KEN GRANT ’88 of Edinburg, Texas, has received a 2014 University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. He teaches at the University of Texas-Pan American. He is a medieval and church history scholar and is dedicated to the school’s religious studies minor and the study-abroad program.
JOHN S. HEERS ’88 has co-created a foundation to work in impoverished villages around the world. First Things Foundation (www.first-things.org) has its first project in Ethiopia. Funds currently are being raised for projects in Sierra Leone (razoo.com/story/First-ThingsFoundation). A video about the group can be viewed at http://youtu.be/ketqxqh3tls.
BRADLEY MDCONALD ’88 of Milbank, South Dakota, has published a new book, Boobies, Peckers and Tits: One Man’s Naked Perspective, about a year-long adventure in birding around the world. It is written under the name Olaf Danielson and is available on amazon.com. To read more, visit http://goo.gl/9H28pl.
CHUCK NAILEN ’88 of Falls Church, Virginia, has taken a consulting job as a computer trainer with the Department of State.
AMIE A. DOUGHTY ’92 of
BRIAN NORTH ’96 of Fort Drum, New York, is a
Oneonta, New York, is chair of the English Department at SUNY Oneonta.
lieutenant colonel and the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion (HHBN) of the 10th Mountain Division. The battalion comprises more than 1,000 active-duty soldiers and is in Afghanistan for a 12-month deployment. His wife, TANYA HENNES NORTH ’97, is a medical technologist with the American Red Cross at Fort Drum and the Family Readiness Group Senior Advisor for HHBN.
CHRIS WYLIE ’92 of Appleton, Wisconsin, who works for the University of Wisconsin-Barron County and is head men’s/women’s tennis coach at UW-Fox Valley, again was named Coach of the Year for both the men’s and women’s divisions. He is the only coach in Wisconsin Collegiate Conference history to win both men’s and women’s state championships in the same season twice and in consecutive seasons; and to earn Coach of the Year Honors in the same season consecutively. His wife, CATE PARNELL WYLIE ’92, is the training and operational development manager for BayCare Clinic in Green Bay.
KAROLIN OERDER VON LEOPRECHTING ’96 of Germany writes, “I married 10 years ago, have two children (Sophia, age 9, and Maximilian, age 7), and work as a secondary teacher at a ‘gymnasium’ in Bonn.”
RACHEL BERK BATA ’97 and her husband, Dan, of Saint Charles, Illinois, have a son, Alexander Brian Bata, born Sept. 18, 2014.
JOE KRONCKE ’97 and ERICA SMITH KRONCKE ’98 of Neenah, Wisconsin, share that Joe is a lieutenant
teaches first grade at Sacred Heart Catholic School.
with the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department, and Erica works in sports medicine /nonsurgical orthopedics at ThedaCare in Appleton.
BROOKE TIREMAN KONOPACKI ’94 of
MIKE MILBURN ’97 of Chicago, has been promoted to
Georgetown, Texas, is the education supervisor for the Austin Board of Realtors, with more than 11,000 members in the Austin area. She coordinates all the educational programming at the main office and satellite office.
SVP and GM Service Cloud at salesforce.com.
JENNIFER DUNN ’94 of Salisbury, North Carolina,
WADE WICKUS ’88 and his wife, Maryliana, of Houston, Texas, adopted a daughter, Almaluna, born April 21, 2014.
KAY AASEBY ’89 is the director of procurement for Wixon, a manufacturer of seasonings, flavors and technologies for the food and beverage industry, in St. Francis, Wisconsin. She has more than 20 years’ experience in purchasing across the food industry.
CAROLYN AGACINSKI CLARK ’89 of Renton, Washington, is a registered nurse on the health staff of the downtown Seattle jail.
The 1990s Connected by Ripon Last winter, one of the New York Times syndicated crossword puzzles that run in publications around the country featured the following clue: Wisconsin college or city. Of course, the answer was Ripon!
RAYMOND LARSON ’94 of Seattle, Washington, is the curator of living collections at the University of Washington Botanic Gardens in Seattle. The gardens include the 230-acre Washington Park Arboretum and the 16-acre Center for Urban Horticulture.
CYNTHIA JO PHILLIP ’95 of Neenah, Wisconsin, has returned to the United States after three years as a columnist for Gulf News in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and two years’ homeschooling her children in Abu Dhabi. She is a copywriter and is working toward a master’s of fine arts degree in fiction through the Institute of American Indian Arts.
DAN YOST ’95 of Antioch, Illinois, is a partner at Employee Benefit Consulting Group LLC.
JASON J. LEFEBER ’96 of Sun
Basil, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, welcomed twins into their family Nov. 12, 2013. They are Kalinda “Kali” Rose and Lennox “Knox” Lee.
Prairie, Wisconsin, graduated from Northwestern University’s School of Police, Staff & Command Course in November 2013. He was chosen by his peers in the class for the Franklin Kremel Leadership award. He now has returned to work as first shift patrol sergeant with the Sun Prairie Police Department.
LAURA KREOFSKY ’91 of Madison, Wisconsin, is the
CAREY MOLINSKI ’96 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is
director of client services for the Forward Health Group.
a family therapist with the Silvercrest Group Home in Neenah, Wisconsin. Silvercrest is a residential facility for boys ages 13-17 with significant barriers (i.e., behavioral needs, mental health needs, AODA issues, etc.) and is part of the larger organization of Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin.
SHELLEY ADRIANCE ’91 and her partner, Natalie
HEATHER THIEME ’91 of York, Pennsylvania, is with Memorial Surgical Specialists, specializing in surgical oncology.
ELLEN ONSRUD ’97 of Madison, Wisconsin, has been named a Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Fellow for 2014. The $1,000 awards are made to 100 teachers, their schools and 187 graduating high school students. Onsrud teaches at Lake Mills High School in Lake Mills. Fellowship recipients are chosen for their superior ability to inspire a love of learning in their students, their ability to motivate others, and for their leadership and service within and outside the classroom.
KRISTIN DODDS ’98 and her partner, Tony Meucci, of Greendale, Wisconsin, have a daughter, Liberty Ann Dodds Meucci, born July 10, 2014.
DAVE HENRY ’98 and his wife, Lisa, of Tampa, Florida, have a son, David Leigh Henry, born Nov. 26, 2013. David is the director for undergraduate admission for the University of South Florida.
LORI WARD KANAREK ’98 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the payroll/accounts payable coordinator at the Milwaukee-based GRAEF.
RHONDA NICHOLSON ’98 of Gahanna, Ohio, married Jason Conner, April 18, 2014.
RORY NELSON ’99 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a producer at 6ABC.
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