Class Notes

Search the database below for class notes, births, memoriams and marriages reported by your classmates.  All online information is posted for one year from the date the information is received. If no selections are made to narrow the class year or information type, all information from the last year will be shown alphabetically by last name of alumni.

To access the information for specific class years, choose the class year from the first drop down box below on the left.  Scroll to find the correct year. Once the class year is selected, the information received for any person in that year within the last 365 days will be shown. Choices can be further narrowed by choosing from Births, Notes, Marriages and Memoriams in the second drop down box.

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(Default list is alphabetical of all notes – sort by year or category to filter the list)

Name
Note
Connar Benson-Epstein
Class of 2016
All Notes General 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 Burns
Class of 2016
All Notes General Notes

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 J. Burns
Class of 2016
All Notes General Notes

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.

MarQuis L. Chappell
Class of 2016
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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.

Susie L. Davison
Class of 2016
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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.

Chandni M. Dularam
Class of 2016
All Notes

Chandni Dularam will enter the MAcc (Masters of Accountancy) Program at UT Knoxville starting Fall 2016. Through a partnership with MC, students admitted to the MAcc program take 3 courses in the summer at UT following their May graduation and enter directly into the UT Macc Program 30 hour program that fall. During her time at MC, Chandni has engaged in 2 internships including one with Pennant Foods. She also served as a tutor for several accounting classes – BUS215 and BUS365 and BUS366.

Kaylie M. Hall
Class of 2016
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Kaylie Hall ’16 has accepted a full-fime therapist position at The Village Behavioral Health in Louisville, TN.

Alexandra Stewart Hutson
Class of 2016
Birth

Alexandra Hutson (‘16) and Jacob Hutson (‘16) welcomed their first child, Elsie Grace Hutson on February 17 2023. They currently live in Spanish Fort, Alabama. Alexandra serves as the Associate Pastor at Government Street Presbyterian Church in Mobile, Alabama. Jacob works remotely for Veryable as the Southeast Team Support and Development Specialist.

Logan R. Jenkins
Class of 2016
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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

Emily F. Ries
Class of 2016
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writes in to share that she was employee of the year 2017.

Lizzie W. Ruch
Class of 2016
All Notes General Notes

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 L. Russell
Class of 2016
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Eric Russell ’16 has been accepted into the Cognitive Psych PhD program at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA for fall 2018.

Anthony M. Swartz
Class of 2016
All Notes Memoriam

age 21, of Maryville, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2016. He graduated from Maryville College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry. He loved kayaking, hiking, camping, rock climbing and outdoor adventures. He was a leader among his friends and will be greatly missed. Preceded in death by mother, Sara Latham, and grandmother, Kathy Latham. Survivors include; uncle, Perry Latham; aunt, Olive Clore; uncle, Eddie Carmichael; great-grandmother, Evelyn Latham; aunts, Vickie Latham, Betty Latham, and Regina Segars. The family received friends Friday, July 29, 2016 with a memorial servicefollowing at 7 pm at Berry Lynnhurst Funeral Home, 2300 Adair Dr. with Rev. Mike Vandergriff officiating. Condolences may be offered at www.berrylynnhurst.com

Madlyn Little Thornton
Class of 2016
General Notes

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.

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