ALUMNI NOTES
Adult Degree grad has drive to excel For Vickie Dansbury ’06, pursuing her UW-Green Bay degree meant weekends away from home and on the road.
Rachel Galetka ’03 business administration and communication and the arts, is the senior staffing specialist for Flex-Staff, Inc. in Eau Claire.
The Beloit resident used the University’s Adult Degree option to complete much of her coursework via the internet. Still, there were many times she would leave her job at the Dane County Mental Health Center in Madison on a Friday night, drive to Green Bay for Saturday classes, and make the three-hour commute home on Sunday. That persistence paid off. Dansbury earned her bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies in December 2006. (That’s her, at right, celebrating with friend and UW-Green Bay mentor Dottie Stepian.) Dansbury later followed up with a master’s in marriage and family counseling from Edgewood College, Madison. She is now a member of the Board of Directors for the Wisconsin Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
Matt Schueller ’97 nutritional sciences, is senior vice president of marketing for Enzymatic Therapy. A recent profile in a Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce publication noted his success in anticipating trends in the marketplace including a new product line, organic dietary supplements. Bill Milne ’98 business administration, economics and Spanish, has joined the law firm of Weld, Riley, Prenn and Ricci S.C. in Eau Claire. He is a member of the firm’s business, real estate and estate planning section. Women in Management-Fox Cities Chapter announced appointments of three UW-Green Bay graduates: Cully Sheahan ’86 communication and the arts, of Robert W. Baird & Co. as president; Mandy Soland ’98 human development and psychology, of Elexco Inc. as the awards chair; Amy Austin ’07 Sheahan elementary education, of Prospera Credit Union as treasurer. Michael Zahn ’98 business administration and economics, is the owner of the Truyman-Haase-Zahn insurance agency of Green Bay.
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Greg Babcock ’03 political science and public administration, is now with Wanezek & Jaekels of Green Bay, specializing in family law, civil litigation and general practice.
Andy Gurka ’03 communication processes and political science, is the director of Living Learning Programs for the University of Richmond.
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Bryan Hermus ’03 business administration and psychology, is the vice president of sales at Louis Hoffmann Co., an ornamental-metal manufacturer in Menomonee Falls.
Education, service to others, and the desire to address community needs are motivating factors. With her own education, she cites her husband, Robert, for helping her restart a journey begun decades earlier. Robert proudly rented a bus so dozens of family members and friends from southern Wisconsin could see her graduate from UW-Green Bay. Veronica Brieno-Rankin ’99 earth science, recently returned from a 10-day field program, the “Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration.” She is president of GeoSeq International, an energy Rankin consulting firm South Range, Mich. KaraLynne Moore ’99 business administration, joined the business services team of Community First Credit Union, headquartered in Appleton. Ryan Ruzziconi ’99 political science and public administration, is general counsel for Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy, Inc., in its Schwartz Creek, Mich., headquarters.
2000s Kathryn Goffard ’00 environmental policy and planning, is a new employee of Fox Valley Technical College as a medical/administrative coding instructor. Jerome Morris ’00 political science, coordinates the state GEAR UP (Gaining an Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) services for the Newton-Conover (N.C.) City Schools. He is also a music minister for Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church.
Vickie’s parents, born in the 1920s and from a time when few AfricanAmericans could even consider higher education, had never before seen a college commencement. “I think that watching me graduate, they ‘got it.’ They understood why I had been gone all those weekends,” Vickie recalls.
Michelle Shea ’01 human development, is a case manager for the Holiday House of Manitowoc County, Inc., which provides services to individuals with disabilities. Mathew Bartkowiak ’02 individual major, is an assistant professor of English at UW-Marshfield. His first book, The MC5 and Social Change: A Study in Rock and Revolution, was published in 2009 and his second book, Sounds of the Future: Essays on Music in Science Fiction Film, will be out this year. Michael Brown ’02 urban and regional studies and ‘04 master’s of science in environmental science and policy, is a planner for the village of Montgomery, Ill. Brian DeBauche ’02 business administration and social work, is an advanced business process analyst for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans in Appleton. Alissa (Huntley) Langenberg ’02 business administration, is an account relationship specialist for Gannett Wisconsin. She earned company Pinnacle Advertising Awards for March and December last year. Kristy Watzlawick-Hensley ’02 business administration, is a career services specialist for ITT-Technical Institute in Carmel, Ind.
Marcus Reitz ’03 communication processes, is the director of client satisfaction for FulfillNet, Green Bay. Lori Wachter ’03 nursing, is the consumer safety officer for the Department of Health and Human Services in Silver Spring, Md. Heidi Kleinhans ’04 communication processes, is the marketing planner and coordinator for Nsight Telservices, Green Bay. Jennifer (Hallam) Nelson ’04 social change and development, is the executive director for Literacy Green Bay, Inc. and was recognized as one of Green Bay’s “40 Under 40 People Nelson You Should Know,” in 2009. She also serves on the Brown County Planning Commission on Transportation. Adam Seitz ’04 urban studies, is an apprentice for Azco industrial construction services in Appleton. Maria (Goin) Seitz ’04 psychology, is a training specialist for Prospera Credit Union in Appleton. Amanda (Bergene) Sitkiewitz ’04 Spanish, was singled out by the Manitowoc County Chamber’s young professionals organization as a “Future 15” person to watch. She is a branch manager-commercial loan officer for Shoreline Credit Union. Cathy (Wagner) Vosters ’04 business administration, is a treasury management sales representative for Citizens Bank in Green Bay. Amanda Zeman ’04 business administration, was named manager of the tax team of Kroening, Stangel, Swetlik & Zinkel LLP CPAs in Manitowoc. Elizabeth Zeman ’04 urban studies, works as a grants coordinator for the Rawhide Boys Ranch in New London.