BCHS Alumni News Blog
Dr. John Turner, ’00, earns degree
John C. Turner, BCHS Class of 2000, successfully defended his dissertation towards the Urban Education Studies PhD Program at the Indiana University School of Education at IUPUI. His dissertation was titled “ Black Identity Development on a First Year Affinity Course for African American Males as a Two-Year Community College”. John, while a student at BCHS, was a 1998 CLD Alumni, a part of the 1998 BCHS Football State Championship Team and 2000 All-Star State Marching Band. John received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Indiana State University. He is a 3-Time TRIO Program Ronald E. McNair Scholar. Congratulations Dr. Turner!
Mary (Wagner) Fuhs, ’02, receives NIH research grant
Congratulations to Mary (Wagner) Fuhs, BCHS Class of 2002, who recently received $439,000 from the National Institutes of Health to study early math skill development. Mary is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Dayton. The project builds on pilot research that provided evidence that the early ability to pay attention to numbers and not be distracted by size, color or shape predicts math achievement in preschoolers.
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Alison Graham, ’13, is named Secular Society Investigative Fellow at Roanoke Times
Congratulations to Alison Graham, BCHS Class of 2013, who was recently named the inaugural Secular Society Investigative Fellow at Roanoke Times. With this fellowship, Alison will be able to continue her investigative reporting on topics concerning social services issues in the state of Virginia.
Jackie Carnaghi, ’15, is 500 Festival Princess
Jackie Carnaghi, BCHS Class of 2015, was recently named a 2020 500 Festival Princess.
“I felt this was a great opportunity to get involved and give back to the city I love so much on a higher profile stage,” she said.
The 2015 Bishop Chatard High School graduate, who played basketball, volleyball and tennis at Bishop Chatard, graduated from Butler with a degree in anthropology and a minor in creative writing. Jackie is scheduled to graduate from IUPUI in May 2021 with a master’s degree in applied medical anthropology.
Congratulations Jackie!
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