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Who are our alumni?

Graduates from California, Clarion and Edinboro are hard-working innovators. Creators. Leaders. They enrich their communities and exemplify what we鈥檝e always known about our universities 鈥 they prepare students for fulfilling lives after graduation, lives of service to their families, their communities and the broader world.

We are proud to introduce you to the alumni who make us 水多多导航 Proud.

California

  • Shujuane Martin 鈥01, 鈥03

    Shujuane Martin 鈥01, 鈥03

    Named Chief Operating Officer in 2019, Marin serves as the leader of the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette, Inc. Martin, who earned her degrees in business administration, manages a $23 million budget for the organization, which operates over 24 programs and has more than 300 employees.
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  • Melanie Boyer 鈥12

    Melanie Boyer 鈥12

    Melanie Boyer 鈥12 is executive director of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Boyer has been a member of the Allegheny Regional Asset District Advisory Board, the Port Authority Stakeholder Advisory Group, the UPMC Community Health Partnership, CCAC Community Equity & Diversity Council, President's Advisory Board of the Pittsburgh Technical College and more.
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  • Jon Brierton 鈥94

    Jon Brierton 鈥94

    U.S. Army Col. Jon Brierton 鈥94 is the commander of U.S. Army Support Activity at Fort Dix and deputy commander of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The Joint Base, with more than 40,000 acres in New Jersey, is a merger of A.S.A. Fort Dix, the U.S. Air Force鈥檚 McGuire Air Force Base and the U.S. Navy鈥檚 Naval Support Activity Lakehurst. As deputy commander, Brierton directs the Army鈥檚 role as the services work together to meet the needs of the nation.
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Clarion

  • Nick Brucker 鈥09

    Nick Brucker 鈥09

    Already the CEO and founder of Sparq Designs in Pittsburgh and Nashville, Nick Brucker 鈥09 and a friend developed the idea of combining electrostatic sanitization and drones in order to sanitize large areas, such as stadiums, in a short amount of time. Aeras has sprayed for the Pittsburgh Penguins鈥 games at PPG Paints Arena, and for ASM Global.
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  • La-Aja Hernandez 鈥06

    La-Aja Hernandez 鈥06

    Clarion University alum La-Aja Wiggins Hernandez 鈥06 won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing on the Price is Right in 2020.
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  • Brian Roberts 鈥91

    Brian Roberts 鈥91

    When Clarion English professor Dr. Brian Roberts 鈥91 decided to pay tribute to his heritage and how he became who he is, he did it in the way that he knows best 鈥 the written word. More specifically, Roberts, who worked to revive the Black Studies minor in 2019, embarked on a project to pen a trilogy of plays that told the stories of his grandfather, uncle and father and their experiences as Black men in America.
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Edinboro

  • Kyle Hurysz 鈥21

    Kyle Hurysz 鈥21

    Born with cerebral palsy, a condition that has limited his range of motion through abnormally tightened muscle structures, Kyle Hurysz (鈥21) overcame his physical obstacles to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in economics, a Bachelor of Arts in political science with a focus in legal studies and minors in mathematics, applied mathematics and data analytics. He also served as vice president of the Student Government Association, later serving on Edinboro鈥檚 Council of Trustees.
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  • Halle Lienhart 鈥20

    Halle Lienhart 鈥20

    1st Lieutenant Halle Lienhart 鈥20, who commissioned as an active-duty engineer officer with Edinboro University鈥檚 ROTC program, became the 91st woman in U.S. history to graduate from Army Ranger training. Additionally, she is the first female Ranger to graduate from the 37th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division.
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  • Jalil Sadool 鈥04

    Jalil Sadool 鈥04

    From his home in Mauritius 鈥 a tiny island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa 鈥 Jalil Sadool 鈥04 graduated with a degree in applied media arts 鈥 animation and co-founded Steamroller Studios. He also served as animator for blockbuster films such as 鈥淎vatar,鈥 鈥淗ow to Train Your Dragon 2鈥 and 鈥淩ise of the Planet of the Apes.鈥
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