Alumni Highlights

November 2026 – Alex Lemley ’10

Alex Lemley ’10 is the November Alumni Highlight and one of our 2026 Finest Under Forty class members!

This month’s Alumni Highlight features Alex Lemley ’10, a proud West Virginia native and Shepherd University alumna whose experiences at Shepherd helped launch a career in media, communications, and partnerships. As a student, Alex Lemley immersed herself in campus life, serving on the Executive Board of Alpha Sigma Tau, working as Sports Editor and Managing Editor of The Picket, hosting a radio show on WSHC, and participating in the Appalachian Education Leadership Fellowship. She credits Shepherd’s close-knit community, supportive alumni network, and opportunities to step outside her comfort zone with helping her build the confidence, connections, and skills that continue to shape her career.

Today, Alex Lemley serves as Director of Partnerships at U.S. News & World Report, following previous roles with The Washington Post, USA TODAY, and POLITICO. Throughout her career, she has remained passionate about journalism and storytelling while building relationships that support the work of media organizations. Beyond her professional work, she has written for regional and national publications and dedicated her time to mentoring young professional women. She also continues to give back through organizations including Girl Scouts and stays connected to Shepherd by sharing her experiences with students and recent graduates.

Looking back, Alex Lemley says one of the most important lessons she has learned is to remain open to opportunities, even when they do not fit neatly into the plan. Her advice to students and young alumni reflects the approach that has guided her own journey: raise your hand, step outside your comfort zone, and trust that your path may lead somewhere even better than you imagined. As she shared during the interview, “It is not going to go according to plan, it’s going to be better.”

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:

Katie Swayne: Hi everybody, it’s Katie Swayne, Director of Alumni Affairs. We are here for another Alumni Highlight. Today I have with me Alex Lemley, who is one of our newest Finest Under 40 recipients, and then also Randy Friend, the Alumni Association Board of Directors president. So Randy, I’ll let you go ahead and take it away for Alex’s interview.

Randy Friend: Yeah, so, Katie, thanks, and everybody, welcome back for another, I’m certain, exciting conversation, which I’m super pumped about, just based on the conversations and the few moments that I’ve had with Alex since last Thursday. So literally, this is a Monday morning, got to chat with Alex during our ceremony on Thursday, again, with her wonderful daughters on Saturday at the parade. So we’re super pumped to have her join us for this month’s Highlight, really dig into her past, and really, most importantly, from what I can tell, where she’s at currently, and really the entire journey to get her there. Not to steal Alex’s thunder. Alex, would you love to do just a quick introduction about yourself, and then we’ll get into, as you’ll see, the non-hard-hitting questions, because I am by no means any type of journalist. So, that being said, we’ll let you kick off here with an introduction.

Alex Lemley: Yeah, well, thank you so much, guys, for having me. I’m just really honored to be here, and you guys are such a wonderful team, so, just been looking forward to this. So, as Randy mentioned, I am Alex Lemley. I am a Shepherd Alum of 2010, and I was a mass comms major, a minor in print journalism, which no longer exists, so I think that ages me a little bit. But I say all that to say it set me up for my career today. I’ve now worked for four national newspapers or media outlets, and yeah, I just, you know, I would not be here today if not for my time at Shepherd. And so, as I was saying earlier before we started this conversation, I’m just looking forward to promoting what Shepherd can do for their students and their alumni.

Randy Friend: Awesome. Well, Alex, thank you. And, really to get started, right, I got to chat with you a little bit last Thursday, and realizing that you were from Huntington, right, which… is a bit of a hike from Shepherdstown, right? I would love to know just how… how did you find Shepherd? How did you end up there? Like, walk me through that process, because it’s a little unusual from… from that part of the state.

Alex Lemley: For sure. My parents joked that they said, you know, go in-state and we’ll support you, and I picked… I was like, what’s the farthest school in state? But in actuality, it was a very happenstance situation. I was looking at, big sports schools. I was looking at, you know, closer to Huntington, so University of Kentucky, Ohio State, all those things, and so I had a high school counselor, Mrs. Short, and she said, hey, there’s this scholarship available, it’s specific to Shepherd, and actually Concord University were the only two. And I actually had not heard of Shepherd being from Huntington. And so I went to go look at it. I was so charmed by Shepherdstown, I then realized how small the classes were, and I realized that, Ohio State’s undergrad was larger than the entire population of Huntington, and I was like, maybe I should consider.

