Alumni - Class of 2000

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Clayton Purvis (2000 - History)
Teaching U.S Government, Economics, Sociology, and Psychology at Morton High School in Morton, MS. Working on Master's degree in school administration. Married with three children.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Heather White (2000 - summa cum laude Psychology)
just started law school at Mississippi College where she was awarded a full academic scholarship.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Jeremy Brown (2000 - Political Science and English)
after leaving the governor's staff, Lance now works for a private political consulting firm in Montgomery, Alabama.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Jessica Thomas (2000 - Biological Sciences)
BS- Biological Sciences, Minor: Premed and Chemistry, Summa cum laude, USM, 2000. Master of Public Health- Health Education and Prevention, USM, 2001. Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Fellow, CDC/New York State Dept of Health, 2002-2003. MD/PhD Program, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans- School of Medicine and Dept of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, 2003-Present. Current PhD Research: Host Defense to HIV/Effect of chronic alcohol consumption on innate and humoral immune responses to HIV/SIV infection.
Last Updated: Jul 2008

Jill Cowart (now Childress ) (2000 - History)
has been appointed by the governor to serve on the State of Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Philip Geiger (2000 - Speech Communication)
was promoted to Senior Program Consultant for The Great Books Foundation.
Last Updated: Apr 2008

Richard Burt (2000 - Electrical Engineering Technology; Minors, Computer Science and Computer Engineering Technology)
works for Raytheon Missle Systems as a Software Engineer II. instructs two sections of undergraduate public speaking.
Last Updated: Apr 2008