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Class News: June 2026

June 15, 2026

By Lina Giles

A grid of Rollins alumni.

In this monthly roundup, find out what's new and noteworthy in the lives of your fellow Tars, including updates from several recent graduates in the Class of 2026.

Welcome to the June 2026 edition of Class News, our snapshot of personal achievements and professional journeys in your alumni community.

Each month we’ll share a collection of the most recent submissions, so don’t forget to keep us up to date on your latest news.

A grid of Rollins alumni.
Clockwise from top left: Carolyn Eichhorn ’99 ’04MLS; Camilo Garzón ’15; and Rachel Winter, faculty director of the Master of Arts in Strategic Communication program, Kylie Smith ’25 ’26MASC, and Donald Davison, provost at Rollins College.

Milestones

After relocating to the mountains of North Carolina, Carolyn Eichhorn ’99 ’04MLS published Murder in the Mix, the first novel in her new mystery series featuring ghostwriter Gina Morrison.

Camilo Garzón ’15 was selected for the 2026 SFFILM FilmHouse Residency, a program that provides filmmakers with a creative home in the San Francisco Bay Area to develop new cinematic works.

Kylie Smith ’25 ’26MASC was accepted into a fully funded PhD program at University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, where she will spend the next four years studying mass communication while serving as a researcher and teaching assistant.

A grid of Rollins alumni.
Clockwise from top left: Vijai Tiwari ’10, Holly Walls ’14, Cristalle Choi ’20MBA, Alison Rogers ’24 ’25MBA, Brett Carlos ’26, Adara Evans ’26, Zach McCown ’26, Isabella Miskiv ’26, and Anna Stock ’26.

Making Moves

Vijai Tiwari ’10 stepped into a new role as senior vice president, not-for-profit and government banker for West, Central, and North Florida at Truist.

Holly Walls ’14 was promoted to human resources manager at Core Truck Solutions after joining the company earlier this year as a consultant.

Cristalle Choi ’22 recently joined the alumni engagement team at Rice University after serving as director of MBA admissions for the Professional MBA program at Southern Methodist University.

Alison Rogers ’24 ’25MBA advanced to divisional marketing manager at Perry Homes, following a year as a marketing specialist with the company.

Brett Carlos ’26 accepted a position as a medical assistant/EMT in interventional pain with Surgery Partners, Inc., where he will gain experience in patient- and health-care operations.

Adara Evans ’26 joined Citi as a financial analyst, building on her previous summer internship with the firm.

Zach McCown ’26 joined GM Financial as a machine learning operations engineer.

Isabella Miskiv ’26 was offered her first full-time position as office manager at Anthros, Inc., just days after graduating from Rollins.

Anna Stock ’26 joined Onyx Capital Group in New York City, where she will serve as a trading assistant on the Energy Trading Desk.

Fellow tars hugging on Mills lawn.

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