Rear Adm. Hal Pittman retires from a 29-year-military career this winter, having spent the past year as the senior ranking public affairs officer in the U.S. military in Afghanistan.

Looking for a way to use her creativity and incorporate more biotechnology into her teachings at Polk County High School, Jennifer Allsbrook ’92 is taking a biological mystery and turning it into a hands-on teaching experience called the Magnolia Detectives Project.