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Category: Forever Mavericks

Maxie Rockymore, BA 15

Rockymore’s short film, “Fresh Cut!” won the Audience Award at the Golden Gate International Film Festival and has been nominated for other film awards. 

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Christina Clark Okarmus, BS 09

Christina was promoted to the role of executive director of the Alabama Campaign for Adolescent Sexual Health (ACASH) in 2019. In her role, Christina leads the organization in fighting fearlessly for the rights of Alabama adolescents to have access to comprehensive sex education. Christina’s work takes her into Alabama communities

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Paul Currier, BA 85

Paul celebrated his 25 Year Anniversary with AbbVie in 2024 and achieved the S2/2024 Bright Sparks Peer Award as neuroscience Senior Field Reimbursement Manager.

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Robert Arp, MS 79

Robert is the 2024-25 chairperson of the Nebraska Lions Foundation and President of the Still Bank Collectors of America.

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Allan Vorda, MA 75

Allan will have a novel titled Kamchatka Khronicle published in June by Mallemgaard located in Denmark. The historical novel is the story of two natural scientists who were involved with the Vitus Bering Expedition of 1741-42. The novel will be available on Amazon and Kindle.

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Dawn Cripe, BS 00, MS 04

Dawn  marked her 19th year of teaching for UNO this fall. “ It’s been quite a journey from Saturday morning classes competing with the football team band outside the window to the pandemic ending my on-campus classes,” Cripe said. Her classes included Women’s Studies (The Humanities), Speech, Journalism, Gender & Communication; Gender

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Kristen Furlong, BFA 95

Kristen has received the Alexa Rose Fellow, a $25,000 artistic merit award. Chosen from hundreds of applicants, Furlong was chosen for her sophisticated and multi-layered work that educates and invites the audience to engage more deeply. Known for her more two-dimensional pieces, Furlong also has sculpture and fiber-based pieces that

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Trudy Knowles, MS 75

Trudy has published two books available on Amazon. “Radishes and Red Badanas – A novel of the 1960s” was published in 2022. It is a work of historical fiction that tells that story of Becky Jamison’s journey through the turbulent times of the late 1960s. As she leaves her small town

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Bob Lindseth, BGS 68

Bob and his contributions to the Space Race in the 1960s are featured in The Washington Times. Writer Ryan Lovelace detailed Lindseth’s involvement in experiments that tested the human body’s ability to endure the conditions of space travel. Lindseth underwent experiments on a tilt table and a centrifuge, that tested the

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Erika Lewis, BS 22, MS 24

Erika has been selected to be James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation Fellow in 2023. A James Madison Fellowship funds up to $24,000 of each Fellow’s course of study towards a master’s degree. She is one of 50 recipients selected from around the United States. Recipients are required to teach American history,

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