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Tandaleya Wilder (1985)
She Got Game Creator/Host

Tandaleya Wilder is an award-winning public radio correspondent and the News
Director at WSHU Public Radio in Fairfield, Connecticut. She's also a
contributing correspondent for National Public Radio and Public Radio
International.

Wilder majored in Radio-TV-Film at Temple University and graduated with a
BA in Communications.

An avid sports fan and athlete Tandaleya played for Temple's women's varsity tennis team and considers herself a certified tennis "hacker." She did a short stint as the women's tennis coach at West Chester University in Pennsylvania before she realized her heart and true skills were in radio journalism.

A few years ago Tandaleya combined her two loves -radio journalism and
sports and began producing national feature reports for NPR from the U.S.
Open Tennis Championships, Wimbledon and other major tennis venues.

In 1998 she created She Got Game, a women's sports Internet show. Two years
later She Got Game became the nation's first women's sports radio show.

In 2003 the show which airs on WSHU Public Radio in Fairfield,Connecticut, received the distinguished Gracie award from American Women in Radio and Television. The website address is
http://www.shegotgame.com"

Russell Heitz, CLA 74, an author living in Sarasota, Fl., has written a new suspense novel titled Crosshairs, a Yellowback Mystery published by James A. Rock & Co. He is a member of the Florida Writers Association, Mystery Writers of America and the American Crime Writers League, and was named featured author for September by the League.

Cheryl Mullin, CLA '91, of Mullin Law, PC, was named a 2009 Best Lawyer in Dallas in the July 2009 issue of D Magazine. Mullin has led the firm to increased growth year-over-year since its inception in 2003 and has been recognized by the publication several years in a row for her work in franchise and development. Mullin has focused on helping clients structure and implement franchise, licensing and distribution programs, joint ventures and supplier relations. She also supports her clients through litigation and intellectual property disputes.

Marcia B. Philpot-Murphy, SSA 83, SSA 84, has joined the Board of Educating Communities for Parenting, a Philadelphia-based private, non-profit organization that provides pre-parenting and parenting education. She is the retired director of the Parenting Collaborative of the Division of Community-Based Prevention Services, part of Philadelphias Department of Human Services.

Justin P. Brooks, SBM '86, professor in the California Western School of Law,was named one of �California's Top 100 Attorneys� in a September edition of the Los Angeles Daily Journal. This honor marks the third consecutive year in which Brooks has received this recognition. One of four San Diego attorneys to be honored with this award, he also is one of three criminal defense and appeals lawyers in the state to make the list. Brooks directs the California Innocence Project at California Western School of Law, teaches criminal law and criminal procedure, and directs the school's LLM program in trial advocacy. His work with the California Innocence Project has led to the exoneration of eight inmates. This year, Brooks and the Innocence Project celebrate 10 years of working to free the wrongfully incarcerated.

Yvonne Lamar (1995) writes, "
By TERESA YOUNG
Plainview Daily Herald

Dr. Yvonne LaMar received a pleasant surprise recently, but shes not sure who to thank for the honor.

Dr. LaMar, assistant professor of education at Wayland Baptist University, received an invitation to participate in the prestigious Oxford Round Tables in Oxford, England. The week-long gathering will be held in the summer of 2005.

The honor comes after a nomination and screening process, but Dr. LaMar said she isnt sure who nominated her for participation. The honor was a welcomed surprise.

"It is very early in my career, and I wouldnt expect this to happen until years down the road," Dr. LaMar said. "This also means theres a chance for some of my work to be more international, not just in publications, but in meeting with people who could make that possible."

A member of the Wayland faculty since the fall of 2003, Dr. LaMar will be participating in a Round Table dealing with child psychology, specifically on the psychological influences on todays children. She has researched and written extensively on the subject of moral development of children, covering the decision-making process and how individuals determine right and wrong, and the difference between moral judgment and moral action.

Dr. LaMar said the Round Table features a series of discussions about the topic at hand among a gathering of those interested in it, peppered with presentations from the constituents. The group also participates in formal banquets and luncheons and has a chance to tour the Oxford area. She feels the event will be beneficial to her career.

"Im hoping to get connected to other people who write about the topic and maintain some professional ties," she said, noting that it was a field with seemingly little interest.

Dr. LaMar holds a bachelors degree from Temple University, a masters degree in education from the University of Pennsylvania, and a masters and doctorate in educational psychology from Cornell University.

The Oxford Round Table began in August 1989 to consider major issues in educational policy in the U.S., Britain and other nations. Composed initially of ministers of education and governors, the Round Table now meets to discuss issues in 12 different fields, inviting university professors, business leaders and organizational leaders to participate in a collegial, "think tank" atmosphere.

Dr. Yvonne LaMar, assistant professor of education at Wayland Baptist University, has written a book dealing with moral reasoning, specifically among women.

Titled "God Provides the Sacrifice: Women Discuss Making Their Hardest Decisions," the book features the stories of 11 African American women and how they dealt with the toughest decisions of life.

"In graduate school, I did research on several theories and interviewed women about the topics," LaMar explained. "One set of theories dealt with moral reasoning - how people determine right from wrong - so I asked them to pick one decision and had them elaborate on it."

Dr. LaMar said her subjects shared only their race as a common thread and were diverse in personality, profession and life experiences, and she felt the group was a good mix, saying "theres someone in there that everyone can identify with."

She explained that the women were not versed ahead on what she would be asking them about, just the general scope of the project. When the interviews began, she started by asking the women what was the hardest decision they ever had to make. The results, she said, were honest and genuine, many involving sacred memories and heart-tugging emotions.

"Some of the things were very hard to talk about, some almost nightmarish," she said. "But these women were all much stronger because of what they went through."

"I wanted to take the academic work Id done and make it more practical for people," she said, adding she hopes the book will help other women who are also facing tough decisions. "Even if people dont have this exact pattern, they do have one and need to recognize it."

Dr. LaMar said the title of her book follows a prevailing theme from her interviews with the women as well.

"Whatever it was these women went though, there seemed to be a continuous theme that they were going to lose something, either money, or face or someone," she explained. "But they all came to a point of realizing that in the decision-making process, you often have to let something go - thats the sacrifice. And they realized that God provided that sacrifice, and even gave it to them for that purpose."

She holds a bachelors degree from Temple University, a masters degree in education from the University of Pennsylvania, and a masters and doctorate in educational psychology from Cornell University. Dr. LaMar has been on the faculty at Wayland since the fall of 2003.

"Scott E. Diamond, Esquire (LL.M. Trial Advocacy-1995) has been nanmed by his peers as the best Automobile Lawyer in South Jersey. The story appears in the August issue of South Jersey Magazine."

Delivered conference session on resuts of NASFAA Research Committee survey on use of alternative loans at schools (July 2007); Primary author of NASFAA Monograph 19, "Completing the Common Data Set: A Guide for Financial Aid Professionals" (May 2006)