Alumni
Class Notes
Jeff Crouch ’94, ’04 has been promoted to associate professor of criminal justice at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, Conn. He is the Criminal Justice Program coordinator and chair of the Social Science Department. He previously served as the Latah County, Idaho, sheriff for two terms and was a police officer for the city of Moscow. Tim Meserth ’94, ’99 is an advisory development engineer in the user technology organization of the IBM Systems and Technology Group, and has recently been named an IBM Master Inventor. This exclusive designation is reserved for only the best and brightest of inventors at IBM. Tim has seven issued and 24 pending U.S. patents. He currently is working to improve the ease of use and design of IBM’s BladeCenter portfolio. Robert Strope ’94 is the new city manager for La Grande, Ore. Greg Doyon ’95 was named the city manager for Great Falls, Mont. Dan Whiting ’96 has been named chief of staff for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Washington, D.C.
idaho
Derrick Gayle ’97, is the managing member of Treasure Valley Investment Group LLC, and acquired nine Moxie Java shops in Boise and one in Garden City. He previously worked for Micron Technology for nearly
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11 years. While at Micron, he held ownership interests in businesses that included software development, compact disc and digital video disc manufacturing, and real estate development. Paula Landholm Kluksdal ’97 of Boise was recently honored as a 2008 Idaho Woman of the Year by the Idaho Business Review. Ryan ’98 and Jennie ’98 Fiske have purchased Twin River Gymnastics in Clarkston, Wash. The Fiskes renamed the business 360 Gymnastics and Cheer as part of a plan to update the business that offers gymnastics, cheerleading, tumbling and rock-climbing classes, along with birthday parties and inflatable jumping castle rentals. They also own Quad Cities Mobile Drug Testing and Anacline Engineering in Lewiston. Jonathan Prewett’s ’98 ability to engage students, coupled with his work with teaching assistants and his efforts to enhance curriculum, have earned him the 2008 Beatrice Gallatin Beuf Golden Apple Award at the University of Wyoming. The award annually recognizes teaching excellence in freshman-level courses in the College of Arts and Sciences. Matt Reed ’99 has earned his Idaho state license to practice architecture. Reed joined the firm CSHQA in 1999. He is involved with various new construction, remodels and tenant improvement projects for retail and religious facilities. Rachel Stemach ’99 became a registered architect in Oregon in December 2007. She is also a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accredited professional. Sheree Willhite ’99 received her Idaho State Professional Engineer license while working with Boise-based CSHQA. She joined the firm in 2004 and has several years experience in design and development of mechanical systems.
2000 Captain Brian D. Gilbert ’00 received the 2007 Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award presented annually to the top 28 company grade officers in the U.S. Army. The award is designed to promote and sustain effective junior officer leadership in the Army. Michele Lee Gouley ’00 has been qualified as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accredited design professional. Gouley, an architect at Parker/Mudgett/ Smith Architects Inc. in Fort Myers, Fla., earned the credential to consult on green building for the firm’s multiple projects throughout southwest Florida. Brian Buckham ’01, ’05 has accepted a position as an attorney with Greenberg Traurig, LLP in its Phoenix, Ariz., office. Greenberg Traurig is a firm of more than 1,750 lawyers with 29 offices around the world. He will continue his practice focused on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and securities. Brian previously worked in the Portland, Ore., office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
Toby Robin ’01, art director for Oliver Russell in Boise, won a Silver ADDY in the District Eleven ADDY awards competition for his mural design for Boise’s Hitchcock Building. His design advances to the national competition in Washington, D.C. The ADDY Awards is the largest creative competition in the country with about 55,000 local entries competing in more than 200 cities coast to coast.
Mica Hutchison ’02 has had her research paper, “Providing a Voice: Qualitative Investigation of the Impact of a First-Year Engineering Experience on Students’ Efficacy Beliefs,” published in the Journal of Engineering Education April 2008 issue. Mica is a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Nick Williams ’02 has been promoted to associate with TVA Architects in Portland, Ore. He also is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accredited professional. John Diamond ’03 is a project manager and professional engineer with Kleinfelder Inc. in Salt Lake City, Utah. In February, he was awarded the Energy Project Excellence Award at the 2008 Kleinfelder Technical Seminar in Denver, Colo. Kristen Berberick ’04 has graduated magna cum laude from Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Ore. She is now an assistant attorney general with the Oregon Department of Justice. Ben Greenfield ’04, ’05, is director of sports performance and personal trainer at Champions Sports Medicine in Spokane, Wash., He received the 2008 Personal Trainer of the Year Award from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Candidates for the award are judged on continuing education, credentials, publications, volunteer service, and clinic and committee involvement. James A. Hail III ’04 has been appointed to the Post Falls Parks and Recreation Commission. After graduation, he attended law school in Michigan.
