Alumni Fellows and Echo 25 to Return to Campus
Truman will be honoring recipients of the Echo 25 and Alumni Fellows awards, Sept. 27-28.
Throughout the weekend, activities will give faculty, students and staff the opportunity to interact with these award recipients. The campus community is invited to attend a Speed Advice Giving Panel featuring the Echo 25 recipients at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 27 in Violette Hall 1000. Echo 25 honorees are graduates under the age of 40 who are achieving personal and professional success. This is a great opportunity for students to hear from successful young alumni about their careers and life after Truman.
The Alumni Fellows Program is designed to enrich the Truman experience by exposing students to outstanding alumni who share extensive knowledge and real-world experience from their respective fields.
The recipients of the 2024 Alumni Fellows are:
Research scientist, Corteva Agriscience
Copy director, copy editor, Condé Nast
Professor and department head, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Vice president – program management, The Boeing Company
Full bios for this year’s Fellows are available online.
The recipients of the 2024 Echo 25 are:
Speech-language pathologist and SLP resource coordinator, Ignite Medical Resorts
Assistant professor of professional esports production, Ferris State University
Senior specialist, regulatory and scientific affairs, Nestle Purina
Assistant professor, Texas Tech University
Briana Bonner (’14)
Occupational therapist, CEO of Dr. Bri The OT and World Wide Bri Travel Agency, and adjunct professor, self-employed CEO and adjunct
professor at various universities
Membership and marketing vice president, The Builders, a chapter of the AGC
International human rights lawyer, Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society - Dejusticia (Bogotá, Colombia)
Musician/private music instructor/radio host and station coordinator, self-employed and SPACE 101.1 FM
Attorney, Polsinelli
Middle school vocal music and guitar teacher, Independence School District
Marketing professor, University of Arkansas
Founding senior talent aquisiton specialist, Family Dollar/Dollar Tree
Art conservation and curiosity shop owner, self-employed
German teacher, Lindbergh High School
Software engineer, Automattic
Managing director, arts management, Everyman Theatre
Managing director and dean, EloQ Communications; School of Media and Applied Arts, University of Management and Technology HCMC
Math teacher at Capital City High School, Jefferson City School District
Senior director, TRIO Pre-College Programs, North Carolina State University
Pediatric palliative care social worker, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
Allison Schlobohm (’07)
Professor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Assistant dean of community clinical education, California Health Sciences University
Enrollment success manager, Niche.com
Attorney, Husch Blackwell
Doctor of chiropractic, Evergreen Chiropractic
Bios of this year’s Echo 25 recipients are online.