JC Sibley and Sara Costanza Sibley
JC Sibley, '07 BS Kinesiology, and Sara Costanza Sibley, '06 BA Journalism & Media Studies, were married Sept. 24 in Los Cabos, Mexico, with their closest family and friends present. He was a member of the UNLV baseball team in 2005. She was a member of the UNLV cheerleading squad from 2002-06. They met while attending UNLV in 2005. She works for Southern Hills Hospital in the physician relations department. He is the wellness director at Tim Soder Physical Therapy. They live in Las Vegas.
John Santana
John Santana, '95 BA Communication Studies, is a reference and circulation librarian at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, New York. He will be teaching History of Rock Music during the 2017-18 academic year. He live in Albany.
Jackie Hwang
Jackie Hwang, '04 BA Communication Studies, is Jucee Liu on HOT 97.5 KVEG. Southern Nevadans can listen to her on the air from 3 to 7 p.m. She has been with the radio station since 2003. She says her 2-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter keep her busy. Photography and dance are her hobbies.
Timothy Rainey
Timothy Rainey, '04 BA Communication Studies, moved back to the West Coast last year to become program director for Entercom Communications' Top 40 station
KDND-FM "107.9 The End" and hot adult contemporary station KUDL-FM "Star 106.5". As a teenager living in Reno, he regularly listened to KDND on frequent trips to the Bay Area. Before moving to California, he spent four years as program director of CBS Radio's Top 40 station WDZH-FM "98.7 AMP Radio" in Detroit. Recently he got back into snowboarding and can be caught at Lake Tahoe riding fresh powder. He lives in Sacramento.
Dianna Ballash
Dianna Ballash, '04 BA Communication Studies, works for a local government agency in the Portland, Oregon, area supporting communications and policy initiatives. Previously, she worked for the Las Vegas Valley Water District and Southern Nevada Water Authority for nearly a decade. She wrote and produced a water-conservation themed television program and supported a variety of water-related projects. She is married to Joseph McLaughlin, '04 BS Business Administration, who works for an investment company. He previously worked for Greenspun Media and for several national financial services firms. The couple celebrates their 10-year wedding anniversary this year. They have twin sons and a daughter. The family lives in Beaverton.
Michael Frezell
Michael Frezell, '95 BA Communication Studies, was promoted to communications manager for the Michigan Department of Transportation in 2014. He supervises staff, writes press releases, and publishes a weekly legislative newsletter. He also answers media inquiries related to rail, public transit, aeronautics, and other topics. He says he loves his job because it combines his educational background with his passion for transportation. He has been married 12 years. The couple has two dogs and two parrots. He is an avid train enthusiast and president of the Lansing Model Railroad Club, which is working on moving and saving an historic, two-story railroad structure called the Michigan Avenue Tower. Once the tower is moved, the club plans to restore it and use it as a "living history" piece. The couple enjoys traveling around Michigan in their new teardrop travel trailer. They live in Lansing.