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The following Class Notes were received recently in the UW Oshkosh Alumni Office.

’65 Rosemary (Ehlinger) Slacum (EHS), of Mardela Springs, Md., retired  after 13 years of teaching English on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. She is now involved in two historic groups, a local garden club and the Wicomico Woman’s Club.

’70 Heather Williams (LS), of Vista, Calif., has published: Drawing as a Sacred Activity by New World Library.

’73 Patrick Phair (LS), of Waupaca, presented “Banned and Censored: The Tampering of Ideas in American Literature” at the Waupaca Area Public Library hosted by Winchester Academy.

’74 Melanie (Fischer) Miller (EHS), of Shawano, is the program manager for Junior Achievement in the Wolf River District, a nonprofit organization where she also has volunteered for many years.

’75 Daniel Olson (EHS), of New Milford, Conn., has been with Rawlings Sporting Goods for 34 years. He has three children with spouse ’82 Laura (Mastous) Olson (EHS), pupil services director for the New Milford Public Schools.

’76 Gayle Tonn (LS), of Lena, worked for the Marinette County U.S. Department of Agriculture office for 19 years as the county extension director. She also served as a director for the Oconto County Farm Service Agency office for 10 years.

’80 Greg Stahl (LS), of Denver, Colo., retired as the commander of the Auraria Police Department patrol division, after 31 years of professional service.

’80 Philip Whitebloom (B), of Elkridge, Md., joined Imagine Communications as vice president for North America Channel and Government Sales. He also served as vice president for North America Regional Sales.

’89 Mohd Yaziz Bin Mohd Isa (MBA), of Malaysia, earned his doctorate in business from Multimedia University Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. He is an assistant professor at Universiti Tun Abdul Razak in Luala Lumpur, teaching money, banking and finance.

’89 Aileen Wilkins (B), of Lenexa, Kan., is the chief people officer for H&R Block. She was featured in the Kansa City Business Journal as part of the Women Who Mean Business 2015 series.

’90 Christine (Zimmerman) Werch (EHS) and ’92 (MS), of Ripon, is the new speech and language pathologist for the Omro School District.

’92 Barbara Faber (N), of Two Rivers, joined Ministry Health Care in the Ministry Medical Group’s internal medicine department.

’95 Ray Reinders (B), of Oshkosh, is the owner of Reinder’s Link Computing Solutions, which offers computer, networking and IT support in the Fox Valley.

’97 Sara Vander Pas (EHS), of Kaukauna, was hired as a high school special education teacher for the Chilton School District.

’00 Lynn Woelfel (EHS), of Chilton, was hired as the new physical education teacher for the Valders Area School District.

’01 Molly (Bubolz) Chin (LS), of Madison, works for Esurance and had her first child in August, Tobias Arnold Si-Yuen Chin.

’03 Sheria (Grice) Robinson (N), of Livonia, Mich., earned her doctorate in nursing and a graduate certificate in gerontology from Wayne State University. She works for the University of Michigan’s School of Medicine in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

’04 Nicole Jetton (EHS), of Greenleaf, was hired as an early childhood teacher at Little Chute Elementary School.

’04 Steven Swiger (LS), of Naples, Italy, has retired from the U.S. Army and now works for the Department of Defense.

’04 Dawn Wruck (EHS), of Neenah, was hired as a sixth-grade language arts teacher for the Freedom School District.

’05 Clint Carlson (LS), of Watertown, is living in New Delhi, India, and working with international schools to implement high technology.

’05 Julie (Albrecht) Hunt (EHS), of Clintonville, was hired as a sixth-grade through ninth-grade math teacher for the Princeton School District.

’07 Nathan Edwards (LS), of Oshkosh, taught for five years at Dakota State University in Madison, S.D., and returns to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh as director of recording technology.

’07 Moosey Goljenboom (B), of Pickett, earned her fourth certificate from Moraine Park Technical College’s Information Technology Careers grant program. She is one of 12 students who received the certificate, and the first student to complete all four certificates offered.

’08 Cory Jennerjohn (LS), of Waunakee, recently published his first children’s book about UW Oshkosh, Hail Titans Take a Walk with Clash. He has two sons with spouse ’03 Melissa (Schweitzer) Jennerjohn (LS).

’08 Tracy Jessogne (MSN), of New London, a nurse practitioner, joined wound care services at Agnesian HealthCare in Ripon.

’10 Katie Hintzke (EHS), of New London, was hired as a literacy teacher for Readfield Elementary School.

’10 Mike Riska (EHS), of Appleton, was hired as a biology and physical science teacher at Freedom High School.

’11 Katie (George) Kovalaske (EHS), of Larsen, is an instructional resource coach at New London Intermediate/Middle School, and works with all teachers in research, digital citizenship and technology.

’11 Rebecca Stupka (LS), of De Pere, is the school psychologist at Sunrise Elementary and J.R. Gerritts Middle School in Kimberly.

’12 Laura Delikowski (MSE), of Green Bay, is the new adviser/transfer recruiter at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Prior, she was the student services specialist with the admissions office for two years.

’13 Beth Baar (LLCE), of Wautoma, was promoted to director of real estate services for CAP Services. CAP is a private, nonprofit community action agency that helps low-income people in Portage, Marquette, Outagamie, Waupaca and Waushara counties.

’13 Lindsey Ward (EHS), of Denmark, was hired as a second-grade teacher at the Eagle River Elementary School in the Kimberly Area School District.

’14 Nick Collar (EHS), of Appleton, was hired as an eighth-grade language arts teacher for J.R. Gerritts Middle School.

’14 Manny Vasquez (MBA), of Kaukauna, was promoted to vice president of Fox Cities Regional Partnership. He previously was vice president of existing industry services for the organization. He is a member of the UW Oshkosh Alumni Association Board of Directors.

’14 Kayla Voissem (EHS), of Appleton was hired as a ninth-grade English teacher for Kimberly High School.

’15 Pamela Berg (MS), of Peshtigo, was hired as principal for Suring School in the Marinette School District. Prior, she was a social studies teacher.

’15 Danielle Donnelly (EHS), of Campbellsport, was hired as an intermediate and middle school cross-categorical and special education teacher for the Waterloo School District.

’15 Laura Frassetto (EHS), of Little Chute, is teaching special education-cognitive disabilities at Woodland Elementary School in the Kimberly Area School District.

’15 Morgan Holz (EHS), of Kaukauna, was hired as a first-grade, literacy teacher for Woodland Elementary School in the Kimberly Area School District.

’15 Annmarie Johnson (LLCE), of Keshena, was promoted to lending and tribal tax director for the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

’15 Alyssa Maglio (N), of Whitefish Bay, is a registered nurse at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

’15 Ashely Miller (MSE), of Two Rivers, was hired as a middle school counselor for the Kiel Area School District.

’15 Jennifer Rabas (EHS), of Green Bay, was hired as a fourth-grade teacher for the Little Chute Elementary School.

’15 Abigail Thompson (EHS), of Eagle River, was hired as a special education teacher for the Phelps School District.

ABBREVIATION KEY

COLLEGES

• AAS — Associate of Arts and Science Degree
• B — Business
• EHS — Education and Human Services
• LLCE  — Lifelong Learning and Community Engagement
• LS — Letters and Science
• N — Nursing

GRADUATE DEGREES
• DNP — Doctor of Nursing Practice
• GMBA — Global Master of Business Administration
• MA — Master of Arts
• MBA— Master of Business Administration
• MPA — Master of Public Administration
• MS — Master of Science
• MSE — Master of Science in Education
• MSN — Master of Science in Nursing
• MST — Master of Science in Teaching
• MSW — Master of Social Work

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