FOREVER A LOPER Kenneth Larson of Berthoud, Colorado, manages all warehousing, inventory management and transportation for Canyon Bakehouse in Johnstown.
an athletic trainer and research coordinator with Heartland Orthopedic Specialists and has been elected as a member of the editorial board for the international, peerreviewed publication Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery.
1991 Jane (Jensen) Christensen MAE ’94 of Minden retired after 30 years at UNK, as an undergraduate, graduate/graduate assistant, senior lecturer in English, and associate director of the UNK Honors Program. Karen (Dewitt) Griffith ’91 of Spearfish, South Dakota, works for Black Hills Counseling Services but is now semiretired. Timm Wilson of Kansas City, Missouri, is employed with Rockhill Orthopaedic Specialists in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.
1992 Laura (Drake) Jay of Omaha was promoted to software research analyst at Applied Underwriters. Angela Salas MAE of Madison, Wisconsin, is the vice president of academic affairs for Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin.
1993 Julie (Schipporeit) Smith MS ’16 of Kearney is the assistant director of Thompson Scholars at UNK.
Angela Mercer of Kearney is an enrollment evaluator in the office of the university registrar at UNK.
Kate (Snyder) Heelan MAE faculty award recognizes an outstanding teacher-scholar for their achievements in education, research and service. The award also honors UNK alumnus Leland Holdt and commemorates his many years of leadership at Security Mutual Life. Mark Kjar of Kearney is the president/ general manager of Chief Agri.
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Amy (Helzer) Nebesniak of Kearney is associate director for the honors program at UNK.
1998
Keri (Eberhardt) Pearson of Kearney is the assistant director of institutional research at UNK.
Josh Erickson of Kearney is the Hastings College head men’s wrestling coach.
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Amber (Schmeits-Brown) Lewis of Wimberley, Texas, is city administrator at City of Rollingwood.
Christine Knezevic of Lone Tree, Colorado, is a senior investment analyst for University of Nebraska Foundation.
Angie (Vanlengen) Mohr of North Platte is an accounting associate for UNL's Greater Nebraska Business Center in North Platte.
Kate (Snyder) Heelan MAE of Kearney is a professor and assistant chair at UNK in the department of kinesiology and sport sciences, as well as coordinator of the exercise science program and director of the physical activity and wellness lab. She was honored with the Leland Holdt/ Security Mutual Life Distinguished Faculty Award. Presented each year during winter commencement, UNK’s most prestigious
Molly Brost, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of English at the College of Saint Mary in Omaha.
Brad Maul of Mount Juliet, Tennessee, is the president and CEO at the East Tennessee Economic Development Agency.
Kevin Classen of Niwot, Colorado, is the president of FirstBank.
Dawn Bartlett MAE ’99 of Watertown, New York, is an associate professor of communication studies and first-year experience faculty coordinator at State University of New York-Jefferson in Watertown, New York.
2001
Kristin (Miller) Gottula of Kearney is the manager of strategic partnerships with Wildix.
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Alex Straatmann of Kearney is a legal advisor for the United States Space Command.
Stephanie King-Witt, MSE ’05 of Cairo is now director of marketing for Central Nebraska Rehabilitation Services, the parent company for 16 physical therapy clinics throughout the tri-cities and Lincoln. She also owns Stephanie Lynn Wedding Photography, providing wedding and engagement photography in central Nebraska since 2004.
1999 Jessica (Wilson) Galles of Omaha graduated with her MSN in nursing education. Stefani (Rowe) Wegner of Kearney is a health sciences advisor at UNK.
2000 Rich Hardy MAE of Chokio, Minnesota, is
Rakesh Srivastava MSE ’06 of Hastings is the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2020 Nebraska Small Business Person of the Year.
2003 Riley Ross of Hilliard, Ohio, is a sports science performance coach at Ohio State University.
2004 Robin Burton MAE ’09 of Oakland works for Oakland-Craig Public Schools and coaches football and basketball. Lance Kosch of Norfolk is the head boys golf coach at Norfolk High School. Lance has coached the girls golf program for the past eight seasons and will continue leading them as well. His teams have qualified for state three times.
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