Randy Friend: Oh, wow.

Alex Lemley: Small classroom atmospheres, and I just… I fell in love with the tour, and so I, I got the scholarship, and I went to Shepherd. Changed my life.

Randy Friend: That is awesome.

Alex Lemley: Yeah.

Randy Friend: So, you know, going through that process, right? So, like, you leave home, you’re headed up the wonderful six and a half, seven-hour drive, whatever it is from Huntington, right? All the way to Shepherdstown. what was that like? Was that, like, for you, a first time of really being far away from home? Or, you know, what was that kind of a transition? Because, you know, as I’ve told my own kids who are going on that exploration, like, even though you just say, hey, I’m from, in your case, Huntington, I’m going to this school that’s 6, 7 hours away, you really, in kind of some sense, kind of move there, right? So there’s a portion of that where you’re really kind of leaving home. What was that transition like for you?

Alex Lemley: You know, again, I have to thank my parents, they wouldn’t let me bring a car freshman year, because they were afraid I’d get homesick, and I’d drive home. And so, but it, it forced me, I was like, well, I’m here on the weekends, I, you know, no one’s driving to Huntington from Shepherd, so I’m not picking up, you know, a ride with anyone. So it forced me to just throw myself into the community. You know. I volunteered for an elementary school reading group at the bookstore on German Street. I joined a sorority, I started writing for The Picket, which, you know, I was writing on the sports section, so I had to stay in town on the weekends to report on the sporting events. So it just, it really forced me in a really wonderful way that I needed at 18, that push, to just immerse myself and fill my time with everything going on in the community at Shepherd.

Randy Friend: That’s awesome. Right? Because I agree 100%, right? If you’re really going to dive in, you gotta go both feet in, no matter how uncomfortable that change can be like for you, and really for anybody. through that process, right? Yeah. So let’s talk about that for a second, right? So you get here, you’re doing that transition, you’re doing the sports writing for The Picket, part of Alpha Sigma Tau AST. So, for you, you know, as I look over this, you hosted the radio show, you were doing sports editing, you were part of sorority, you were volunteering, like. How did you manage all that, and the degree part at the same time. What was that like, just from a balance standpoint for you as a student?

Alex Lemley: It was, you know, looking back, I don’t know how I did it, because I’m like, wow, I had energy. But I will say there’s two parts. The scholarship that I was awarded was a fellowship. It was the… it’s still standing, it’s the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation Fellowship. We, called it ALEFF. And, so I had really great mentors there. We had monthly meetings as a, as a fellowship, that really helped with, time management, you know, getting yourself ready for a profession, no matter what it may be. And then also, sophomore year, I joined AST, And I’ll never forget, my first meeting as a new member, the president of the sorority held up a planner, and she was like, get yourself a planner. You’re gonna live by this. And my friends after that used to joke, I mean, like, my roommate one year hid my planner, because I became so dependent on a physical… on a physical planner.

Randy Friend: As somebody who lives and dies by a calendar, I’m like, that is not funny.

Alex Lemley: Yeah, well, now I’m fully digital, so no one can steal it, but… but yeah, between the fellowship and that mentorship I had there, and then the sorority also, because they were so, hard on us in a good way that, like, hey, if you don’t get your grades, we kick you out. And, so that… those two things really taught me responsibility and time management, and I also had a really nice network on campus to help me stay on top of that.

Randy Friend: That’s awesome.

Alex Lemley: Yeah.

Randy Friend: Very, very cool. So, I love hearing that. So, let’s talk a little bit about the radio show. So, what was your radio show? What was the foundation? Because when I was a student at Shepherd, I had a couple friends that did radio shows. Obviously, an extreme…

Alex Lemley: Mmhmm.

Randy Friend: A collective of different personalities and different types of radio shows would love, love to hear about yours.

Alex Lemley: God, it was so embarrassing. I was not meant to be a DJ, I’ll tell you that. I did it for just one semester, too, but I, I forgot what it was. We had to take a radio production class. For the mass comms, or maybe it was the print journalism major, one of the two, we had to take the class, and I… I remember there was some incentive, like, if you signed up to host a show, because you had to host it and produce it, you did both at the same time, it wasn’t just…

Randy Friend: Wow.

