CLASS NOTES Author recognized for fiction work Kerri Lukasavitz ’12 has received several recognitions for her writing this year. She won the Lakefly Writers Flash Fiction genre and is currently a finalist in the WOW! (Women On Writing) Summer Flash Fiction contest. She was also a semifinalist in the Bethlehem Writers Short Story Award competition. She was offered a contract from HenchelHAUS Publishing (a small, traditional press) to publish her novels “Gray Horse at Oak Lane Stable” (released September 1) and “Mystery Horse at Oak Lane Stable” (to be re-released in November).
1970-1979 1972 Susan Hansen was named a 2020 Lawyer of the Year for her work in family law mediation by U.S. News.
1983 Sue Richter Loesl received this year’s WAEA Outstanding Art Educator Award. She worked for over 30 years as an adaptive art specialist/art therapist in Milwaukee Public Schools and currently teaches as an adjunct instructor at Mount Mary.
1992 Carol Anderson Wiertzema started as a strategic client partner at Avesis, a Guardian Life Company, continuing her nearly 20-year career in Medicaid and Medicare benefit administration.
1984 Brenda Schweder was featured in an episode of the Jewelry Artist podcast by Interweave.
1993 Laura Schalk started as the director of interior design at JAKnetter Architects in Waukesha, Wis. She taught as an adjunct instructor at Mount Mary during the fall 2019 semester.
1986 Susan Pillar Muenter was selected as the next legislative chair for the Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance. She works as the director of human resources for the Mukwonago Area School District.
1995 Margie Wirth published a new edition of “The Carrot Monster’s Cookbook” featuring gluten-free and vegan recipes. She also created a yoga video series to help people maintain active lifestyles during this time of social distancing.
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1983 Bailey Earith created a mixed media fiber arts installation comprised of song lyrics to help her Tennessee community cope with the current pandemic.
1992 Laura Suess started as the senior labor investigator at the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry in the MinneapolisSt. Paul area.
1996 & 2005 Amy Dedow presented a workshop, “Inspiring Volunteer Leadership,” at the Association of Volunteer Managers serving Southeastern Wisconsin. She moderated a panel discussion with the founding members of Tosa Together.
1977 Eloisa Gomez wrote an essay on her poll worker experience during the April 7 election for the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County’s May-June issue. 1978 Linda Zuern Nikcevich started Bobolin Media. She spent the past year editing and publishing her husband’s first book. Linda credits “sheer determination and much of my business background, which started at Mount Mary, for getting us to this point.”
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