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TV Classroom From the June 1952 Injun newsletter our University entered the uncharted waters of educational-credit television programming on April 28—among the first six universities in the nation to launch such a program. It was the middle of March when Dr. Bail and KMTV’s manager conceived the Midwest’s first TV Classroom. A few days after the initial program more than 100 viewers had registered for the course, a William Utley gives “The Washington Scene.” humanities offering called “Six Views of Life.” The 15minute lectures five mornings a week are aimed primarily at housewives. The University has accepted a 52-week commitment to provide college-level educational fare for the 130,000 television homes in the viewing area. Certificates of Completion will be issued to viewers who use the weekly quiz and scoring services.
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1997 Aimee Arnold, BSBA. See Anthony Arnold, 1994. Benjamin W. Thompson, BS, writes: “I graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2000 and then clerked for Judge Wright on the Nebraska Supreme Court. I recently co-founded the law firm of Johnson, Thompson & Williams LLP and office out of Omaha.” Send him e-mail at bwthomps@hotmail.com Marc C. Butterfield, BSBA, is manager-portfolio development for First National Bank of Omaha. Send him e-mail at marcbutterfield@yahoo.com Julie A. Grinnell, BS, recently completed a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf while assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit based in Camp Pendleton, Calif. A 1st Lt., Grinnell was one of more than 10,000 Pacific Fleet sailors and Marines aboard two ships. Grinnell’s unit is an expeditionary intervention force with the ability to rapidly organize for combat operations in virtually any environment. Melissa Stricherz, MPA, is the director of finance services for the local
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Boy Scout council in Omaha. She oversees all fund-raising activities, including grant writing, annual giving, endowment and capital endeavors. Send her e-mail at mstricherz@mac-bsa.org 1998 Tugba Kalafatoglu, BA, has graduated from Georgetown University with a master’s degree and is returning to her home country, Turkey. There she will become involved in politics. She is planning to run for office in the next Turkish parliamentary election. While in the United States Kalafatoglu wrote the election program 2002 for the Democratic party and became the youngest advisor to the president. Send her e-mail at gstugba@yahoo.com Kate Sobetski Bratetic, BSBA, is employee development manager for First National Bank of Omaha. Send her e-mail at kbratetic@fnni.com Janice D. Blake, BGS, sends this email: “I am currently working at the Air Force Historical Research Agency while I pursue my master’s degree at Auburn University Montgomery. After graduation I hope to work in either the State Department or the Department of Defense.” Send Janice,
who lives in Prattville, Ariz., e-mail at dblake1126@knology.net Cori L. Polito Botts, BS, is a manager for Willis & Willis, Ltd. She lives in Tabor, Iowa, and takes e-mail at cbotts@willis-willis.com Stephen B. Cacioppo, BS, is a GIS specialist for Lower Platte North NRD. He eanred an MA from UNO in 2002. Cacippo lives in Omaha and takes e-mail at cacioppo@cox.net Rick Burns, BSBA, is director of client support for First Data Resources. Send him e-mail at Rick.Burns@FirstDataCorp.com Paul C. Birney, MBA, lives in Spring, Texas, and is business planning manager for Hewlett Packard. Send him e-mail at paul.birney@hp.com Steven A. Meier, BSBA, lives in Brighton, Colo., and is a consultant for RDS Enterprises. Mike H. Antonucci, BSCJ, lives in Las Vegas and is a parole and probation officer for the State of Nevada Division of Parole and Probation. Send him e-mail at mandn@lvcm.com
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1999 Lyle M. Jones, BGS, writes in an email that he’s “Happy to be living back in Omaha even though I work out of Denver and Chicago. Before graduating I left school to start my career as an airline pilot with Great Lakes Airlines. I finished my degree via distance learning with the aviation department of the college of Public Administration. Currently, I am an instructor pilot and check airman for Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation/United Express.” Send Jones e-mail at lmj190@aol.com Carol Roenfeld, BSBA, is a human resources employment coordinator for MCH Health System. She lives in Omaha. Send her e-mail at croenfeld@mchhs.org Carol Napolitano Andrews, MA, is president of CWJ Consulting, Inc. and lives in Omaha. 2000 Caron A. Westland, BS, notes that, “While attending the Council for Exceptional Children conference, I was recruited to teach middle school in metro-Denver. So, I packed my bags and moved. While I thoroughly enjoy working with hormonally charged teenagers, I prefer coaching preservice K-12 teachers. Currently, I am a full-time professor at the University of Colorado at Denver teaching in the teacher education program.” Send Westland e-mail at cwestland@hotmail.com Steven E. Erb, MPA, is an aviation analyst for the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Inspector. He takes e-mail at Steven.E.Erb@oig.dot.gov Crystalle M. Cotton, BMIS, sends this e-mail: “I am a past member of IEEE and a current member of IEEE Computer Society. I was appointed as a biographical candidate for inclusion in the International Executive Guild's registry, 2001-2002 edition. I am also a current member of the Society of Women Engineers. I have received a Certificate of Achievement for 50 or more hours of continuing education credit from the American Business Women’s Association and my accomplishment was announced at their 2002 National Convention. Send her e-mail at Cmc695@aol.com 2001 Jerry J. Evans, BGS, is group leader for Kansas Memorial Union. E-mail him at jjevans@sunflower.com Angela T. Luebe Tomasek, MS, is principal at Omaha’s St. Joan of Arc Grade School. E-mail her at btomasek@cox.net
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