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MIT Socials for 2008-2009

MIT fall Social is scheduled for Dec. 5th, 6:00 PM at Dr. Moallem's house. Children and significant others are welcome. For more information please contact Beth Allred.
MIT Socials for 2007-2008
1/25/08 MIT Spring Social, 6:00-8:00PM.  Theme:  All kinds of games.  Bring one of your favorite board/card/or electronic games to play and share with other students. For more information contact Beth Allred.
8/31/07 MIT Orientation, WSE, Room 337
9/21/07 Kick Off the Semester at Sheri Anderson House
12/15/07 Semester wrap up Social Dr. Moallem's House
3/14/08 Spring Social TBA
5/10/06 End of year Social TBA

MIT End of Fall Semester Social is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 12, 5:30 pm in Dr. Moallem's house. All MIT alumni, students and faculty are invited. For more information please e-mail Beth Allred. (12/2/09)

MIT Alumni & student end of Spring semester social was on May 13 in Dr. Chen's house. Everyone had a great time. Click here to see a few photos.

January MIT alumni & student social - Friday, January 20 - 6pm @ Buffalo Wild Wings (Monkey Junction).

End of Semester alumni, student and faculty celebration in May - details TBA

Congratulations to Patsy Gonzalez-McQuiston & Helen Lipka on their December 2005 graduation.

MIT Alumni - Where are they now?

    Congratulations to Ian Jones for his position as Instructional Technology Manager with School District 27J in Denver. Ian recently moved to Denver with his family after completing his MIT degree in May 2008. (Posted 8/29/08) .

    Congratulations to Trish Torkildsen for her new teaching and leadership position at a local high school in NJ. In her new position Trish is leading and establishing a newly created "Learning Center" for special needs students who are in regular classrooms. As a specialized teacher in Special Education, Trish's goal has been to use her technology and instructional design and development skills to serve special needs populations. (Posted 8/29/08)

    Congratulations to Tom Dorgan for his position as an e-Learning specialist at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Tom graduated from the MIT program in May 2008. He served as a Technology Resource Teacher in Trask Middle School for two years. (Posted 8/12/08)

    Congratulations to Nancy Mcdowell for her new position as Nuclear Instructional Technology-Performance Improvement with Progress Energy. Nancy graduated from the MIT program in May 2008. (Posted 8/1/08)

    Congratulations to Jeff Linney for his position as Chief of Police at Louisburg College, in Louisburg, NC. Jeff is also working on his Ph.D. program in Information Systems and has been teaching in Cameron School of Business at UNCW. Jeff was one of the first graduates of the MIT program. (Posted 8/1/08)

    Congratulations to Suesan Sullivan for her faculty position in Miller-Motte Technical College. Suesan will be teaching Intro to Computer classes in Miller-Motte Technical College. (Posted 8/1/08)

    Congratulations to Cathi Phillips for her new position as an instructional designer with North Carolina State University Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA). Cathi worked as instructional designer at Savannah College of Art and Design for two years. (Posted 5/30/08)

    Congratulations to Patrick Gunn for his Assistant Vice President for Technical Instructional Design position at CitiGroup and also a start up business. We are very proud of Patrick and what he has been able to accomplish within just a few years.(Posted 4/26/08)

    Congratulations to Lucas Gillispie, our senior MIT student. Lucas was one of sixty to receive a scholarship to attend the Games, Learning, and Society Conference in Wisconsin this Summer. Gaming has been an area of interest for Lucas and he has been taking courses and experimenting with his ideas since he has joined the MIT program. (Posted 4/26/08)

    Congratulation to Shellie Moore for her new Position as the department chair for a newly created program in Spanish Translation/Interpretation at Sampson Community College. This new leadership position will allow Shellie to not only apply her instructional technology knowledge and skills but also stay in her content area of interest. (Posted 4/19/08)

    Congratulations to Aimee Greene for her new Instructional Design position at Kindred Healthcare in Louisville, KY. Aimee and her family recently moved to Louisville, KY. (Posted 2/27/08)

    Congratulation to Amanda Hodges, an MIT Alumni. Manda and her husband Nic are expecting their first child. (Posted 1/18/08)

