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Sheley received two Fulbright Awards: 2004 to study genocide in Rwanda and 2008 to teach university students in Cyprus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Callie Smith, \u201820 Public Relations, is the director of community relations at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado, Ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordyn Rowland, \u201819 Public Relations, is a writer\u2019s PA for \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u201d on ABC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth Shaylor Fields, \u201816 and \u201819 public relations and advertising, is the community engagement director for Refuge for Women in Lexington, Ky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Jung, \u201807 journalism, is the director of marketing and community relations for Jennie Stuart Hospital in Hopkinsville. 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