Alumni Stories

Alec Greven, ’21
Free Expression
The right(s) stuff
Alec Greven, ’21, is a University of Chicago Law School student working on First Amendment issues as he pursues a career protecting individuals’ constitutional rights.
Maia Hallward, ’98
International Relations
Peace and conflict
Maia Hallward, '98, is a professor and researcher specializing in civil society groups working for social and political change in the Middle East.
An illustration showing a silhouette of a woman at a laptop. Binary code comes out of the screen towards her, and lightbulbs in various sizes, representing ideas, hover around her in the code.
Expert
It’s time to get AI-savvy

Benjamin Leigh, R’91 and L’96, shares advice about artificial intelligence with Spiders in businesses and professions of all kinds.

Kelly Corrigan, W’89, gives a TED Talk.
Lives Of Purpose
Brave enough to love

“Bravery is the great guts to move closer to the wound,” Kelly Corrigan, W'89, said in her recent TED Talk about the bravery required in family life.

Heather Shields, ’07
Show Business
Flip the script
Heather Shields, '07, is a Tony-nominated Broadway producer and general manager reimagining how show business operates.
Dailyhuman founders, Kim Back, ’97, and Josh Roenitz, ’97, with samples of their app interface and logo
Mindset Elevation
Upgrade your self-talk
Kim Bach, ’97, and Josh Roenitz, ’97, are on a mission to elevate mindsets, together co-founding a software company called Dailyhuman.
A photo of the Teams room
Philanthropy
A team effort
Alex Perdikis, ’97, rallied alumni to fund the now-renovated Spider team meeting room, which they dedicated to former football coach Jim Reid.
Travis Crocker, R'90
Mentorship
No (more) trouble
The neighborhood Boy Scout leader caught 12-year-old Travis Crocker, R'90, throwing rocks through the windows of an abandoned house — then changed his life.
Dusty Dean, ’09
Go-Kart Racing
Exhilaration, bliss, euphoria
Dusty Dean, '09, recently won the World Karting Association race in Daytona, the largest-attended racing event of the year. "I’ve grown to treasure the discipline that it takes."
Elspeth Collard, ’23
Community Action
Global lessons
Elspeth Collard, ’23, brings international service work experience home from Kenya as a fellow of the Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps.
University of Richmond organ
Back Then
The 50-year encore
Michael Simpson, R’74 played the chapel's organ at his commencement — and then again at the 2024 commencement, 50 years later to the day.