Alex Lemley: So I learned how to do the nodules and all that stuff. But so there was some incentive, I think, like, you got, like. an automatic A on a project, or something, and… but again, it pushed me out of my comfort zone, because I was like, I’m want an A, and I wouldn’t have signed up for it otherwise. And so, while I was awkward with the on-the-mic stuff. I loved learning the production side. I geeked out so hard on that, and I loved the opportunity. It was incredibly unique. And like you said, it’s a lot of personalities, but the comms school, and especially, you know, the production team when you’re, like, down in the basement of Knutti and stuff, it’s just like a… it’s just a little community. Like, comms kids are a very… it’s a very loving cult.

Randy Friend: Yes, yes. No, I… look, 100% agree, right? So, as somebody that worked at the university and would go down there to have discussions and things, it really was, like, you literally went to the basement and you were like, oh, I’m in a different world.

Alex Lemley: Yeah, yeah.

Randy Friend: They have their own thing going on down there.

Alex Lemley: It was… it was a cool time.

Randy Friend: Very, very cool, right? Because I think it was probably a lot of camaraderie about being in a basement. Probably had a lot to do with that, right? Okay, so you do the radio show, you’re doing that, the sports editor, managing editor of The Picket, I really want to know, okay, so, like, you do all these things, you finish this mass comm degree. what was that transition like for you? Like, how did you make that connection into, really, your career, right? Because, I mean, you really, from kind of looking at it, and I’ll let you speak to these different areas, but really kind of made that transition of, now I’ve gone as far as I can in the state of West Virginia, from Huntington to Shepherdstown.

Alex Lemley: Yeah, yeah.

Randy Friend: To make that next reach, right? I took you into DC working for, like, The Washington Post and stuff like that. Like, how did you get to that point?

Alex Lemley: Yeah. Well, again, back to Shepherd, mass comms, we were required to do an internship. And so, I tell people all the time, like, the alumni network here is so supportive. And just, like, you may have never met, but they’re like, oh, you went to Shepherd? Like, I’m gonna help you out. Like, this is our first time meeting, but, like, what do you need? So when I was an undergrad, in AST, I was actually the alumni liaison for a semester or whatever, and this alumni reached out and said, I work at USA Today, I’m looking for interns, who’s interested, and I was like. Me, actually. And so that gave me the bug for a more national… media outlet, and also working in DC. But I will say, and I say this to my nieces right now who are in undergrad, it doesn’t happen instantly. I didn’t get the job at Politico or USA Today as soon as I graduated. I actually.I graduated right after the 2008 recession, that was 2010, so things were still a little, shaky, and I just took any job I was offered. You’re not always gonna get your dream job, so I… for, like, 6 months, I wrote government contracts. I didn’t know what I was doing. And then actually came back to Shepherdstown and worked at Platinum PR for Sandy Sponaugle (Dubay), who’s, you know, a really great alumni and supporter of the university. And then worked in marketing at MetLife, like, for 6 other months. Like, I was just, like, whatever opportunity was given to me, I took it. I didn’t necessarily love it, and then… I got my first offer for a media outlet, at Politico, and then I was like, okay, now I’m here, I’m on my way. And that was a year and a half before… a year and a half of my post-grad, was taking those odd jobs and just…And whatever I could. And so then, and so then, yeah, I got my job at Politico, and that kind of continued, my career.

Randy Friend: So, so walk us through that, right? So your Politico, what was… what’s all that experience like? Because, like, the idea of… I’ll call the other side of delivery, right? Whether it’s paper, or internet, or whatever.

Alex Lemley: Yeah.

Randy Friend: Nobody ever thinks about the people who are behind the camera or behind the notepad asking the question, right? So, what is that experience like for just anybody, and obviously specifically for you as well?

Alex Lemley: Yeah. Well, I have to also clarify that it is confusing, because I… I know you guys know this, but for anyone listening, my degree was in print journalism. I did do free… freelance writing, but I ended up going into, pardon me, the business side of.

Randy Friend: Okay.

Alex Lemley: News. So, at Politico, I was, doing marketing for them, but it was amazing, because I… I really did… my passion was behind journalism, and, you know, free speech, and the Fourth Estate, and so I was just so excited to still be supporting that mission, while maybe not necessarily writing. And it’s… amazing. It, you know, I’m not gonna go into what it is, but it has changed my political ideation completely, because I just saw such an unbiased… perspective, and people who, like, the writers who so deeply believe something, they would still poke holes in it, ask questions, constantly challenge you know, the status quo, and it’s just… it was such an exciting time. Politico, especially when I joined, I think it was less than 200 employees. It was still considered a startup, and so because of that, and again, just taking any opportunity that’s thrown at you, I’m on the marketing team, but the events team was a team of four. And so, whenever they had an event, they looked for volunteers, so I always raised my hand. And because of that, I ended up like, escorting John McCain up an elevator one time for one of our events. I met Marco… I met Marco Rubio, I met, Mike O’Malley… was it Mike O’Malley was the governor of Maryland? Yep. Yeah, like, it just, you know, and it’s because I was… I was doing stuff outside of my job. I just signed And, it was an amazing experience, and I still do that to this day. I’m just like, you need a volunteer?

