Andrew Krabill, Goshen, teaches geography and world history at Elkhart (Ind.) Central High School. Meryl Roth, Palmer Lake, Colo, began working with the North Carolina Outward Bound School in May 2011, working with at-risk students on canoe and backpack expeditions in Florida and North Carolina.
2008 NOTES
Sheena Allen Whetstone and Jeremy Whetstone, Warsaw, Ind., celebrated the birth of Zalen Jeremiah on June 15, 2012. He joins Zekara, 2, and Zerahiah, 1.
Erin M. Boers and Joseph Penner, Salem, Ore., were married Aug. 4, 2012. Erin is a mentor for social workers at Head Start.
2010
Paul Shetler Fast, Pittsburgh, Pa., is a program manager at VA Butler Healthcare.
William A. Velez (faculty ’06-present) and Kari Hunnicutt Velez ’07, Goshen, celebrated the birth of Oliver Adriel on June 17, 2012. He joins Aurora, 2.
Brad Graber and Brenna Steury Graber, Sarasota, Fla., accepted a three-year assignment, beginning in early 2013, with Mennonite Mission Network working with youth and young adults of the Parisian Mennonite churches.
2007
Kelly Wiebe Kane and Jeremy Kane, Smithville, Ohio, celebrated the birth of Emma Joy on April 12, 2012.
NOTES Minerva (Minnie) Andriotis, Tiskilwa, Ill., is working as a human resources supervisor for Ace Hardware Corporation in its retail support center in Princeton, Ill., while working on a master’s in organizational leadership with a specialization in human resources management. Rebecca Fath Gnagey and Aaron J. Gnagey, Metamora, Ill., celebrated the birth of Josiah Adam on June 16, 2012. Laurina R. Graber and Josiah Ditzler, Goshen, were married Sept. 15, 2012. Laurina received a master of arts degree in environmental education in May 2012 from Goshen College. Christine Miller Hesed and Kyle Miller Hesed, College Park, Md., celebrated the birth of Helena Laurence on June 10, 2012. Andrea Shepherd Jacko and Scott Jacko, Muskegon, Mich., celebrated the birth of Maggie Joyce on July 16, 2012.
Peter Shenk Koontz and Kelly Shenk Koontz are serving in Afghanistan with Mennonite Central Committee. Matthew Rody and Brooke Wyssmann, St. Paul, Minn., were married in October 2011. Matthew is pursuing a master’s of teaching (9-12 physics) at Hamline University in Saint Paul, with plans to student teach in the spring of 2013. Jason Yoder, Bloomington, Ind., now working on a double doctorate at Indiana University in cognitive science and computer science, is a professional Ultimate Frisbee player for the Indianapolis AlleyCats. This was the debut season of the professional American Ultimate Disc League. Kelli L. Yoder, Harrisonburg, Va., works as assistant editor/Web editor at Mennonite World Review.
NOTES Grant T. Bachman and Kathryn M. Schlabach, Des Moines, Iowa, were married July 21, 2012. Grant is production associate in television broadcasting with Mediacom MC22, and Kathryn is a medical student at Des Moines University, Rachel Halder, Pittsburgh, Pa., started a blog, ourstoriesuntold.com, to explore the topic of sexual violence in the Mennonite Church. Allison J. Hawkins and Kyle R. Stiffney, Indianapolis, Ind., were married June 30, 2012. Allison is attending IUPUI working towards a master’s in social work. Kyle is a CPA with Crowe-Horwath. Phil Hosler is working as a SALT volunteer to restart a stalled pottery project that Tom Unzicker ’91 began in 2008 in Cambodia. At one point a mug produced in the workshop was one of the top 20 products sold by Ten Thousand Villages. Michelle F. Kaufman and Scott A. Wilkinson, Salem, Ore., were married on July 22, 2012. Michelle is a nurse at Silverton Hospital’s Family Birth Center. Madeleine S. King (M.A.) and Steven P. Grimm, Chesterton, Ind., were married Oct. 27, 2012. Kristofer J. Miller works for Flight Safety International in Wichita, Kan.
2009
Rachel A. Miller, Seattle, Wash., is a business assurance staff accountant with Moss Adams LLP.
NOTES
2011
Nicole Boyd Lehman and Justin Lehman, Goshen, celebrated the birth of Rivers Boyd on June 30, 2012.
Annerose Leichty Lederman and Joel Lederman, Goshen, celebrated the birth of Tenley Brooke on Dec. 9, 2011.
Brian Yoder Schlabach and Anna Yoder Schlabach, Goshen, celebrated the birth of twins Sophia Grace and Caleb Andrew on Aug. 3, 2012. They recently moved from Albuquerque, N.M., and Brian works as a communication specialist in the Goshen College public relations office.
Micah Loucks and Lucy Roth Loucks ’08, Detroit, Mich., returned from a three-year term with Mennonite Central Committee in Belfast, Ireland, in summer 2012. While in Ireland they worked with Field to Fork, which involved gardening and working with developmentally handicapped and homeless.
ALUMNI NEWS
Gregory Koop, Syracuse, N.Y., graduated in August 2012 with a Ph.D. in psychology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is now working as a postdoctoral researcher in the Memory Modeling Lab at Syracuse University.
NOTES Deanna Cender, of Goshen, began a one-year term of Mennonite Voluntary Service in September 2012 in Rochester, N.Y., as compliance and capability assistant with Foodlink.
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