Alumni
Foundation supports Nigerian orphans
Paul Gombwer ‘15 is an assistant store manager for Home Depot and runs The Alice Gombwer Foundation. He and his wife, Kayla, have a son, Braxton. His parents are deceased, and he has five siblings in his native Nigeria, four brothers and one sister. He said, “Most of the money to help run the foundation […]
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Cate Carroll ‘91 is the State Director of Intellectual/Developmental Disability Services for Delta Community Supports for New Jersey services. She is responsible for ensuring 36 group homes provide safe and healthy environments for individuals to live meaningful lives and become as independent as they are able. She and her husband, Kevin, have been married for […]
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Derek Brown, PhD, LPC ‘04 is executive director of the Arkansas Baptist Children’s Homes and Family Ministries. He holds a Master of Divinity, Master of Theology, and a Doctor of Philosophy, all specializing in psychology and counseling. He is thankful to CSU for spiritual and academic growth, and because it is where he met the […]
| READ MORE: Changing lives through hopeBrown ’09 is building bridges
Stacy Brown ‘09 is director of operations at Metanoia CDC, a nonprofit in North Charleston. She holds an MBA from The Citadel and is completing a course on Diversity and Inclusion through Cornell University. She is a Riley Fellow following her participation in Furman University’s Diversity and Inclusion Leadership program and has received numerous awards […]
| READ MORE: Brown ’09 is building bridgesA Music City mission
The sound of the tornado siren was nothing surprising. Every time we get a storm, the sirens go on and off intermittently at the slightest bristle of wind, and most of us living here in North Nashville have gotten used to it. Every few years, I’ll hear about a devastating tornado in another state which […]
| READ MORE: A Music City missionAlum’s work rooted in call to help low-income
Bernie Mazyck ’81 helped found the South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development in 1994. He is currently the president and CEO of SCACED. Previously, he worked with a number of local grassroots nonprofit organizations who were working in low-income communities trying to help them develop affordable housing, create jobs, start businesses, and attract capital to […]
| READ MORE: Alum’s work rooted in call to help low-incomeGil Truesdale ’86 finds balance
It was Christmastime 2016 when Gil Truesdale’s youngest daughter, in her early 20s, said, “This is the longest you’ve been home since I was born.” Truesdale calls it a gut-wrenching moment. He was at home for a 10-week stretch across 2016 and 2017, not because he took a break from traveling for his corporate job […]
| READ MORE: Gil Truesdale ’86 finds balanceAthletic training alum hailed as local hero
On Valentine’s Day this year, Marlin Brown ’08, ‘11 began his Sunday at church and followed it with lunch. He looked forward to spending the rest of the day with his girlfriend, but wanted to make a stop at Northwoods Mall in search of the perfect Valentine’s gift. As he walked past JCPenney with his […]
| READ MORE: Athletic training alum hailed as local heroAlumni Spotlight: Dennis Greene ’86
Dennis Greene spent 32 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Colonel. He retired from a second career as a Federal Investigator with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Denver Oct. 31, 2020, and serves as Executive Director of the Denver Technological Center/Greenwood Village Chamber of Commerce, located in one of the nation‘s top 30 economic zones […]
| READ MORE: Alumni Spotlight: Dennis Greene ’86Woman Wednesday Series: Dr. June Scobee Rodgers ’71
Dr. June Scobee Rodgers holds the distinction of being the first woman and the first alumnus guest speaker at a CSU Commencement ceremony, in 1987. During her career as an educator, she was a national speaker on educating gifted children. Her late husband, Francis R. Scobee, was commander of the space shuttle The Challenger, which […]
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