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The College of Liberal Arts Alumnus of the Year went from being uncertain about the future of his education to being one of the top residential real estate agents in the Las Vegas Valley.
Audrey Beeson, ’04 BA Political Science, ’07 JD, is a Nevada board-certified family law specialist. She also serves as a mentor for the Nevada State Bar’s TIP (transitioning into practice) mentoring program, which provides transitional support to attorneys newly admitted to the bar who have less that five years’ experience. She is an attorney at the law offices of Frank J. Toti.
Jamie Weaver Rauch
Jamie Weaver Rauch, ’03 BA Psychology, has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 10 years and currently is employed by GlaxoSmithKline. Her hobbies include travel, decorating, spending time with family, history, and arts and crafts. She and her husband, John Rauch, ’00 BS Fitness Management, have two children, Jackson and Jenavive. The family lives in Henderson.
Nicole Gagnon Davis
Nicole Gagnon Davis, ’01 BA English, ’04 Master of Education, is director of the Learning Center at Bishop Gorman High School. Her husband, Stephen Davis, ’12 BA Public Administration, currently is enrolled in the Boyd School of Law. The couple has two children, Faith and MacGyver.
Genie Serrano
Genie Serrano, ’00 BA Psychology, ’03 JD, is the owner of Peaceful Transformations, a mediation firm specializing in divorce, child custody, and asset and debt division.
Angie Staples Abdelmonem
Angie Staples Abdelmonem, ’99 BA Anthropology, is completing her doctoral degree in anthropology at Arizona State University (ASU) with a research specialization in sexual violence, social movements, non-governmental organizations, transnational feminism, and Egypt and the Middle East. Her dissertation explores the cultural politics of grassroots activism to combat public sexual violence in Egypt. She is a faculty associate with ASU’s global technology and development program. She also is part of a British Academy-funded project exploring media, public sexual violence, and respectability. She is married and has three children. She divides her time between North Las Vegas, Arizona, and Egypt.
Sondra Cosgrove
Sondra Cosgrove, ’96 BA History, ’04 PhD History, is a professor and former Faculty Senate chair at the College of Southern Nevada. President of the League of Women Voters of the Las Vegas Valley, she also serves as first vice president of the League of Women Voters of Nevada.
Shifon Foster Berumen
Shifon Foster Berumen, ’95 BA Interdisciplinary Studies, teaches U.S. and world history at Chino High School in California. Her hobbies include hiking, kayaking, and motorcycle riding. She and her sons, Jared and James, have two dogs.
James Williams
James Williams, ’94 BS Computer Science, is a firmware engineer. Tennis and flying are among his hobbies. He lives in Reno.
Linda Gray Norcross
Linda Gray Norcross, ’94 BA Political Science, ’04 JD, recently transitioned from private practice to assistant general counsel for Aristocrat Technologies. Previously, she worked for the Las Vegas office of Howard & Howard. She was named a Mountain States “Super Lawyer” for 2015 by Super Lawyers. Also this year she was named to the “Legal Elite” and “Best Up and Coming Attorneys” lists by Nevada Business magazine.
Lynn Tynan
Lynn Tynan, ’92 BA Political Science, recently retired, but has her own jewelry business, is a professional actress locally, and does property management. She previously owned her own tour company, served as director of a women’s substance abuse center, and organized recovery events. She has sung with the UNLV Women’s Choir for more than 10 years, plays tournament badminton, and enjoys traveling to see friends and family, including her three grandchildren. She recently traveled to upstate New York for her 50th high school reunion.