Class Notes

has been accepted into the Hult International School of Business’ Master of Finance program in Boston, MA where he will study for seven months. The remaining 4 months of the program he will study abroad at one of Hult’s international locations.

Cole has been accepted into the College Student Personnel Master’s program at the University of Tennessee. He will start Fall 2016. This program is a two-year, practitioner-oriented master’s degree designed to prepare student personnel administrators to address the administrative needs of colleges and universities.

Cole completed his master’s degree in College Student Personnel at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in May and shortly thereafter he began his position as the Director of Student Career Management in the Supply Chain Department at UTK.

Has gotten a position as an English Language Arts and Reading Teacher at the Esperanza Academy in Lawrence, MA. It is a private, Episcopal, all-girls middle school in which all of the students are from disadvantaged, low income homes, but have a passion for learning and education. The school provides a rigorous curriculum and a vast array of extra curricular activities to prepare students for admission into some of New England’s top boarding schools. MarQuis will be teaching several sections of English Language Arts in addition to serving as an academic advisor and supervising extra curricular theater and music programs.

Has been accepted into the Hult International School of Business’ Master of Finance program in Boston, MA where she will study for seven months. The remaining 4 months of the program she will study abroad at Hult’s international locations.

Kaylie Hall ’16 has accepted a full-fime therapist position at The Village Behavioral Health in Louisville, TN.

Rachel graduated in 2022 from University of Tennessee – Chattanooga with a Masters of Social Work. She is currently a video relay Sign Language Interpreter.

Maryville College Baseball has added a familiar face to the 2017-18 baseball squad. Logan Jenkins has joined the Scots’ staff as an assistant coach. More here: http://www.mcscots.com/sports/bsb/2017-18/releases/20170807luaaoa

writes in to share that she was employee of the year 2017.

WVLT interviewed Lizzie Ruch Smith ’16 during one of their newscasts. Lizzie Ruch Smith ’16, a music teacher in Texas, wrote a song to sum up how she feels about the transition to online learning and teaching. She posted the video to TikTok, and now the video is going viral. Knoxville CBS affiliate WVLT-TV featured her this week – watch the video! https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/Maryville-College-grad-goes-viral-with-TikTok-quarantine-song-569815591.html

Eric Russell ’16 has been accepted into the Cognitive Psych PhD program at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA for fall 2018.

In November 2020, Maddy Little (’17) and Joel Thornton (’16) were married in a small ceremony on the Isle of Palms, SC. Many Maryville College friends and alumni traveled from all over to celebrate with the happy couple who initially met on their first day of Orientation at MC in late summer of 2012.