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TONY VENEZIANO ’03 of Wixom, Mich., is in
his second year working as a copywriter at J.R. Thompson Co. in Farmington Hills, Mich. Much of his work is for the auto industry. SARAH ZIEMBA DIERCKS ’04 and her husband, Dean, of Middleton, Wis., have a daughter, Charlotte Kathleen Diercks, born July 7, 2011. DIANE KEELING ’04 of Grand
Terrace, Calif., graduated with a doctorate in communication from the University of Colorado in May 2012. She is an assistant professor in rhetoric and media studies at the University of Maine. PAUL LENTZ ’04 of Sahuarita, Ariz., is a captain
and flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force at DavisMonthan in Tucson, Ariz. KRISTEN MCCULLOUGH ’04 of Chicago
married Gus Granchalek, Sept. 14, 2012. She is a therapist at Children’s Home + Aid. She also works in a private therapy practice in Chicago, and is a Fellow at Cathedral Counseling Center in Chicago. JOHN KARIJOLICH ’05 of Richmond, Calif.,
earned a doctorate in biochemistry in 2011 from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He now is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California-Berkeley doing research on tumor virology and the role of noncoding RNAs during virus-mediated oncogenesis. PAUL NEUBERGER ’05 and his wife, Tanya,
of Menomonee Falls, Wis., have a son, Kennedy Paul Neuberger, born Sept. 18, 2012. KATHERINE SCHOOFS ’05 and MATT WEISENSEL ’06 of Delevan, Wis., have a
daughter, Hazel Bernedette Schoofs Weisensel, born Nov. 29, 2012. MICHELLE CALDER ’06 of Appleton,
Wis., married Jeremiah Reppert, Nov. 3, 2012. Michelle is a funeral director at Westgor Funeral Homes in Neenah and Menasha. JEN MILLEN EVEN ’06 and her husband,
Mark, of Plover, Wis., have a son, Jackson Mark Even, born March 31, 2012. RACHEL FISCHER ’06 of Manitowoc, Wis., is
the director of residence life and student affairs at Silver Lake College. AMBRE NEUSER-GAJEWSKI ’06 of Appleton,
Wis., is the master control operator for NBC-26 television in Green Bay.
ANDREW KITSLAAR ’06 of West Chester, Pa., married Laura Jacobs, June 30, 2012. He has started a new job as the grants and development coordinator for the Commissioners of Montgomery County, Pa. COURTNEY L. MCNEAL ’06 of Kenosha, Wis., married Johannes Anderson, Oct. 13, 2012. All of her bridesmaids were Ripon College graduates: MARA EVENS ’07, BETSY JONES SKIBICKI ’05 and LACY ROURKE ’07. EMILIE EICHMAN WURZBACH ’06 and her
husband, Gregory, of Oshkosh, Wis., have a daughter, Lucy Ione Wurzbach, born July 3, 2012. SHANE EBEL ’07 and ROSELYN MCNULTY ’06 of Fitchburg, Wis., were
married Sept. 1, 2012. CASSI FUCCI ’07 of Oshkosh, Wis.,
married Drew Hodgson, July 16, 2012. MICHEL KAMMER ’07 of Superior, Colo., is an optometrist at Northglenn Optometric Center in Northglenn, Colo., and at Colorado Eye Gallery in Broomfield, Colo. REBECCA PERK ’07 of De Pere, Wis.,
married Ben Brusch, May 19, 2012. Rebecca is an account manager at Kforce, Professional Technical Staffing. CHRISTOPHER REED-WADDELL ’07
of Milwaukee, Wis., married Yuliya Potylitsyna, Aug. 4, 2012, in Karabalyk, Kazakhstan. The couple met while Chris was serving as a Peace Corps volunteer there. He returned from Peace Corps in December 2010 and is a grant writer for the Social Development Commission. His wife is working as an English teacher at Karabalyk School No. 2 while they work through the immigration process. JOLENE RUEDEN ’07 and HENRIK SCHATZINGER, assistant professor of
politics and government, of Ripon, Wis., were married June 30, 2012. Jolene is working toward a master’s of science in education degree with an emphasis in school counseling at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. She also works part time as outreach coordinator for the Ripon Area Chamber of Commerce. STUART RUSS ’07 and ASHLEY NUTER RUSS ’07 of Oshkosh, Wis., have a son,
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second-year ob/gyn resident at the University of Louisville. She is doing research in acute detoxification from opioids versus methadone maintenance in pregnancy. She plans to pursue a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine. MICHAEL TREDER ’07 and ERIN BEGGS ’09 of Belleville, Wis., were married June
16, 2012. Mike is a software engineer at Epic Systems in Verona, Wis. Erin is a high school math teacher and coach in Mount Horeb, Wis. PRICE WARD ’07 of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., married Erin “Kickie” Hare, May 26, 2012. They both graduated from the Marshall University School of Medicine in May 2012, and both are doing residencies at the University of Florida in Gainesville – Price in pediatrics and Kickie in ob/gyn. AMANDA BEERS ’08 of Evansville, Wis., married Dan Wojtanowski, July 7, 2012. MEGAN CALDER ’08 of Green Bay, Wis., is a customer service representative for Schneider National. STEPHANIE SOMMER FAULDS ’08 of Cottage
Grove, Wis., is a function manager at Walgreens in Windsor, Wis. TIFFANY GOEBEL ’08 of Eau Claire, Wis., coaches high school cross country boys and girls at North High School, a Division 1 school. GINA HECKL ’08 of Kaukauna, Wis., is an IT
service management lead at Oshkosh Corp. in Oshkosh. JULIE NELSON KUKOWSKI ’08 and BRUCE T. KUKOWSKI ’10 of Richmond Hill, Ga.,
write: “Bruce is an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician and is stationed as a part of the 756th OD CO EOD at Fort Stewart, Ga. Julie is an assistant manager of Walgreens in Savannah and pursuing her license as a vet tech.” KIMBERLY LARSON ’08 of Eagan, Minn., is a chemist in the RDE Quality group at Ecolab. MISSY NYGAARD ’08 of Oshkosh, Wis., is the operations manager at Green 3 apparel. ERIN OAKLEY ’08 of Middleton, Wis., is a
recruiter for Northwestern Mutual.
Forrest Gray Russ, born Aug. 21, 2012. Stu is a social studies teacher at Laconia High School in Rosendale and an assistant football coach for Ripon College.
TRISHA SHAFER ’08 of Rice Lake, Wis., is a medical services coordinator for Home Medical Products and Services.
HILARY SMITH ’07 of Mishawaka, Ind., received
Ill., is a research analyst for The Black Stone Group.
her Ph.D. in biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is now a postdoctoral research associate at University of Notre Dame.
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MARY STERRETT ’07 of Louisville, Ky., is a
BRANDON PARROTT-SHEFFER ’08 of Chicago,