Chronicles
1970s
Faye Chatman (‘75), the program director for the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts & Sciences in Griffin, Ga., was elected president of the Georgia Association of Women in Higher Education. Chatman graduated from Georgia Southern with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
1980s
Donna Brewton Brooks (’86) recently launched Red Clay Editorial Services LLC, an Atlanta-based provider of editorial content and editing services. A native of Savannah, Ga., Brooks graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism and served as the editor of The George-Anne, Georgia Southern’s student newspaper. Brooks previously worked as a columnist for Georgia Magazine and as managing editor for Lionheart Publishing.
The Honorable Jeffrey Hanson (‘88) was appointed Bibb County’s second state court judge by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal. Prior to joining the bench, Hanson was a managing partner at Sell & Melton law firm in Macon specializing in civil litigation.
2000s
Jill Knight (‘00) was named the 2013-14 Teacher of the Year for the Darlington County School District in South Carolina. Knight is the Social Studies department chair at Mayo High School for Math, Science and Technology.
College of Education doctoral alumni Jesse Davis (‘06) and Amy Duke (‘07) were named Georgia’s 2013 National Distinguished Principals by the National Association of Elementary School Principals. Davis is principal of Feagin Mill Middle School in Houston County, and Amy Duke is the principal of Springdale Elementary School in Bibb County. They were among 61 principals honored during an October awards banquet in Washington, D.C., as part of National Principals Month.
Francys Johnson (‘01), a civil rights attorney living in Statesboro, was recently elected Georgia state conference president of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at the 71st Annual State Conference. Johnson is a native of Sylvania, Ga., and received a degree from the University of Georgia School of Law. In addition to his practice in Statesboro, he is the pastor of two churches. He is married to Meca Renee Williams and they have two sons, Thurgood Joshua Johnson and Frederick Douglass Caleb Johnson.
Andrea Miller (‘03) released her novel Smokin’ & Spinnin’ in August through Amazon.com. Her debut novel is the story of a young woman’s broken engagement, her decision to move to Charlotte, N.C., to escape the gossip of her small hometown and her unanticipated entry into the world of NASCAR. Miller is a graduate of the College of Business Administration.
Kate Randall (‘09), Caleb Holloway (‘10) and Darin Lane (‘09) recently received promotions from Draffin & Tucker, LLP. The certified public accounting firm provides a variety of accounting services to clients across multiple states, primarily in the Southeast, with office locations in Albany and Atlanta, Ga. In the firm’s healthcare practice located in Albany, Randall was promoted to supervisor, Jamison was promoted to senior and Holloway was promoted to associate II. Lane was promoted to associate II in the firm’s Atlanta healthcare practice.
Dr. Kelly R. Price (‘91, ‘96, ‘01), the curriculum coordinator for Forsyth County Schools in Cumming, Ga., has been named a board member of the National Science Teachers Association for a three-year term. Price’s educational experience includes working for 14 years as a middle and high school science teacher. She has held a number of leadership positions within the Georgia Science Teachers Association,and has served as president for the Georgia Science Supervisors Association and the Georgia Council of Supervisors of Mathematics. Price was a member of the Georgia Department of Education’s Science Education Advisory Panel and STEM Education Advisory Panel. She has also worked on several education committees and has served as both a Georgia regional science fair director and the Georgia Science Olympiad state program co-director.