    MIT Comprehensive Exam is scheduled for April 5th. Students oral exams will be scheduled for for April 18 and 25. (Posted 1/18/08)

    Congratulations to Tammy Clark for her lecturer position at the Watson School of Education. Tammy will be teaching EDN 301: Instructional Design & Program Evaluation course in the Department of Instructional Technology, Foundations & Secondary Education. (Posted 12/14/07)

    Congratulations to Duane Thomas for his Instructional Designer position at AT&T. Duane has just graduated form our program (May 2007). (Posted 5/18/07)

    Congratulations to Nik Smith Hummicutt for his Instructional Technology Consultant in the School of Education at UNC-G. Nik has just graduated form our program (May 2007). (Posted 5/18/07)

    Congratulations to Kristen Parker (Lee) for her new position. Kristen accepted an Instructional Curriculum Designer and Developer at TIAA-CREF in Charlotte, NC. ((Posted 5/18/07)

    Congratulations to Duane Thomas, Kristine Rose and Nik Smith-Hunnicutt. They successfully completed their Degrees in Instructional Technology and will soon join our MIT Alumni. (Posted 4/27/07)

    Congratulations to Erika Robertson for her new position at Cisco Systems in the triangle area . (Posted 4/27/07)

    Congratulations to Nicole Dalton for her first baby daughter- Schuyler. We are very happy for Nicole and her family. (Posted 1/2/07)

    Congratulations to Amanda Hodges and Trish Torkildsen. They successfully completed their Degrees in Instructional Technology and have joined our MIT Alumni. (Posted 1/2/07)

    Congratulations to Amanda Hodges for her new position as a Senior Graphic Design Electronic Document Specialist for Morrison Management Corporation. Manda is finishing up with her degree and will be graduating in a few weeks. (Posted 11/17/06)

    Congratulations to Patrick Gunn for receiving “Exceeding Expectations Award” for 3rd Quarter in Cingluar Learning Services organization. Patrick competed with over 180 designer, trainers, and managers for projects, relationship with clients, and innovativeness. At the time of receiving this award Patrick has only been with Singluar for 6 months. (Posted 11/2/06)

    MIT Alumni Committee announced its 2006-2007 Socials for MIT Alumni, students and faculty. Please see Student "New Events" for detailes. (Posted 7/27/06)

    Congratulations to Amanda Hodges for her new position in Cape Fear Community College, Distance Learning Department as an Administrative Technician. Amanda is planning to finish up with her degree this fall. (Posted 8/10/06)

    Congratulations to Adonica Long for her new position as Program Manager II at Cisco Systems in the triangle area . (Posted 8/3/06)

    Congratulations to Tom Dorgan for his position as Technology Resource Teacher at Trask Middle School in New Hanover County. Tom is currently working on his MIT degree. (Posted 7/27/06)

    Congratulations to Nicole Rademann for her new position as the Training Solutions Manager at Proficient Learning, LLC. (Posted 7/12/06)

    Congratulations to Renee Corcoran for her lecturer position at the Watson School of Education. Renee will be teaching an undergraduate core course in technology for teachers. (Posted 7/12/06)

    Congratulations to Kristen Lee for her Instructional Design position with BB&T here in Wilmington in Mortgage Department. Kristen also married a few weeks ago on the day of her graduation. (posted 6/5/06)

    Congratulations to Sherry Huges, Renee Corcoran and Kristen Lee for successfully completing their MIT degree in Spring of 2006. Sherry is the Learning Resource Coordinator for the School of Nursing in UNCW.  Kristen is hired as an instructional designer for BB&T Bank in Wilmington. (posted 5/24/06)

    Congratulations to Cathi Phillips and Patricia Gonzalez-McQuiston for their new positions. Cathi accepted a new position as an Instructional Designer with the e-Learning Department of Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).  Patsy also accepted an Instructional Technology Consultant position here at UNCW, ITSD Division. (posted 5/4/06)

    Congratulations to Patrick Gunn for his new Instructional Designer position at Cingular Wireless in Atlanta, GA (Posted 3/20/06)

