The Rev. Ned Morris ’88 became the new rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Salem, Va. He served as the priest in charge for one year before his appointment. Morris earned a degree in religion and philosophy at Roanoke and spent eight years as an assistant to then-Chaplain Paul Henrickson. He also holds a Master of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University and an M.Div. from the General Theological Seminary in New York. He has served several other Episcopal churches in the south.
Brian Chenault '90 stands in front of a Dutch police car parked in front of the king's palace in Amsterdam.
Brian Chenault ’90 recently began a new job as an instructor at the Amsterdam campus of the Dutch National Police Academy. He will be teaching Dutch law, police procedure, psychological intervention and other topics to recruits in a rigorous two-year academy program.
As he familiarized himself with the material he would teach, Chenault even joined a class of recruits in some of their lessons. That has included visiting the morgue, observing the 911 dispatch center in action, doing police ride-alongs, and even getting pepper-sprayed in the face as part of a stress-training simulation.
Chenault has lived in The Netherlands since 1995 and was previously a teacher of epistemology, global politics, history and English at several Dutch high schools. He has also taught postgraduate teacher-training courses at Utrecht University. Chenault holds a B.A. in international relations from Roanoke and an M.S. in educational studies from Radford University.
Char Bell ’18 (pictured at left) was named director of marketing for Warm Hearth Village, a retirement community in Blacksburg, Va. She has previously worked in marketing and social media management for several companies, including Front Range Systems. She earned a degree in communication studies at Roanoke.
Carlos Domacasse ’24 (pictured at right) joined The Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore, where he will lead the Diller Teen Fellows Program. Domacasse earned a degree in political science with a minor in communication studies at Roanoke. He participated in Pi Kappa Phi and served as president of the student body.