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30 Connor Boe, '15 Connor graduated from CMU and went on to The University of Colorado Law School, finishing last spring. After graduation, he was offered a position as a prosecutor for the state attorney's office in Naples, Florida. Connor moved to Florida to take the bar exam and start his life as a lawyer. After he spends about a year in the misdemeanor division he will head into the economic crimes unit. He said that his education and experiences at CMU made him the person he is today. He recognizes the faculty, staff and leadership at CMU that prepared him so well. Connor said, "If the CMU Athletic Department hired him as a graduate assistant and he earned his MBA. During that time, he also helped the baseball team as an assistant coach. The excitement continued into the summer when he married his wife, Jamie, in June. Nate recently became the campus director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Student Life interim coordinator of special events. As a former student athlete, he is very excited to provide ways for them to get involved and share in fellowship. you would have told me seven years ago that I would have made it through law school and be working to make my community a safer place through the practice of the law, I would have laughed and told you it was impossible." He is grateful for the caring and intelligent people at CMU who helped him get to where he is today. Nate Robertson, '16 After playing minor league baseball for the Hillsboro Hops of the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, Nate returned to CMU to complete his undergraduate degree. Shortly after, NEW ROLE BRINGS ALUM BACK TO CMU David Ludlam, '02 By Heather Portenier David Ludlam, Colorado Mesa University's new director of public relations, has come full circle. After he graduated from CMU with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2002, he started a clean technology firm called Phase Change Energy Solutions, which is still going strong. He then served as executive director of the West Slope Colorado Oil and Gas Association for eight years before joining the CMU marketing and communications team in August. Stepping into the new role, Ludlam hopes to communicate, "the fundamental importance of higher education as it relates to the health of democracy and a civil society," he explained. "While esoteric, there are ways to communicate these things even in our day-to- day communications with ourselves, community and students." Although his new role is keeping him on his toes while he learns the ropes, Ludlam still finds time to serve on several boards and committees in the community, including the Club 20 Executive Board, Grand Junction Chamber and Board of Father to the Fatherless International. Ludlam is a third generation native of Grand Junction. To unwind, Ludlam enjoys spending time on his small farm of pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, a turkey and two guinea pigs. The family is looking forward to a humanitarian trip to Uganda next year, where they'll work on a farm and school at an orphanage in a village outside Kampala. "I believe in aligning thoughts, words and deeds in daily living in a way that can lead to a meaningful and joy-filled life." • Ludlam said he is excited for the opportunity to be a part of CMU's growth. "The direction and growth and out-of- the-box approach to challenges and opportunities is one of the things that attracted me to the position," he said. It was at CMU that Ludlam met his wife, Laura, when she showed up for a creative writing class she wasn't enrolled in. Luckily, the professor let her in. They were both intramural volleyball champions, four years straight, and now have two children.