Randy Friend: Right.

Alex Lemley: I want to be exposed to it, let’s do it.

Randy Friend: Yeah, I think there’s a lot to be said, right? So for anybody who’s kind of watching, I think… Because we will get to this kind of later in our discussion, but… the ability for people to just say, just raise your hand, right? Like, get outside of your comfort zone, try something that may not be what you’re doing, because you never know where that will lead you, right? Totally. You know, I think Katie probably knows this, everybody that we’ve interviewed over… gosh, Katie, we’ve been doing this since, like, February of this year, right? So, like, each month, we’ve kind of explored this new thing, and just… I think that’s a continuous theme for people who are just like, I wanted… I just took this one random opportunity, or I volunteered to do this, and kind of where that leads us, right? So, you know, now you’re kind of at this point where you’re doing marketing and things like that. What… what’s going on now? Like, where are you at now? What are you doing? How are those things working? You know, fill us in on all that.

Alex Lemley: Yeah, absolutely. So I’m currently at U. S. News & World Report, which is not, breaking news journalism or investigative, like, you know, the Washington Post or, say, a Politico. We… it’s actually amazing, you know, right now, because I’m having all these conversations about Shepherd, but it’s, focused on, on data-based journalism around education, hospital systems, things like that, and so I’m the director of partnerships, and what that means is I work with brands who want to work with U. S. News. I marry those two organizations and say, what can we do? Is it… can we co-host an event together? Can we, you know, partner together on, you know, the rankings, so that, you know. they can be sponsors of the rankings, things like that. So I help facilitate those things, or we work on white papers, but I pretty much build those relationships, and, you know, make sure that the journalism is still being supported, because we need those partnerships to then pay for… I shouldn’t say pay, but to support the journalism.

Randy Friend: Yeah, I mean, they gotta do it. I mean, eventually that money gets funneled somewhere.

Alex Lemley: We got journalists we gotta hire, you know?

Randy Friend: Well, especially nowadays, man, it’s so… it’s so hard and difficult. So, you know, one question I do, before we… we’re going to kind of transition into kind of your personal life and hobbies and things like that, because I see some things on there that I think are super, super cool, that I want to ask you about. But, you know, given kind of your background. What has it been like for you, being in the journalism world, right, in different roles? Since 2010 to now, what a wild transition Like… I don’t think there was a moment where people were like, you know what? Print’s really gonna be dead, and in a lot of ways, I guess, you know, just… is that what you’re seeing from kind of your purview of the world? Like, what are… I would just love to know your thoughts on that.

Alex Lemley: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, no, it’s been a time, going from the recession, to, you know, Obama’s first elected, to, you know, the Hillary-Trump, election, to now, it’s… it’s been a time. But I’m still so, so glad and passionate to be supporting it and be a part of it. It really is my… my life’s purpose. I will say that… Print has obviously gone down drastically, but there is a… and I think we’re seeing a lot of it, they’re calling it analog media, right? There is a real demand for it again. I actually… I wish I had it close to me. I have a house phone for my kids to call their grandparents. I feel there is, like, an air of nostalgia now, because we are all so inundated with the digital. My husband and I actually… we were at Betty’s yesterday. And he wanted to buy a physical paper and read it while he was drinking his coffee. So, it’s not the foundation of businesses, media businesses anymore, but there’s definitely still a need for it. So I think there’s just been a shift of, like, how do we… You know. how do we hold expectations, but also continue to progress? So I think that right now, audio and events are huge for media outlets. People want to see real-time conversations, and obviously podcasts, things of that nature. But I think there’s still a soft spot for a hard copy of the newspaper.

Randy Friend: I agree.

Alex Lemley: When I was at the Post, I mean, I was there for 6, 7 years. I still, you know, the day my daughter was born, made sure my coworker saved me a copy of her birthdate so I could frame it later. Like, things like that, it’s still, you know, really, it’s ingrained in our culture.

