NEWS & NOTES
’10s This summer, Stephens alumnae (pictured left, L-to-R) Laura Dehner Gibbons ’07, Kaitlyn Black ’07, Alicia Smith ’07 B.A., ’17 M.Ed., and Becky Martin ’09 (@ martinbeks) reunited on the Stephens College campus. The reunion marked the first time all four Stephens alumnae had been together since Laura graduated in 2007. The other three attended a wedding together in 2012, along with other Stephens alumnae Chanel Brown ’06 A.A., ’08 B.S., Lauren Sweany ’09 and Amanda Kozik Claycomb ’06. martinbeks: The Commons were open, so I got to visit parts of my old stomping grounds with some amazing women. The dining hall, the post office, my last dorm room. I thought those days would last forever, and now they’re almost ten years behind me. Where does the time go? I miss it. @stephenscollege
Susan King ’08 B.S., ’13 M.B.A. and Waki Kawamoto ’07 (pictured left) recently reunited during Waki’s visit to the U.S. She lives in Japan, where she soon will open her own interior design and event planning company. Susan (@spindriftsoul) is the Amazon channel planner at Payless. spindriftsoul: HOW have 11 years gone by? #stephenscollege #thanksforthememories #longdistancefriendships #lfk
In July, Stephens alumnae celebrated the birthday of Maggie Laskowitz ’09 at the Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. (Pictured left, Lto-R): Stacy Billman ’07, Etosha Moh ’08, Maggie Laskowitz ’09, Waki Kawamoto ’07, Whitney Bailey ’08.
Alexis Dornseif Roepe ’10 B.S., ’11 M.B.A. and her husband, Kevin, are happy to announce the birth of their daughter (pictured right), Lillian Marcella Roepe, who was born on Dec. 6, 2017. The couple lives in Prairie Village, Kan.
Elise Kratz ’11 (pictured left) reports that she and her sister, Geneva Lee (pictured right), recently opened Away With Words Bookshop in Poulsbo, Wash. She writes: “It’s a bookshop geared toward women’s fiction and little luxuries to escape and unwind.” Fellow Stephens alumnae Kelly Chase ’12 and her mother, Sandra Thur Chase ’75, visited in celebration of their grand-opening event.
JLynn Green Smith ’11, who earned her B.S. in Health Information Administration from Stephens, accepted a position as the director of the health information technology program at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kan.
Courtney Mellinger Tenzer ’11 married Saul Tenzer (pictured below) on May 27, 2018, in San Diego. Three of her four bridesmaids were Stephens alumnae: Abby Herzog Pedano ’11, Kristin Neugebauer ’12 and Ashley Fruend Shoener ’10 (pictured in the Table of Contents). Courtney is the associate marketing director at California State University San Marcos, and her husband is an IT advisory manager at KPMG.
Elise Kratz ’11 and Geneva Lee
etoshamoh: I’ve got a full heart after a weekend with these spectacular women. Meeting @stephenscollege was pure magic and despite the distance between us — even as far as Japan — it’s weekends like this I’m reminded how special our friendship really is. I couldn’t love you ladies more if I tried!
Courtney Mellinger Tenzer ’11 wedding
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