2010s
Jasmine Woolfork, BS ’10, Los Angeles, CA, graduated from the fashion merchandising program at Kent State. Her education abroad was in New York and her paid internship was with Dots Corporate Office in Independence, Ohio, where she was eventually hired. Upon the dissolution of Dots, she was hired as a buyer at the Cleveland Cavaliers Team Shop. She steered away from merchandising but has made a mark in the world of fashion. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Woolfork was featured on FOX8, Channel 3 News, Channel 19 and Kickin’ It with Kenny (many times).
Although she has her own personal styling company, she also styles with Wayman + Micah (Ohio natives) and has styled many A-List celebs in LA. She spent 14 days at the Venice Film Festival styling actress Jodie Turner-Smith. There is current buzz surrounding the fashions worn by Steven Capele Jr., film director for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. As he works the red carpet and press conferences, his outfits are styled by Woolfork.
See much of her work on Instagram @jasminewoolfork or at https://www.jasminewoolfork.com/.
Eric Mansfield, MA ’12, Akron, OH, enjoyed a public reading of his original drama, Trial By Fire, at the Akron-Summit County Public Library auditorium on July 6, 2023. It was the first public performance of the script, which follows a young woman of color in Ohio who is put on trial for allowing banned books to be used by her students. Actors from the Millennial Theatre Project brought the play to life. The Summit County Library system supported and programmed the event as banned books have become a growing issue of debate across the country.
In April, the playwright was featured in the Akron Beacon Journal, which recognized his prolific storytelling—he’s written eight full-length plays in the past two years. In September, Ractors, a short film based on his original stage play, Date Night, premiered at the Akron Civic Theatre. The script was optioned last spring by a Cleveland production company that cast and filmed the movie in early May at Johnny Mango’s restaurant in Cleveland.
Whittney Bowers, MA ’13, Amanda, OH, has been named director of state policy and grassroots engagement for the Ohio Farm Bureau, as of July 6, 2023. The Ohio Farm Bureau’s mission is “working together for Ohio farmers to advance agriculture and strengthen our communities.”
Bowers, a Fairfield County Farm Bureau member, returns to the Ohio Farm Bureau policy team after previously serving as director of grassroots and political outreach from 2015–2017, then as a contract employee to manage the organization’s Agriculture for Good Government Political Action Committee activities.
She and her husband and two children reside on a multi-generation family grain farm with a cattle feedlot operation.