Editor-in-Chief
Ryan Underwood, BA’96
Executive Editor
Seth Robertson
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Michelle McMillen, Michael Swyers
Associate Editor
Bonnie Arant Ertelt, BS’81
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Donna B. Smith, Jennifer Goode Stevens
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Maisie Wilson, Phillip B. Tucker
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Associate Vice Chancellor, University Relations
Melanie Moran
Contributors
Gary Bates, Michael Blanding, Aaron Conley, Evan Curran, Carla Diaz, Carlina Duan, Ben Giles, Kim Green, Graham Hays, Elizabeth Cook Jenkins, Lily Kane, Morgan Kroll, Mitch Light, Ann Marie Deer Owens, John Pitcher, Jan Read, Kathryn Royster, Kristin Whittlesey, Amy Wolf
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