• JW Bass
• 24 years old
• Born and raised in Edenton, NC
• Married to Allison, who is from salt Lake City, UT
• Have a one-an-a-half year old named Emmalee and are expecting another girl this August
• Enjoy construction, sports, and traveling

I am very excited about starting my new adventure with everyone. I am a twenty something year old and holding, not married (legally) and the only children I have are my cats and my dog.  I am employed at Carilion as a laboratory technologist. I enjoy spending time with family and friends, riding my Harley and spending money.  I cannot wait to finally get started.  I spent the majority of the summer traveling. Looking forward to getting to know everyone and learning more than I can even imagine in two years.

Hey there PA class of 2004!! I am so happy to be brought  on board the CHS train to success! I am looking forward to meeting all of you and spending the next two years with you.

I am 27 years old and have been working toward getting into the CHS PA program for the past 8 yrs. I have been going to school part time and working full time since 1994. I recently received my A.S. degree this past spring! I have been working in the medical field for the past 10 yrs. I was a Combat Medic/ Medical Specialist in the Army National Guard for over 3 years and worked as a Dialysis Tech since 1994. I have been around the medical field all my life, since my mother is a nurse. I also have been called a medical "freek" by my fiancé Tony. I watch and read anything pertaining to the medical field. It has been my dream to help patients and improve patient care since I was in high school.

I am looking forward to moving to Roanoke from Northern VA. I have always loved the city of Roanoke and know I am going to enjoy my time I spend there. I look forward to meeting all of you in the coming weeks and spending the next two years working and learning beside all of you!

I am originally from Appomattox, VA, where my parents still reside. I retired from the US. Navy in 1995 after spending 23 years as a hospital corpsman serving on various ships and being stationed with the US. Marine Corps.. I became interested in pursuing a second career in medicine. As I traveled the world seeing how those from other nations lived and worked, I learned an important concept about people. They are generally the same everywhere and if you treat people well, they will treat you well.

I have 3 grown children and 3 granddaughters who live in Appomattox and Brookneal, Va. I live in a cabin by a creek at the foot of the mountains with my wife, Maryann. She teaches learning disabled children at Goodview Elementary in the Bedford County school system. Our pets, Precious (the inside cat), Siamese (the outside cat), and Angel (the blue parakeet) keep us entertained along with the myriad of local wildlife along the creek.

In 1995 I returned to school, graduating in 2000 from Central Virginia Community College. I am looking forward to meeting and working with each of you. 

Greetings to the class of 2004.

My name is Melissa Cline. I am nineteen years old. I grew up in Belmont, NC, a small town near Charlotte. For the past two years, I attended East Carolina University in their pre-PA Program. Go Pirates! Although I will be leaving many good friends and the sweetest boyfriend you can imagine, I am very excited about attending the College of Health Sciences. GG (my cat) and I cannot wait to move to Roanoke and meet everyone. I enjoy spending time with family and friends, exercising, animals, movies, dancing and being involved in church and community activities. Since my sophomore year in high school, it has been my dream to become a physician assistant. I cannot believe my dream is finally coming true.

NOTE: Jez was called up when the US invaded Iraq and will be rejoining the Program in January 2004 if all goes well.

I was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1970. I grew up in Chesterfield County, VA, and graduated from high school in 1989. I worked as an ironworker for several years before joining the Navy in 1994. I served five years as a Navy Hospital corpsman. The majority of that five years was spent with the Marines. I decided that I wanted to be a Physician Assistant while in the military. I began taking college courses to fulfill the prerequisites for PA school while in the Navy. I finished my enlistment in 1999.

Since that time, I have been working as an LPN and going to school. I am married and have one daughter. My wife's name is Monica, and my daughter's name is Emma. I met Monica while we were both in the Navy. My daughter will be nine months old when school begins. I am very excited and, I must admit, nervous about PA school. It has been a dream of mine for so long that I can hardly believe I am actually about to start this program.