Ryan Brennan, Truman State ’95, was named vice president for the Office of Investment Policy at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. The agency works with American businesses to facilitate private investment in emerging markets to create new jobs and promote economic development in places where access to capital is limited.

Sports journalist Mitch Goldich, Lehigh ’09, joined reporters Dan Hicks, Arizona ’84, and Kenny Albert, NYU ’90, in covering the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang. Hicks, a 2017 SigEp Citation recipient, covered Alpine skiing and marked his 11th NBC Olympic broadcast with the event. Albert covered his sixth Olympic Games, his fifth as a hockey…

Longtime volunteer Lamar Roach, Lamar ’60, was one of millions impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Among the items he lost to the storm was his Order of the Golden Heart medallion. Roach received the award in 2001 and has become close friends with fellow recipients like John Tyler, Texas-Austin ’63. After learning about Roach’s loss, Tyler…

Longtime SigEp donor and volunteer Jay Hurt, Davidson ’88, committed $5 million to his alma mater to fund innovation and entrepreneurship efforts at the school. His gift will establish The Hurt Hub@Davidson, a 23,000-square-foot facility that will host local entrepreneurs and innovative companies as well as students and faculty. The gift also supports ongoing programs,…

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Dominick, San Diego ’04, was selected to join NASA’s 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He was one of 12 candidates chosen from a record-breaking 18,300 applicants and began a two-year training program in August 2017. Following training, he will be assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office while awaiting a flight…

Drew Feustel, Purdue ’89, arrived at the International Space Station on March 23, 2018, two days after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Feustel’s flight crew included NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev. Feustel is now the commander of the space station and is scheduled to remain in space until October…

David Harbour, Dartmouth ’97, won a 2018 Critics Choice Award for his role as Chief Hopper in the Netflix series “Stranger Things.” In 2019, he’ll star in the superhero movie “Hellboy.” Harbour has had numerous roles on well-known series like “Law & Order” and HBO’s “The Newsroom,” as well as in films like “Quantum of…