naturally to Shannon Davis than to most students.

The actuarial science major from West Hartford, Conn., had already put her college education on…

Teacher Caitlin Dee will spend the year in Malta as the first RMU Fulbright Student.

As a graduation present to herself, Caitlin Dee planned a big trip across Europe, but Covid forced her to postpone it. Now she has to push it back again, but for an exciting reason this time: Dee is going to spend a year in the Mediterranean as a…

As a self-proclaimed "compassionate capitalist," Jada chose a career in banking to help others to overcome poverty.

Being the first in her family to graduate from college took a lot of hard work for Jada Grandy-Mock ’00 M’04, but she was determined to succeed. Now as chief community impact banking officer at Fifth Third Bank in Charlotte, N.C., she can look back…

The busy senior class president is about to tackle his 10th internship, a full-time management development position, and graduate school.

Jonathan Guaetta ’22 has really taken RMU’s emphasis on student internships to heart. He is about to start his tenth.

The summer internship with Covestro is Jonathan’s sixth just in the last two years. Others were at FedEx Ground, SAE…

Public service is the aim of this political science and economics double major who just moderated a congressional candidates forum for RMU.

Kristen Davis ’22 has a keen interest in public service. In April, she was the moderator in a virtual forum for Democratic and Republican congressional candidates in an event sponsored by RMU and the League of Women Voters.

That was only the…

His strong computing and management skills got John promoted from IT help desk manager to registrar and vice president at Grove City College.

Each spring, John Inman M’96 D’02 gets to do one of his favorite jobs. The vice president for enrollment services at Grove City College has also been the college registrar for the last 20 years, and one of the registrar’s duties at the institution is…

The former NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year starts his new cybersecurity job this week after a canny career shift.

When Stephen Mitchell ’13 M’15 decided to switch careers after six years from insurance to cybersecurity, he found a friendly face and fellow Colonial at his job interview at Bank of New York Mellon.

Sitting across the table was Nicholas Fetcho…