Jonathan Smith ’04 works as the manager of communication and research for the Grant County, Wash., Economic Development Council. He assists companies that are expanding or relocating in the county.
Marriages
Ian C. Toevs ’04 was promoted to engineer II by the environmental engineering group Barton & Loguidice at its Syracuse, N.Y., office.
Tiffany Blake ’03, ’04 to Darrin Goin
Jeff P. Jones ’05 has published his first poetry chapbook, “Stratus Opacus,” with Main Street Rag Publishing Company. It is available on their Web site, mainstreetrag. com. Treva Smith ’05 works as a registered dietitian in the Women, Infant and Children program at the Moses Lake, Wash., Community Health Center. Treva teaches nutritional education classes for parents and their children. Daniel Haley ’06 is one of the youngest company actors at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore. He also recently directed a play at the Lake City Playhouse in Coeur d’Alene. Chris Powell ’06 from Ellensburg, Wash., received the Association for Fire Ecology Outstanding Graduate Student Nationwide Award. He currently is pursuing a master’s degree. Brandon Schrand ’06 has written a memoir, “The Enders Hotel,” that could be considered a time capsule of boyhood in a hardscrabble western town. The book has been selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. The book’s title essay was selected for Best American Essays 2007. It also won the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize, a yearly national contest to identify the best book-length manuscript of literary nonfiction sponsored by Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio. Saxony Brown ’07 made her professional volleyball debut with the Indonesian Proliga national semipro indoor volleyball league.
AlUMNI Class Notes
Kari Lynn Alldredge ’02 to Aaron Donald Hill Tracie Bidlake ’05 to Jeffrey Sinkbeil brotnov
den breeker
Gotch
Pence
Ashley Everson ’04 to Brian Yarno ’05
Reyes
Sandusky
solvie
smith
Alicia Lynn Ewing ’04 to Gavin James Heider
Future Vandals
Ava Rae, daughter of Tim and Dana Zenner ’02 Scharping
Breanna Lyn Feely ’05 to Jason Philip Owens.
Jonah, Jalen and Jonson, sons of Jons and Amber Stonecipher ’99 Brotnov and grandchildren of Dwight Stonecipher ’74
Matthew den Breeker, grandson of John ’62 and Patricia West ‘62 Travis
Krissy Dennler ’03 to Shawn Ellis ’05 Dana Dettmers ’02 to Aaron Swift ’00 Angela Sue Dutchak ’02 to Nathan Anthony Pipinich
Tiffany Nicole Faylor to Andrew Clifton Forth ’04 Michele Griffin ’07 to Robert Wilmonen Monica Gayle Higgins ’03 to Corey Ray Garner ’06 Sara Hill ’06 to Jake Dorman ’06
Tegan, daughter of Chad ’02 and Jaclyn Gotch Matthew Edward, son of Cary ’98 and Barbara Griffin and grandchild of W. Brent ’62 and Marilyn Wilson ’62 Hoit
Kelsey Elizabeth Hoskins to Joseph Paul Plummer ’07
Agnes, daughter of Stephen E. ’05 and Stephanie N. Jacobs ’06 Hardy
Brittany Mariotti to Brian Scopa ’00
William Harrison, son of Will ’94 and Julie Hart IV
Margot Athena, daughter of Garrett ’04 and Crystal Herzog ’04 Pence Kaila Louise, daughter of G. Francis “Cisco” ’05 and Kaui Torres Reyes Julia Rose Marie, daughter of Jason ’98 and Kimberly Sandusky Adam, son of Jonathan ’04 and Treva Heath ’05 Smith Zacharias Jon, son of Olaf and Cindra Lee ’98 Solvie
Kari Miller ’03 to Charles Lindemood Erica Margaret Ohman to Christopher Thomas Worden ’06 Krista Orthel ’02 to Douglas Huettig ’02 Cindy Marie Schneider ’05 to Kevin Russell Tower ’05 Kari Spofford ’07 to Steven Scott Burkett ’07 Jennifer Scoggin to Daniel Stewart ’97 Jami Rae Silflow ’99 to Preston Anton Schram Cecilia Wilkerson to Darren Owsley ’04
Homecoming 2008
Campaign Celebration October 25 www.joevandal4president.com
fall 2008
Daniel Manning ’93 has been promoted to controller of the Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. In this role, Daniel will oversee Plum Creek’s financial reporting and related Securities and Exchange Commission compliance activities, as well as other financial activities such as management’s assessment of internal control.
To be profiled, mail information, including graduation year, to Annis Shea, Alumni Office, PO Box 443232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232 or e-mail information to alumni@uidaho.edu. Photos can be e-mailed in a .jpg format.
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