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Christina Brown, 01 BA Biology, has been named an

American Medical Association Foundation minority scholar.

She received the award, which is only given to 10 students

nationwide and includes a $10,000 scholarship, in recognition

of her excellence as a medical student at the University ofNorth Dakota. She is a student delegate to the American

Academy of Family Physicians. She won the Toiyabe IndianHealth Service Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2003

and a Minority Graduate Exposition Award for a cell biology

poster presentation in 2001. She has been active in the Native

American Student Association.

Zachary B. Coughlin, 01 JD, has joined the Reno office of

Hale Lane as an associate practicing primarily in commercial

and civil litigation. He has represented clients in the areas of

construction defect, real property, commercial disputes,medical malpractice, and intellectual property. While in law

school, he was a member of the Nevada Law Journal and

made the deans list from 1999 through 2000. He received the

highest grade awarded in contracts, business organizations,and communications law.

Christopher H. Colee, 02 BA Political Science, graduatedfrom law school in May and passed the bar exam in July. He

works as a deputy district attorney for Alabamas Fifteenth

Judicial Circuit. He lives in Montgomery.

Chad T. Orrock, 02 BS Business Administration, is assistant

vice president of U.S. Banks commercial banking division. He

lives in Anacortes, Wash.

David J. Sesma, 02 BA Criminal Justice, graduated from

the FBI Academy in 2004 and is an FBI special agent based

in Sacramento, Calif. Previously, he worked at the U.S.

Department of Energy in Las Vegas. He lives in Fairfield.

Jill L. Hineman, 04 BA Criminal Justice, re-enlisted in the

U.S. Army Reserve in June and is working in the military

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police field. She previously spent 12 years in the military and

also spent 12 years working in the transportation department

of the Clark County School District. She describes receiving

her UNLV degree at age 40 as the highlight of her life. Her

hobbies include spoiling her three dogs, playing golf, attending

Diamondback games in Phoenix, and being the biggestPittsburgh Steelers fan in Las Vegas.

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