ALUMNI UPDATES MOUNT JUBILEE GALA SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS PRESIDENTIAL SPONSOR Don Doyle BLUE AND GOLD SPONSOR SC Ministry Foundation TRUSTEE SPONSOR Cincinnati Financial Corporation UNIVERSITY SPONSORS AVI Foodsystems Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. Messer Construction Co. Modern Office Methods, Inc. Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati The Kroger Company U.S. Bank William & Mary (Cashman) Ivers ’71 David & Elaine (Busch) Billmire ’72 Vince & Robyn (Ruede) Caponi ’72
Alumni Impact Award Winner: Michelle Duennes, Ph.D., ’08 Michelle Duennes, Ph.D., ’08 graduated magna cum laude and with honors from Mount St. Joseph University. It was during her time at the Mount that she fell in love with science and biology. She served as a student co-op at Wood Hudson Cancer Research Laboratory and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center where she developed an interest in genetics. Classes and projects helped her decide to pursue a career in entomology and evolutionary biology. Duennes also developed a passion for travel and community outreach when she visited Egypt and the Galapagos Islands as part of her course work at the Mount and through her involvement with the Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society Xi Gamma Chapter. She pursued her master’s and doctoral degrees in entomology from the University of Illinois in UrbanaChampaign. Duennes was awarded a U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Postdoctoral Fellowship to launch the Sierra Nevada Bumble Bee Health Project. This August, she began her new position as assistant professor of biology at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa.
CAMPUS SPONSOR Bahl & Gaynor Investment Council BDHP Architecture C.T.I. Clinical Trials Services, Inc. Education at Work Netherland Rubber Company TriHealth CENTENNIAL SPONSORS 1919 Investment Counsel George and Jeane Elliott Fifth Third Bank Follett Higher Education Group Frost Brown Todd Bernadette ’67 and Norman Plair Mark and Lisa Weadick President H. James Williams, Ph.D., and Mrs. Carole C. Williams, First Lady
Smiles and songs were plentiful at the 2018 Mount Jubilee Gala. Left page (from left, clockwise): Attendees enjoy dinner at the Cincinnati Music Hall; 2018 Mount Jubilee Gala Co-Chairs Elaine (Busch) Billmire ‘72 (left) and Robyn (Ruede) Caponi ‘72; and members of the Mount community dance the night away. Right page (from top): Alumni Impact Award winners Jesse Minter ‘05, Danielle Harris Amrine ‘07, and Michelle Duenes, Ph.D., ‘08 with President Williams; Trustee Award winner Robert P. Niehaus (center) with son Jason Niehaus ‘98 and President Williams; and Ann Rasche Alumni Award winner Lawrence H. Klosterkemper ‘91 (left) and John F. Barrett, chairman, president, and CEO of Western & Southern Financial Group, winner of the Corporate Award.
PATRONS Cincinnati Coin Laundry Company George S. Elliott Carrie Hayden McGill Smith & Punshon Sara K. and David P. Osborn Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Eric and Marty Thiemann USI Insurance Company PREMIER MEDIA SPONSOR Business Courier PREMIER PRINT SPONSOR Multi-Craft PRINT SPONSOR Deerfield Digital Printing AV & STAGING SPONSOR Prestige AV & Creative Services CATERING SPONSOR Chef ’s Choice Catering VIDEO SPONSOR Big Media
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