Since Bryan's founding in 1930, God has blessed us with thousands of graduates who live out our motto of "Christ Above All" and who are testaments to our mission of "educating students to become servants of Christ to make a difference in today's world."This chart shows the different paths our graduates pursue; these profiles tell the stories behind the statistics. If you are interested in being featured in a profile or know of another Bryan alum you'd like to see featured, please e-mail Tom Davis, Director of Public Information.
 | Klon Kitchen '99 Posted: 10.29.09Klon Kitchen graduated with a Biblical Studies degree but decided he wanted to pursue a career in national security. He soon found himself working at the Department of Defense, the National Counterterrorism Center, traveling to Afghanistan to assist in special operations, and having monthly meetings at the White House. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife Tracy and three young children. Read more... | |
 | Maye Hayes Jepson '71 Posted: 10.21.09After years of being an elementary school teacher and a full-time mom, Maye Jepson is working with Imago Dei, a Christian nonprofit professional arts organization, and spending time with her grandsons. Read more... | |
 | Micah Odor '01 Posted: 09.24.09Micah Odor's communications degree took him from writing the engineering report that went to President Bush for the Yucca Mountain Project to being a seminary student while serving on the staff at Vineyard Community Church in Cincinnati where he lives with his wife and fellow Bryan alum, Judith, and their two children. Read more... | |
 | Jeremy Smith '97 Posted: 09.23.09"Communications is the one thing you have to do no matter what career you choose," says '97 Communications alum Jeremy Smith. That is why he has excelled in careers with Aerotek and Pfizer and is now working as a financial planner at Shoemaker Financial in Nashville, Tenn. Read more... | |
 | Tracy Stone Davidson '96 Posted: 09.16.09Tracy Davidson started her career at the Dayton, Tenn., TV station (yes, there was a cable-access channel once) which made her a local celebrity. She has been involved in drama for over a decade and lives in Georgia with her Bryan sweetheart and their two children. Read more... | |
 | William Donald Black '64 Posted: 09.14.09Dr. William Black, a nephrologist, founded and is President of Renal Medical Associates in Knoxville, Tenn. Since the 1990s, Dr. Black has been using his medical expertise and resources to help people in Central America, West Africa, and Eastern Europe. He is also the author of Finding Strength in Weakness, a Christian treatise on suffering that has been translated into Russian and Spanish. Read more... | |
 | Olivia Fessler Braaten '05 Posted: 09.04.09Olivia's love for politics has taken her to the newsroom of The Washington Examiner and the research desks of The Heritage Foundation to producing a weekly television program on life issues and managing business development and client relations at a law firm. She lives in Connecticut with her husband Jason and their eight-month-old daughter Nora. Read more… | |
 | Trenena Wilcher '95 Posted: 08.24.09From psychologist to public defender, Trenena (Spicer) Wilcher has worked in several different fields. Trenena discovered her passion to be an attorney after working as a psychologist and spent four years traveling from McMinnville to Nashville to earn a law degree. Today she lives with her husband and two daughters and works as a public defender in her hometown. Read more... | |
 | Walker Haynes '96 Posted: 08.22.09The entertainment industry doesn’t rank in the top ten occupations for Bryan grads, but Walker Haynes has taken his love for the theatre and his Communication Arts degree and is turning them into a Hollywood career. Read more… | |
 | David Clothier '88 Posted: 08.18.09David has worked in the financial world as a manager for Coopers & Lybrand, a “Big Six” accounting firm, and currently works as Treasurer/Controller for Pilot Travel Centers. David also enjoys coaching soccer and spending time with his family in Knoxville, Tennessee. Read more... | |
 | Beth Eppinger Wilkins '03 Posted: 07.28.09Now a Naval officer's wife and stay-at-home mom, Beth's experiences since graduating from Bryan have included working at the Global Health Affairs Office and Boeing Corporation, earning a master's degree, counseling at-risk children, and traveling through Malaysia with Global Mosaic International training pastors in basic counseling. Read more... | |
 | Michelle Edwards '01 Posted: 07.28.09As a Campus Crusade for Christ staff member at North Carolina State University, Michelle is living out of her gifts and passions to make an eternal difference. Read more... | |
 | Aaron Groen '04 Posted: 07.21.09Aaron has traveled many miles in the five years since he graduated from Bryan. He and his wife Alyssa left Capitol Hill to go on a six-month road trip from Vancouver to the Florida Keys. Today he works in Washington, DC, as communications director for U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx. Read more... | |
 | Ashley Siskey '00 Posted: 07.28.09Since graduating in 2000, Ashely has used her communications degree in a wide variety of settings. She was Macy's events operations coordinator for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York; a senior meeting planner in Nashville, TN; and a senior meeting planner for the Marine Corps Museum dedication in Washington, DC. Read more... |