    Congratulations to Erika Robertson! In addition to a Lecturer @ UNCW, Erika now is working with Proficient Learning LLC as an instructional Designer and Developer (Posted 3/21/06)

    Congratulations to Vicki Voss for her promotion to Customer Service Training Manager. Vicki has been working as an instructional designer/ trainer in Vegas.  We are very happy for Vicki and her accomplishments. (Posted 2/7/06)

    Congratulations to Erika Robertson! She is now a Lecturer @ UNCW (Posted 1/6/06)

    Addy Long - congratulations on her engagement and new position as Instructional Designer @ IBM

    Congratulations to Aimee Greene on the birth of her twin boys last Spring - she is back as a Lecturer @ UNCW this Spring

    Patrick Gunn - hired as Instructional Designer @ First Citizens Bank in Raleigh

    Beth Allred - now Emerging Technology Liaison & Lecturer @ UNCW (Posted 18/8/05)

    Congratulating to Nicole Dalton on receiving the title of Education Officer in First Citizens Bank
    Nicole was recently promoted to Senior Instructional Designer and the addition of this title is another indication of her commitment to learning and development for Bank associates.  (Posted 4/27/2005)

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Alumni Listing


Graduation Year
Email Address
Kara Lee
2009
kjl2683@uncw.edu
Newman Lanier
2009
newman.lanier@duke.edu
Jessica Duvall
2009
jessica.duvall@ppdi.com
Bethanne Winzeller
2009
bwinzele@nhcs.k12.nc.us
Lucas Gillispie
2009
theheadnerd@nerdscience.com
Jamie Ursiny
2009
jursiny@charter.net
Tina M Nelson
2009
twelborn@nhcs.k12.nc.us
Lacey Gordon
2009
ldg6978@uncw.edu
Ian Jones
2008
jonesian1@gmail.com
Frances Strauss
2008
fransatch@charter.net
Sheri Anderson
2008
andersonsl@uncw.edu
Tom Dorgan
2008
tdorgan20@yahoo.com
Melissa Ennis
2008
mle4568@uncw.edu
Nancy McDowell
2008
Rajidog@bellsouth.net
Elizabeth Bailey
2007
elizabethjeanbailey@yahoo.com
Tammy Clark
2007
jamesvtammy@bellsouth.net
Michele Moore
2007
smoore@cfci.net
Marolyn Schauss
2007
marolyn1@msn.com
Suesan Sullivan
2007
SSSuesan@aol.com
Aixia Zhans
2007
zhax324@yahoo.com
Kristine Rose
2007
roseunderthesea@gmail.com
Nik Smith-Hunnicutt
2007
nas7330@uncw.edu
Duane Thomas
2007
duane_psy@yahoo.com
Trisha L Torkildsen
2006
trishatork@yahoo.com
Amanda Hodges
2006
Charlestonchic02@aol.com
Sherry Hughes
2006
hughess@uncw.edu
Renee Corcoran
2006
kmcridp@yahoo.com
Kristen Lee
2006
KRLee@BBandT.com
Patricia Gonzalez-McQuiston
2005
mcquistonp@uncw.edu
Helen Lipka
2005
hlipka@nhcs.k12.nc.us
Beth Allred
2005
allredb@uncw.edu
Adonica Long
2005
addylong@yahoo.com
Patrick Gunn
2005
pg_itechnology@yahoo.com
Erika Robertson
2005
erika_robertson@bellsouth.net
Paul Ritchie
2005
pritchie@charter.net
Cathi Phillips
2004
Nicole Rademann
2004
Stephanie Eggers
2004
Beth Bruton
2004
Dawn Brinson
2004
Torri Galloway
2004
Jan Jones
2004
Harry Marriner
2003
Joy Cowder
2003
Karen Greene
2003
Gregg-Kochak
2003
Vicki Voss
2002
Brenda White
2002
Aimee Greene
2002
Carolyn J. Blue
2002
Jeffrey Linney
2001
Melanie Moon 
2001
Nicole W. Dalton   
2001
Kristin Miller
2001
Lizeffe Day
2001

 






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