ANGELA L. LEASURE ’04M is an advertising manager with Rent-A-Center, Inc. in Plano, Texas. SEAN R. MENZ ’04 works as a mechanical engineer at Lockheed Martin in Philadelphia. ANGELA M. PENQUITE ’04 received a Career Professional Teacher Certificate from the State of Missouri in May 2009. She teaches kindergarten at Saint Pius X. SANDRA A. RANCK ’04M was elected as second vice president for the Ohio Nurses Association for the next two years. She has served on the state bylaws committee for four years and on the local level as district president for 12 years. Ranck is a nursing faculty member at ATS Institute of Technology in Highland Heights, Ohio.
ERIN Q. SEKERAK ’04 was named interim assistant director of campus life at Clarion (Pa.) University and is in charge of the University Activities Board. CAYLA P. VEACH ’04 was named assistant coach of women’s lacrosse at Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, N.C. NICOLE M. CARROLL, D.O. ’05 graduated from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in May. She is completing a family practice residency at Clarion (Pa.) Hospital. ASHLEY L. EMMERT ’05, ’06M is an emergency medicine physician assistant at DuBois (Pa.) Regional Medical Center. jayme Jones ’05 is a teacher at Fort LeBoeuf Middle School in Waterford, Pa.
Lunchtime Lecture Series Brings Speakers to Campus The Alumni Lunchtime Lecture Series returned for the fall semester with three speakers who engaged and excited a combined audience of nearly 75 alumni and friends. The popular series is in its fourth year. David B. Barker, Ph.D., director of the sociology and organizational learning and leadership development programs, presented a lecture on stress and coping on Sept. 17, 2009. His presentation helped attendees recognize stressors in their lives and determine which of five coping strategies would best help them deal with stress in a positive manner. “Vacation with a Vision: Gannon’s Service Trip Program,” a talk given by Arlene F. Montevecchio, MTS, director of the Center for Social Concerns, was the October lecture. Montevecchio explained how the University’s service trips reflect Gannon’s mission and offer students and others an opportunity to give back. John D. Mangus ’56 presented the final lunchtime lecture on Nov. 19. He serves on the Independent Committee for the James Webb Space Telescope Standing Review Board and spoke on the topic, “The Impact of Optics on the New Cosmology and Religion.” Mangus worked for 32 years in space flight optical systems engineering at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The Alumni Lunchtime Lecture Series will continue in Fall 2010 with three lecture presentations. Have a suggestion for a future speaker or topic? Contact the Office of Alumni Services at 1-877-GU-ALUMS (1-877482-5867) or gannonalumni@gannon. edu. All lectures can also be viewed on Gannon’s YouTube page (www. gannon.edu/youtube).
Arlene F. Montevecchio, MTS
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TODD R. LAPE ’05C is principal of the Mars Area (Pa.) Centennial School. Previously, Todd was principal of Hasson Heights Elementary School in Oil City, Pa., for three years and taught fifth grade there for 10 years prior to that. LINDA (MIENTKIEWICZ) LOREI ’05M, ’07C joined Wattsburg Area Middle School as principal. CHRISTOPHER L. MOORE, D.O. ’05 received a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in May. He will be completing a family medicine residency at Clarion (Pa.) Hospital. DAVID M. SPINELLI JR. ’05 participated in Erie, Pa.’s first Mixed Martial Arts event in July 2009. He earned a unanimous decision win over his opponent. 1st LT. CARMEN R. TOSCANO ’05 returned from an overseas deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is an infantry officer with the 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard. AMY E. ANTCZAK ’06, ’07M completed the Duke University Physician Assistant Surgical Residency Program in 2008. HOLLIE K. DEAN ’06 received a master’s degree in community counseling from Edinboro University in 2008. She teaches undergraduate courses in the counseling department of Carlow University in Pittsburgh. JENNIFER L. KEIL ’06 is a registered nurse at Saint Vincent Health Center in Erie, Pa. JANEEN M. PERETIN ’06M was appointed vice principal at Baldwin High School in Pittsburgh. She has been a math teacher at the school for six years. ELLIOT S. SPAEDER ’06 was appointed manager of the fire protection division of William T. Spaeder Co. in Erie, Pa. JODIE L. STYERS ’06 received a master’s degree in pure mathematics from West Virginia University in 2008. She teaches undergraduate mathematics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. TRISH N. WADDELL ’06, ’07M is a physician assistant in the emergency department at Butler (Pa.) Memorial Hospital. JOHN W. EVANKOVICH III ’07 received a medical student research fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to pursue research between his second and third years of medical school at the University of Pittsburgh. He works in the surgery and transplantation departments.