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Michael W. Menefee, MSA '95, of Arlington, Texas, received a Morgan Keegan 2009 Top Advisor Award for increasing client assets and doubling revenue between 2007 and 2009. He is a vice president in Morgan Keegan's Private Client Group and specializes in individual wealth management and retirement planning. He also was recognized by Texas Monthly magazine as a 2009 Five Star Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Manager. Jill Ouellette, MA '96, received a Faculty Excellence Award from Northwood University, Midland, Mich., where she is an associate professor. Aaron Klein Haight, '97, earned her doctorate in educational leadership from Eastern Michigan University in April 2010. Kristy S. LeVasseur, '98, was named director of communications for the Midland Area Chamber of Commerce, Midland, Mich. 2000s Steve Latour, '04, was elected president of the Fraternity Communications Association, which represents all of the U.S. fraternity and sorority communication professionals and magazine editors. He works as director of chapter development for Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity Inc. Lily M. Elsaidi, '06, earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Rita Sitto, '07, joined Stratacomm, a strategic communications fi rm based in Troy, Mich., as an account executive. Send us your news We want to include your news in Centralight. Write to us about recent job promotions, awards, marriages, births and other noteworthy accomplishments or changes. Be sure to include your graduation year and contact information. Send your information: E-mail: alumni@cmich.edu Fax: 989-774-1098 Mail: Centralight, University Communications, West Hall, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI 48859. Author gets advice from students Retired teacher and author Anna Unkovich, '70 MA '82, got valuable advice and marketing proposals from CMU sales students last spring. Marketing and hospitality services administration students in professor Mike Garver's sales class take on a large marketing project every spring semester. In 2010 they joined with Unkovich, who sought advice on how to best advertise her book, "Chicken Soup for the Soul in the Classroom," a collection of lesson plans and activities for teachers based on personal stories. Garver's undergraduate students met with Unkovich, who traveled from her home in California, at the beginning of the spring semester and tailored the semester- long project to her needs. Students presented their marketing suggestions and advertising research in May. Unkovich says she's grateful for the recommendations Garver's class gave her. "It's great to come back to the place that helped me start my career and get advice on how to navigate my new one," she says. "CMU is a special place. It always has been." • Alumni News Alumni take the stage CMU Summer Theatre alumni returned to campus June 26 to deliver a special fundraising performance of "Almost, Maine," a collection of nine witty, whimsical vignettes of love and loss. Seventeen alumni participated in the performance, which benefi tted the CMU Summer Theatre program. Shown here, Larry Joe Campbell (center), '92, comedian and actor who gained fame through the long running sitcom "According to Jim," hams it up during rehearsal with Dean Lemont, '91, an actor, writer and director based in Los Angeles. • ¡Que bueno! Susan Knight, '65, received the Teacher of the Year Award for the university level presented by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, and she accepted the award in Guadalajara, Mexico, in July. She is chairwoman of the Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department at CMU. • centralight fall '10 37 PHOTO BY PEGGY BRISBANE

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