Randy Friend: I think so, I think… I would agree, and I think that there’s… there’s a… it almost becomes its own event. Yes. Like, when you think about it, like, if I get a coffee, or I go… like, the Betty’s story, I think, is a perfect example, right? I go to Betty’s, I sit down, I read a paper, I have my coffee. And I think that when you have this idea of, like, let’s go back in time, there’s really an intimacy of that type of moment that people are missing out on, being so inundated with, like, the digital. Like, everything’s coming at you so fast that sometimes you just want to slow it down. Take a beat, and enjoy, and kind of really digest what’s happening, because there is so much… information, and you could use that term loosely, out there nowadays around that, right? No, I love hearing that. One thing I want to love to get into is, what is… this stuck out to me, and I have no idea what it is. What is Sweet Lemon Media?

Alex Lemley: Oh, Sweet Lemon. So that was a passion project of mine for about 6 years.

Randy Friend: Okay.

Alex Lemley: And so I, again, just me raising my hand and working with my husband, like, you are tired, stop sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong, like, you need a break.

Randy Friend: I hear that. I have a partner that says those things. I’m with you, I get it.

Alex Lemley: But I, right after graduation, you know, I was freelance writing, and I was just looking for any opportunity to still, you know, get that writing bug going, and I followed a couple of, I guess the term still exists, bloggers, like, on Twitter and things that I liked, and one of them was starting this online magazine geared towards millennial women, so in 2010, you know, we were… we were the Gen Z of 2010. And, you know, how we’re transitioning into the workforce, and, you know, the economy and everything, and I just started, talking to her over Twitter, and we became online besties, and so we launched this online magazine for 6 years, ended up having a writing staff… I became an editor of it, we ended up having a writing staff of 75, women, and we covered everything from, the Wendy Davis filibuster in Texas, which was… we stayed up all night, it just was very exciting, and, to, you know, what… what are we wearing to work now? You know, like, as a… things like that. So, it was a passion project, it was not paid, but we ended up interviewing some really amazing people. There’s a… some of my highlights were we interviewed, Pencils for Promise, which is a huge nonprofit that helps, with school supplies in third world countries. We also did The Little Market, which, is run by a millennial superstar known as Lauren Conrad. Which helps give women, jobs, and again, less supported countries to, you know, support their families and making textiles and things like that. So, it just… it came out of nowhere, and it was a really great time, and it was just… it was a passion project, and it allowed me to connect with other writers who now work for MSNBC, or MS Now. Yeah, I had to think about that. Or, I have friends now who are at CBS. Like, it was all just, like, 24-year-old women who wanted to write and found each other on the internet and built this publication.

Randy Friend: That, to me, is so amazing, because, again, you think about something that’s just so organic, right? Yeah. And there’s just a beauty in that support system, and… you know, again, not very familiar with the journalism world, right? But being somebody who does work in the business world, and how kind of male-dominated or male-facing I can be, and to see such a support system for not only women, but women who are breaking into the workforce to do something that would be… and getting that support, and yet also making a global impact, right? Like, there’s just such a beauty about those types of moments, and to know that it wasn’t something that was necessarily forced, it was very organic in its growth is amazing. So, kudos to you for being a part of that. That’s awesome.

Alex Lemley: Yeah. Really fun time.

Randy Friend: Yeah, and because I’m such a lover of cookies, tell me about the support for Girl Scouts.

Alex Lemley: Yeah, so that just started this year, actually. I was a former Girl Scout, and had the most amazing time, doing that. I now live in Washington, D.C. My children are city slickers to the umpteenth degree. And so my oldest daughter just started elementary school, and I was like, I gotta get you on a horse, I gotta get you camping, like, you… you need to get tough. And also, I did. I just had such a wonderful experience in Girl Scouts. So, I signed my daughter up, and with that came, you know, volunteer opportunities, and so I have started volunteering for the Girl Scouts, and it’s just a very full-circle moment, because it was such a… a cornerstone of my youth, that I’m very excited to see, my daughter a part of it and to support those, and I hope my… volunteering keeps her in the organization longer. I actually was at Maria’s on Saturday, and I saw, like, 3 Girl Scouts walk in, and I was like, oh, hi, Girl Scouts! And, like, they were like, who are you, old lady? But it’s just… there’s just, like, this, like. soft, it just… it makes me happy, so…

Randy Friend: Yeah, no, it’s super cool. And again, you know, just getting to meet your older daughter, obviously both of them, but your older daughter this weekend, one of the things that I just kind of observed was, like, how… confident she is in relaxing, like, different environments, and like, you know, again, I don’t know if Girl Scouts had anything to help her branch out into that, but I really admire just the way that she was navigating an area that I’m assuming she probably has never really been part of homecoming.

