Bob Jones University

Emmalee Kalmbach was recently named as Communications Director for the Massachusetts Republican Party.

Chris Hartwick's watercolor "Rain Upon the Mown Grass" was published in the 2014 American Art Collector, a juried art collection of original art and fine craft from across the United States.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP recently named Sarah Merkle, formerly of Greenville, as an associate with the firm's litigation practice group in Birmingham, Ala.

Ramon Nieves-Lugo, a 2008 graduate of Bob Jones University, has been named to the Board of Directors for Children's Trust of South Carolina.

Amanda Freeman was recently named as a staff attorney for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. Freeman received her BS in Administrative Management from Bob Jones University in 2005. She graduated from the Regent University School of Law in 2009 and is a member of the Virginia State Bar. While at Regent, Freeman served as managing editor of the school's Law Review and studied abroad in Strasbourg, France.

Carol Abrams, a 1989 graduate of Bob Jones University, was named 2013-2014 Teacher of the Year for Wilson County Schools.

Joy Wiser, a 2011 graduate of Bob Jones University, was one of four first-year medical students awarded a four-year, $7,500 per year tuition scholarship by the Medical School for International Health (MSIH), in recognition of her global health volunteer activities in Zambia and Kenya.

Laura Beth Kirsop was recently named as Director of Communications for Ohio Right to Life, the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee. Kirsop received her MA in Organizational Communication from Bob Jones University in 2013.

The Greenville Area Development Corporation (GADC) announced in late May the appointment of Marshall Franklin, the Chief Operations Officer at Bob Jones University, to an inaugural three-year term on the GADC Board.