Emilie Kestner Fully Licensed as Family Therapist

Fieg cousin Emilie Kestner, 27, recently was granted full licensure as a marriage and family therapist in Texas.

The process to be granted these credentials involved 3,000 client therapy hours and 200 hours of consultation with a trained supervisor in the field, as well as a Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy.

Emilie received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Tex. and her master's degree at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Tex.

Always interested in a deeper knowledge of human nature, Emilie is fascinated by how our communication shapes our reality.  

Emilie is the daughter of Judy Fieg Kestner and Joe Kestner of Corpus Christi, Tex., and the granddaughter of Jean Davie Fieg of Greensboro, N.C. and the late V.P. Fieg, and the late Ernest and Caldonia Null Kestner of Virginia.

Congrats and best of luck in the coming years!

Fieg Cousin Graduates Summa Cum Laude

Colette Corkery of West Oneonta, N.Y. has graduated summa cum laude from the State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College at Delhi with an Associate Degree in Culinary Arts. 

Colette, 19, daughter of Sarah Fieg Corkery and Kevin Corkery, has enrolled at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, a Catholic school, where she is seeking a degree in business management.  She will matriculate in the fall.

Colette has been cooking since even before adolescence, and has posted instructional videos on the Internet.  She has not yet decided what to do with her degree, but the culinary arts and business background will help her to hit the ground running when that time comes.

"Her cookies are a big hit in the family at holidays or any time," said proud grandfather, Greg Fieg.  Colette's grandmother is Jacqueline Powell McAdams.  Her great-grandparents are the late Frank and Marina Fieg and the late Mabel and James Powell.

In March 2020, Colette was initiated into the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society.

She is currently employed in the kitchen at Bella Michael's Restaurant, 57 River St. in Oneonta where she prepares Italian cuisine.