Alex Lemley: Yeah.

Randy Friend: In the parade and doing all these things, and was just like, oh, I’m gonna get a photo with the dance team? She’s off, right? Yeah. She’s enjoying that moment, which I think is awesome, so…

Alex Lemley: For sure, Girl Scouts does that for young girls.

Randy Friend: Awesome.

Alex Lemley: Confidence and independence is huge.

Randy Friend: Yes, yeah, and it’s so… That support is always needed and should never be shied away from.

Alex Lemley: Yeah.

Randy Friend: So, I, you know, we love taking up your time, I always try to, because Katie knows I’ll do these for 2 hours, like, I, you know, so I always gotta do… Right? So one thing we always ask when we start to wrap things up is, if you were to go back to yourself back in, you know, 08, 09, or, you know, I guess it would have been, like, 2006, thinking about going off to colleges, or even being in college at Shepherd. What advice would you look back and go, gosh, I wish I had told myself, or I wish I had the opportunity to go say this to myself?

Alex Lemley: Yeah.

Randy Friend: What would… what would be that kind of advice you would have given yourself back then, that you know now?

Alex Lemley: Yeah, I am such a Type A, person, where I need a path, I need to color by numbers, I need goals and timelines, and I definitely put that pressure on myself in college. I, you know, I thought my minor’s in print journalism, so I need to be a journalist. I need to work for a newspaper as soon as I graduate. I just… I had, like I said, a color-by-numbers vision. And I would tell 2006 Alex’s freshman year, like, the jobs you are going to have, one, don’t exist in 2006, and you have no idea about them. And that’s wonderful. You know, I’ve been at organizations where I’ve pitched my roles. Like, I’ve been in a certain role, but I’ve seen a hole in the organization, and I say, hey, I think we need this, and then I become that. So I think I would just tell myself, don’t follow a timeline, don’t follow, you know, an ideal that you have, because you will find your passion. It will still… it’s funny how, like, your passion still finds you wherever you end up, right? I knew I wanted to support media and journalism, and, like, while I’m not a writer, I am in the newsrooms that I dreamed of when I was in high school, you know? So I would just tell myself, like, it… It is not going to go according to plan, it’s going to be better. And so to…

Randy Friend: Oh, I love that.

Alex Lemley: Just to let go of the plan, because if you don’t let go, you’re not gonna have those chances to, you know, raise your hand for random opportunities and be exposed to people that will help you with your next step. So, maybe be less Type A is the way to be.

Randy Friend: Well, I can assure you, there’s two people also on this call who probably could use that advice. Appreciate that, right? You know, that’s okay. We have a meeting, there’s a planner, you know, we all show up on time, that’s the way we work. Yeah. Alex, thank you. It has been absolutely wonderful to get to just meet you even last Thursday and get to know you over the weekend. Thank you for being such a representative of the university in all that you’re doing, and I love the fact that when we met, you were like, these are two future Rams, referring to your daughters, which I’m always a big proponent of, right?

Alex Lemley: Weekend, they have the bug. They were so upset to come home.

Randy Friend: Oh, I love that!

Alex Lemley: This morning, getting ready for school, they both took their stuffed rams to school with them, I’m not kidding, I’m not kidding.

Randy Friend: Oh, no, I believe you!

Alex Lemley: My youngest has named her Ram Kitty, so I don’t think she understands that it’s not a ram.

Randy Friend: It’s alright.

Alex Lemley: But they, they, have… we’ve obviously been to Huntington, and we go to Canaan a lot, but they hadn’t spent a ton of time in Shepherdstown, and they, they got the bug. They felt the magic, so, we just are so grateful to the community and for you guys, and yeah, it was a great, great weekend for us.

Randy Friend: Yes, so thank you so much. And of course, those who are watching, right, obviously, if you know of somebody that we should highlight here for one of those months, please feel free to reach out to myself, to Katie, to the university overall. We’d love to send those stories. And Alex, as always, thank you so much for the time.

Alex Lemley: Thank you, Randy. Thank you, Katie.

Katie Swayne: Thank you so much, we’ll see you soon.

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